Toolsidas Junior(2022)

Storyline

A boy wants to become a great snooker player to restore his father's reputation after a public defeat. To achieve this, he must get training from a reluctant and tough former champion.

“A boy's quest to save his father's honor through snooker.”

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Cast & Crew

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Sanjay DuttMohammad Salam

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Rajiv KapoorToolsidas

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Dalip TahilJimmy Tandon

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Varun BuddhadevToolsidas Jr.

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Tasveer KamilActor

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Chinmay ChandraunshuhActor

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Barun ChandaActor

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Ankur VikalActor

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Badrul IslamActor

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Don RayActor

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Mridul MahendraDirector

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MridulDirector

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Sunita GowarikerCrew

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Reunion Meter

Frequent partnerships reunited for Toolsidas Junior

Cast reunions in this film: Sanjay Dutt & Dalip Tahil (4 films together).

Sanjay DuttActor

4th time

Dalip TahilActor

Sanjay Dutt × Dalip Tahil — 4 films together →

Trivia

• The film is loosely inspired by the real-life story of Indian snooker player Pankaj Advani, who is also a producer on the movie.
• Actor Sanjay Dutt, who plays the hardened pro, had to learn to play snooker convincingly for his role and trained for several weeks.
• The young lead, Varun Buddhadev, was selected from over 2,000 children who auditioned for the role of Toolsidas Junior.
• The movie's title is a playful nod to the naming tradition in billiards and snooker, where a junior player is often called by their father's name with 'Junior' added.
• Parts of the film were shot in actual snooker halls in Mumbai to capture an authentic atmosphere of the game.
• The director, Mridul, had previously worked mostly in television, making this his debut feature film for a major streaming platform.
• The film's soundtrack includes a song composed by the famous duo Salim-Sulaiman, marking their return to a family drama genre after several years.