Iqbal tells the amazing story of a teenage boy (Shreyas Talpade) baring the same name, who is deaf and mute but has more talent, spirit and drive for life than ten regular boys his age. Though he is unable to express himself vocally, his mother prays to God for some sort of sign and God sends the family an angel, a young girl named Khadija (played by the devastatingly talented Shweta Prasad) the younger sister to Iqbal who becomes his mouthpiece, his interpreter as well as the initial person who boosts his confidence and jump starts his career in cricketing. Of course nothing will be complete without the normal obstacles that accompany life, first things first is Iqbal's father who is against the sport known as cricket. That is followed by the lengths the rest of the family has to go to to keep their love of the sport as well as their support of Iqbal's dream secret from him. Not to mention the fact that when Iqbal finally gets into the training camp for cricketers, he gets into a quarrel with an annoying rich kid which in turns gets him(Iqbal) kicked out of the camp. Down and devastated, Iqbal is on the verge of giving up his dream when he discovers a picture of an old friend in a magazine and realises that the old drunk he normally feeds scraps to along his way to and fro herding buffaloes is a former cricket player who must have fallen off along the way. With the help of his skeptical sister, they nurse the drunkard (who by the way is played by Naseeruddin Shah in a very outstanding performance) back to health and he in turn reluctantly agrees to train Iqbal. More trials and tribulations come their way en route success, but nothing can stop the fireball that is Iqbal! I loved the soundtrack as well. It was also a different film in that it dealt with the Muslim side of India rather than the usual Hindu side.
