Caught Out: Crime. Corruption. Cricket Review – Rediff.com movies – Rediff.com
Earnest try at uncovering the reality behind the match-fixing saga, however fails to focus on any new info, observes Namrata Thakker.
Caught Out: Crime. Corruption. Cricket sheds gentle on the match-fixing scandal that shocked cricketing followers within the Nineties and early 2000s.
The documentary is an earnest try at uncovering the reality behind the match-fixing saga, however fails to focus on any new info.
If you’re an ardent cricket fan, this documentary is not going to be a riveting watch. Neither will it’s entertaining.
However if you’re somebody who doesn’t adopted cricket, Caught Out could be a superb one-time watch.
The documentary begins with former cricketer Manoj Prabhakar claiming to be bribed by a senior cricketer after which happening to grow to be the whistleblower for the match-fixing scandal round 1997.
An in depth expose is carried out by a widely known journal, however the story hardly does any harm within the cricketing world.
Later within the documentary, Prabhakar reveals it was ex-Indian captain Kapil Dev who apparently tried to bribe him and sabotage India’s sport towards Pakistan.
We even see outdated footage of Kapil Dev reprimanding Prabhakar for his false accusations.
Whereas Kapil Dev’s identify was cleared from the scandal, Prabhakar finally ends up dealing with punishment for being involved with bookies.
Subsequent, the film explores the Hansie Cronje episode and the way the then South African captain was concerned within the scandal again in 2000.
After his confession, the cricketing world took notice of the scandal extra severely.
Since Cronje confirmed even Indian gamers had been concerned, the Board of Management for Cricket in India lastly decides to research the matter.
The documentary then strikes onto Mohammad Azharuddin and a bookie named M Ok Gupta.
How Azharuddin finally ends up being caught within the match-fixing scandal and the way the latter helps getting him to admit his crime kinds the remainder of the story.
All through the documentary, veteran sports activities journalists and ex-CBI officers give their account of the scandal and the way it unfolded again within the day.
The second half of the documentary focuses on Azharuddin and the way he pleads his innocence as soon as the BCCI bans him from enjoying cricket for all times.
At one level, there’s speak concerning the notorious Dawood Ibrahim heading the match-fixing scandal from Dubai. however there is no deep-dive into that angle which is disappointing.
Even the M Ok Gupta section is roofed in a rush and we do not get to see too many particulars about him.
It appears the makers of Caught Out: Crime. Corruption. Cricket solely scratched the floor of the scandal.
As a substitute of making a documentary on info that’s already within the public area consumed by cricket lovers through the years, Director Supriya Sobti Gupta ought to have made a docu-series exploring the topic in depth with the IPL additionally having bitten by the match-fixing bug.
Caught Out. Crime. Corruption. Cricket at the moment streams on Netflix.
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