A mood freshner not more than that. Do you remember that dialogue from Chak De India - "Har team me sirf ek hi gunda hota hai aur iss team ka gunda main hu". The whole story of "Bigil" is based on this line. "Bigil" is the story of a football player who turned into a goon and again turned into a football coach. The movie is a story of a football player Michal aka Bigil whose father is a robin hood type's don and when rivalry gang killed his father, he takes his position. And in a very dramatic way when the coach of the Tamilnadu States Women team got injured, Bigil becomes the new coach and help the team to win the cup.
The story is very similar to Chak De India; A team that hates their coach, a coach who wants to fulfill his dream with the help of that team, Penalty shoot out in the climax, and many more. But what makes "Bigil" much more entertaining is the treatment of the story. The first half is completely focused on the character development of Bigil while the other half is completely based on football Competition.
There is nothing new in the story but the treatment which makes it watchable and enjoyable. It's an age-old formula of south Indian cinema just repackaged with new packing. The movie tried to touch other aspects like Women Empowerment, Acid Attacks on Women, Sports Politics in India, and somehow manages to do it properly.
The film highly depends on two things Vijay and Football. Vijay has done his job amazingly but in case of football, matches are exactly copied from Chak De India, and VFX was below par level.
So all an all this movie is thoroughly enjoyable and even after it's almost 3 Hrs. long, it will not boar you. But don't expect anything extraordinary. It's 7 out 10 Cup Cakes for me. By the way, it's not in Hindi and available on Prime. One more thing, "Bigil" means Whistle.