Dangal‘ appears over the opening credits of the film. It showcases wrestlers in the ‘akhara’ (wrestling ground). Performed by advertising agency – the Mojo Singers – the song topped the charts in 1978 and there have been a few versions of it ever since the original one was released Album art above comes from the "great lost Who album": Who's For Tennis, reconstructed courtesy of the excellent Albums That Never Were blog.)

It is a sports anthem that will surely leave any listener with goosebumps. Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar – Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) The song is used in the first episode of The Mighty Boosh, "Killeroo". It is danced to by Rich Fulcher's character, Bob Fossil. The song keeps its Indian feel intact. Aided by an elaborate orchestra, it blazes on and promises to keep the flag flying high.” Halla Bol’ is a unique selling point of the film. It is an exhilarating Bollywood sports song. Zinda – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.357. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

In 2002, Satyajit Bhatkal wrote The Spirit of Lagaan that detailed the making of the film. In the seventh chapter, he cites the song before detailing the music arrangement. Please/ Give me one chance/ I know I’m not an Indi/ I promise I’ll make you laugh/ I’ll even learn some Hindi

It goes without saying that songs decorate Indian films but within sports movies, whether fictional or biographical, they are all the more important. Pakdo’ stands out in the film, holding its own against the other songs including Mohammad Rafi’s ‘John Jani Janardhan.’ Before Darryl Braithwaite went solo and released the song that defined a generation – Horses – there was his band Sherbet and one of their many hits “Howzat”.The song follows the iconography of the team training hard under Kabir’s leadership. It showcases them running, playing and working out. The writing of songs, and what happens to them after that, makes for endearing stories too. Kelly's "Bradman" is one of his more prosaic efforts, a straightforward narrative. "I was fooling around with a circular series of three chords - the usual suspects, D, G, A - over which I was singing a melancholy, falling tune," he wrote. "Each chord was the same length, so the cycle was three bars long - not your usual song structure." He went to Irving Rosenwater's biography of Bradman. Amid all this, Sanju, Anjali, Maksood and Ghanshu sing and dance about how they are the best. They sing the famous line:

Re Sultan‘ from Sultan is picturised on Sultan Ali Khan (Salman Khan), working hard to regain his strength.In 2002, AR Rahman unsurprisingly won the ‘Best Music Director’ Filmfare Award for his work in Lagaan. Just like Push it to the Limit, this song works in two ways. It’s good for thinking about the handlebar moustache-powered Mitchell Johnson steam train, bouncing balls up to your noggin, or facing balls in the Corridor of Uncertainty in general. It also works, as Shayen suggested, for the poor bugger who has to field at silly mid-on. Meet Me Half Way (about post-over chat) is another KL song that could be added in this compilation, but I don’t think I have to remind you that I swore an oath I wouldn’t violate Happy’s “Strictly one Kenny Loggins song per article” policy. The West Indies, they had the music. The telecast would start with "Sun is Shining", and the bands in the stands would play all night. Only rarely do I go through a Shivnarine Chanderpaul innings without listening to "Hooper and Chanderpaul". Written by Dave Martins, the song chalks out a winning strategy: