Just a month after Baramulla on Netflix, Manav Kaul is back with another story set in Kashmir, but this time the tone is very different. His new SonyLIV series, Real Kashmir Football Club, arrives on December 9, 2025, and tells the true story of the first professional football club to rise from the Valley. While Baramulla looked into the haunting wounds of Kashmir’s violent past, this show turns toward the light, focusing on how hope, sport and community can rebuild what conflict once broke.
Set in the heart of the Valley, the series follows a group of young footballers chasing dreams bigger than their surroundings. Alongside Zeeshan Ayyub, Manav Kaul plays a mentor figure who helps the team navigate personal and professional struggles. What makes Real Kashmir Football Club special is its story about friendship, resilience and finding purpose through the beautiful game.
Football in this series becomes more than a sport. It is a way for people to forget their divisions and cheer together. Through this lens, SonyLIV’s Real Kashmir Football Club offers a vibrant, portrait of Kashmir that is filled with energy, ambition and pride. Coming so soon after the haunting stillness of Baramulla, it feels like a breath of fresh air, reminding us that Kashmir is not only a land of pain but also of perseverance and dreams that refuse to fade.
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