| Director | Karanjeet Saluja |
|---|---|
| Genre | children's film |
| Country | India |
Karan is a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in an orphanage in super bad condition, owned by a stern warden, John "Hitler" Kakkad. Karan has two dreams: one is to have parents, and the other is to be a big cricketer. His inspiration is Kapil Dev, since he has been brought up being motivated by his skills. His dreams take a turn when one day, he lays his hands on an old cricket bat, which Karan is convinced is the bat that Dev used to win the 1983 World Cup; for him, the bat becomes a magic bat. One day, by a stroke of luck, the coach of the Indian cricket team spots Karan playing cricket and is highly impressed by his batting skills. At that point, the Indian cricket team had been going through a rough patch.
Karan and his magical bat are inducted into the Indian cricket team as the opening batsman along with the captain, Varun. When Karan marches onto the pitch and wins the match for India, he soon becomes the nation's heartthrob. Although he was formerly rejected by adopting couples, he is now the most sought-after kid in the country. However, Raghav, the orphanage bully, hates him and feels that if Karan did not have the magic bat, he would have never made it to the cricket team. Raghav now wants the magic bat at any cost. Karan and Varun develop a strong emotional bond deeper than fellow cricketers. Karan has no parents, and Varun has parents but is estranged from his father and does not want to accept him. Karan strongly believes that parents are the best gift endowed by God and succeeds in uniting Varun with his father.
At the final 5th one day match between India and Pakistan, events spiral out of control, and Karan's magic bat is destroyed by Raghav. Karan is a nervous wreck, but Varun makes him realise that the bat was in fact just an ordinary bat, and it was a mere coincidence that two players, viz. Karan and Dev, who used that bat, were both incredibly talented batsmen. Karan could get the magic back forever if he places faith in himself instead of the bat. With Karan's help, India wins the match. After the match, Karan decides to rejoin the team only when he is older and with more practice. Varun and his fiancé, Malini, decide to adopt Karan.