Sports movies. Morality tales meet heroism, courage, self-sacrifice and all those things that bring out the best in us in a confusing gray world of morals

It began with Chak De India. The Indian Women's hockey team finds its way around official indifference, fractiousness and regionalism to the world cup gold. All credit to Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan). One of his few likeable movies. And all that follows here is about just that - coaches that bring talented individuals together and create winning teams

Not so "Invincible", which is why I make a note. Mark Wahlberg triumphs over circumstance, and as a 30-year old rookie bartender, plays three seasons of football for the Philadelphia Eagles. Great performances helped by a great story to tell.

Same for Remember the Titans. The great Denzel Washington puts in an astonishing performance as coach Herman Boone, gets talented individuals to put racism behind and take TC Williams, Virginia to new heights. Likewise for Samuel L Jackson as Coach Carter, taking Richmond to triumph over racism and circumstance

But let me not be coloured by recency. Million Dollar Baby was one of the best movies I have seen. Period. And Cinderella Man too - boxing brings out the individual struggle like few sports do I guess. And right up there with the Titans is Glory Road - another Disney morality take of the end of racism on the basketball court

When do we see a truly great cricket movie? I guess there never was an equivalent of that great TV series - Bodyline - and Indian heriosm in today's cricket arena would seem misplaced in our endless see-sawing between victory and defeat. We are not great at culling out morality tales and creating pin-up fairytale commercial successes are we? Or maybe its just that we never really make much by way of teams and teamwork