India, June 21 -- The global entertainment and sports scenes are kind of buzzing right now with high expectations, and you can feel that intense drama is unfolding both on screen and out on the football field too. Movie enthusiasts are actively debating this bold new mob drama; it blends that gritty modern underworld with visually rich, almost painterly, historical settings. Early festival reactions were sort of sharply divided, especially because of the experimental 150-minute runtime and also those frequent shifts in visual tone. Still, online excitement keeps growing; people are waiting for the digital release, like it's unavoidable.

At the same time, there's a similar wave of scrutiny over in football, where Spain's national team sud...