'No politics in sports'

Sanjay Surkar, who is a four-time national award winning director of critically acclaimed and commercially successful Marathi films like Chowkat Raja, Tu Tithe Me, Aapli Manasa and Satchya Aat Gharat, is making his debut in Hindi films with BRC Productions’ first Hindi film Stand By.
Sanjay is known for his realistic, hard-hitting movies on social problems. This is yet another film that
emphasises on a major issue in sports. Ask about how the director got the idea of making this film, he says, “I have always believed in making films on subjects relevant to the society we live in. Politics being played in sports is a very big issue. So when Sagar Choube, my young producer came to me with the story, I was very impressed by the subject and his passion for sports.
We teamed up and thought of making a film with football as a backdrop to give a message that sports should be played with sportsmanship and the system of our games should be kept clean.” Asked about the star cast, he says, “I believe that the story is the hero and it has to be something that will interest and entertain people.” Stand By is slated to release on May 20 this year and what better than the season of sports when the happy hangover of the country winning the World Cup has not yet subsided.