{"id":224970,"date":"2019-05-22T12:41:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T07:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=224970"},"modified":"2019-05-22T12:41:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T07:41:07","slug":"maradona-rejects-asif-kapadias-film-on-his-life-because-he-hates-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/maradona-rejects-asif-kapadias-film-on-his-life-because-he-hates-the-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Maradona Rejects Asif Kapadia\u2019s Film On His Life Because He Hates the Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona dismissed the latest movie about his life because he was offended by a word \u2018hustler\u2019 in the title.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup-winning former skipper said he didn\u2019t like the title at all and urged people not to watch the movie which releases next month.<\/p>\n<p>British Director Asif Kapadia &#8211; with many award-winning documentaries including <em>The Sheep Thief, Amy,<\/em> and <em>The Warrior<\/em> under his belt &#8211; has directed the two-hour long documentary.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zainab-abbas-is-the-first-pakistani-woman-presenter-at-the-cricket-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zainab Abbas Is the First Pakistani Woman Presenter At The Cricket World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>All Over A Name<\/h3>\n<p>The title of the film reads: \u2018<em>Diego Maradona: Rebel. Hero. Hustler. God.<\/em>\u2019\u2013 something which repulsed the controversial Argentinian striker from the movie.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI played football, and I made money running after a ball. I didn\u2019t hustle anyone. If they are putting that there to get people to go and see it then I think they are going about it the wrong way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He also said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t like the title, and if I don\u2019t like the title, I am not going to like the film. Don\u2019t go and see it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-cuerpysoar4\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:331\/186\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.193353%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-cuerpysoar4\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cuErPYsoaR4?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"372\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cuErPYsoaR4?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<h3>Kapadia Plays the Diplomat<\/h3>\n<p>But Kapadia was somewhat positive about Maradona&#8217;s comment on the movie.<\/p>\n<p>He said Maradona had not seen the film and he was keen to see the Argentinian player\u2019s reaction to viewing the finished article.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are dealing with archive from way back, there will be lots of images that he hasn\u2019t seen of himself, of his family, of his kids,\u201d Kapadia said in an interview, hoping that it was going to be quite emotional for him.<\/p>\n<p>Maradona, who is now coaching a Mexican football club, did not attend the film\u2019s premiere at Cannes on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The film is set to be released for public on June 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona dismissed the latest movie about his life because he was offended by a word \u2018hustler\u2019 in the title. The World Cup-winning former skipper said he didn\u2019t like the title at all and urged people not to watch the movie which releases next month. 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