The Coach
Vikram
Singh Rajvi
The Man Who Believed Founder & Coach · Magan Singh Rajvi Football Academy
His Story
Before they became champions, someone had to believe they could become footballers.
Vikram Singh Rajvi grew up around football. His father, Magan Singh Rajvi, had played football at international level and captained the Indian national team, and Vikram followed the same path.
Vikram later got a job with the Railways. During the COVID-19 period, he began thinking about what he could contribute to the country — and what could make his own life more meaningful.
He left home, packed what he needed onto his bike, and came to the village — training boys through a football academy established in his father’s name. Then he asked a simple question.
The Question
“Why not the girls?”
A question few in the village were asking.
The Resistance
The answer, at first, was no.
Girls were not expected to play football. They were not expected to go to the ground for training. In the village and surrounding area, early marriage was also common, with some girls being married at very young ages.
Vikram kept going. He approached families and asked them to send their daughters to train. Families resisted because girls playing football was outside the accepted social and cultural norms.
Gradually, he convinced families and brought girls onto the football ground. Initially, some girls played in salwar suits rather than conventional football clothing. Over time, they trained more seriously. The girls changed — and the attitudes around them began to change too.
Vikram also intervened in individual cases where families were preparing to marry girls at a young age, fighting to help keep them involved in football. He stayed with them through their journey, including the championship campaign.
The film presents this through Vikram’s own actions and the girls’ journey — not as a single claim, but as a story that unfolds over time.
Where It Began
In those earliest years there was no proper ground. He lived in a hut on the desert, and the girls trained on the open sand.
He started by teaching them football.
Somewhere along the way, football became a way of fighting for their future.
Meet the girls