Set in the 1970s, Sarpatta Parambara follows the story of a supremacy and one upmanship between two rival gangs in the boxing space where one underdog invites more trouble than he expects. The story is everything that Toofaan wasn’t. This is another example of how the movies made down South have so much better writing than the cash rich industry from Mumbai. To introduce elements of a gangster drama in a sports flick was genius and this is what makes the movie special. The screenplay is extremely well penned. It opens with a 24 minutes prologue introducing most of the characters and the clans and the rivalry that follows. Post that, the film starts gathering around the protagonist wherein his rise and fall are depicted. Here, the element of politics is so well integrated in the drama. The rivalry almost reminded me of Eagles and Bichhoos in the SRK flick Josh. The downfall here is a lot different from what you would usually find in a sports flick. And from there on the rise of the eventual champ just leaves you with such a high by the end of it. The subplots involving the family of the protagonist and his love angle with his wife and his equations with them with boxing as a backdrop are so intricately shown that they do not overpower the main story. To give you a perspective, the screenplay of almost 3 hours passes off like a breeze in a story that potentially goes beyond boxing. Just a brilliant display of writing!