Kathmandu, March 9 -- Based on its trailer, I was hoping Captain would be a sports drama, but what I got was honestly something I wasn't prepared for. Captain is an ugly parody of the beautiful genre of sports films. Everything in Captain is a parody-the characters, the storyline, the football, the stadium, even the sound design. And when the film ends, the song playing over the credits-'Curly Curly Kapal'-has a visual treatment that is annoyingly similar to the Bollywood hits 'Ghagra' and 'Kajra Re'.

I'm not sure if all of this was intentional but regardless, it made my film experience even worse.

Now, I won't lie. Based on what I'd seen in the trailer, I had very few expectations from the film. But trust me when I say this, I wanted t...