With bullying by political bigwigs and authority figures alike currently on the rise even in the field of sports - most recently witnessed in the case of Olympian Sakshi Malik tearfully pulling the plug on an illustrious career out of protest after an unfruitful journey of securing justice for her fellow athletes who accused politician and president of the Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Kumar of sexual assault, I felt it only pertinent to pen an essay on two contemporary Indian movies, 'Mukkabaaz' (2017) and 'Budhia Singh – Born to Run' (2016), both of which have not only pulled back the curtain on dirty politics but also similar instances of the rampant abuse of power that unfortunately takes first place or precedence over the field of sports and the achievements of a sportsperson itself.