guwahati football has always influenced the lives of people in the northeast such is the popularity of the game that many filmmakers from the region have portrayed the beautiful game in its true spirit earning them accolades one such depiction is utpal borpujaris soccer queens of rani a 26minute documentary feature commissioned by the rajya sabha television which is all set to be telecast soon it is based on the reallife story of one hem das a football coach who helps village girls in learning the game he spends money from his own pocket to get kits and other accessories for them the film says the director is also about the dedication of das an exassam player who runs the young star football coaching club in guwahati the girls come from poor agrarian families from the rani area on the outskirts of guwahati for them football provides them an outlet to go beyond their mundane lives a few of them also see it as an opportunity to get a better life says borpujari he adds they walk or cycle several kilometres every day to practice football after attending school and doing household chores it took almost a year for the film to be made the idea came from a newspaper report filed by abdul gani that appeared in the times of india a few years ago added borpujari the film apart from focusing on the story of aspirations of a group of young underprivileged citizens of modern india also focuses on how individuals can play a role in giving shape to the nations future says borpujari what makes the subject really interesting is the fact that das had initially gone to the area in search of boys interested in playing football but found out that more girls were flocking to him to learn the sport filmmaker bidyut kotoky too is writing a script on the positive role of football loosely based on a true incident of how football made some insurgents return to the mainstream kotoky is hopeful that it will send a positive message to society as of now the film has been titled khel to hume khelno do baichung bhutia victor bannerjee adil hussein and sanjay suri have shown interest to be part of the film when i first came across the story i was moved and decided that it should be made into a movie says kotoky similarly heisnam tombas manipuri film nobap shows how football inspires youngsters the film depicts a group of young but poor boys in remote manipur using a melon as a football to hone their skills