22nd June, 2023, Mumbai, India: Viacom18’s English entertainment channels, Colors Infinity and Vh1 join forces with Sevilla FC, to bring the highly anticipated docuseries ‘Never Surrender’ to audiences across the country. In an endeavor to offer exceptional content to Indian viewers, both channels will provide football enthusiasts and sports lovers with an opportunity to witness the unwavering determination, resilience, and success that has defined Sevilla FC throughout its storied existence. Chronicling the remarkable journey of Sevilla FC, ‘Never Surrender’ will go on-air on 25th June 2023 at 8:00 PM, simultaneously on Colors Infinity and Vh1.
Created in collaboration with FC Bengaluru United and Valvoline, Sevilla FC’s Never Surrender is a 5-episode docuseries that tell several powerful stories of Indian sports, all of them based on the spirit of overcoming challenges that embody the Sevillista motto. While, the first episode tells the story of a football team made up of blind people in Kochi, who overcame all the adversities they encountered in a country like India to finish 14th in the world, another story features Hadiya, a self-taught girl from Kozhikode who managed to join the Indian ‘freestyler’ team, traditionally a 100% male sport. The third episode features Vamshi Origanti, a Sevilla FC fan from Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) who is an active member of the Sevilla FC supporters’ club in India and who fell in love with the history and spirit of the club from the most rural part of the country and watches its matches on television. The fourth episode takes us into the idiosyncrasies of FC Bengaluru United, a strategic partner of Sevilla FC, who share basic principles such as a commitment to technology, youth football, and the ambition to be at the top of Indian football. The last episode focuses on cricketer Dinesh Karthik and tells the story of how he overcame various challenges to reach the sport’s elite.
Tune in to Colors Infinity and Vh1 on 25th June 2023 at 8:00 PM to witness the five powerful stories of Indian sports.
