Comparisons with the popular hockey film Chak De! India are odious, but inevitable for Soorma, a biopic on the life of hockey legend Sandeep Singh. Director Shaad Ali, who assures that the films are very different, says the sports star's life itself has been so eventful that he had to wade through the drama to get to his core.

"There really is no common ground between Chak De... and Soorma except hockey. But Chak De... focused on the coach. So in that sense, Reema Kagti's forthcoming Gold (about India's first team to win a gold medal at the Olympics) is more likely to be compared with Chak De...," Shaad said.