Hyderabad, April 15 -- Indian footballis going through one of the most horrendousphases in its history. Its present world ranking in the FIFA list is 121 out of the 210 affiliated countries. Despite the presence of a highly paid foreign coach named Igor Stimac, the Indian team suffered an ignominious loss to Afghanistan recently.

At this unhappy time, like a breath of fresh air, the filmMaidaanhas been released to take us back to the golden days of Indian football. The historic achievements were all due to the tirelessefforts of one man and a bunch of talented and highly motivated playerswho overcame huge odds to put India ahead of many nations back in the 1950s and 1960s. India came 4th in the MelbourneOlympicGames in 1956 and won the A...