Over the years Bollywood has tried making biopics, but instead they just made whatever they think was the meaning of a Biopic. Even though Dangal has its moments of Bollywood as it has to reach an audience of the second most populated place in the world, it manages to thrive in every moment and finally nurturing the true meaning of a biopic.

Dangal is a story about Mahavir Singh Phogat who was a really great wrestler, but had to leave the sport because of family and no support. His only dream was to make his son everything he wasn't and make him win a medal for the country. But he has four daughters over the years and he stops thinking…

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This is a story based on the life of Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters, Geeta and Babita. Mahavir is hell-bent on having his son achieve what he never did - an international gold medal in wrestling. The only problem is, his wife keeps giving birth to daughters and a son never materializes. But one day, when his two oldest daughters badly beat up two boys who call them names at school, Mahavir realizes he doesn't have to give up on his dream. His daughters are just as capable of achieving it as a son would be.

Coming into the film all I knew really was "Aamir Khan movie…

A perfectly mediocre film only worth watching for the terrific fight sequences. Not only does it methodically check off every sports movie cliche out there, it goes a step further into general movie cliches. Initially, I almost forgave some of them because it is, after all, "based on a true story", but as it turns out, it changed a lot of facts to fit those cliches. Artistic liberty makes sense when used to increase dramatic tension, but to make the story worse? That's just missed potential.

The actors do a good job, especially Fatima Sana Shaikh, who plays the wrestler Geeta Phogat with just the right mix of intensity and vulnerability. Babita Kumari, played by Sanya Malhotra, is unfortunately sidelined…

Unfortunately, Bollywood is a cinematic category with which I am woefully unfamiliar. Even the releases that make it over here barely get reviewed, so it's difficult to figure out which movies are worth checking out. Admittedly I am hardly a discerning viewer - a look through my diary over just the last couple days proves that - but Bollywood films tend to be so long that getting out of the house to take a chance on one is a hard sell. Nitesh Tiwari's Dangal did get some reviews, though - and they were positive ones - so I decided to take a chance on this Indian wrestling movie.

The bones of Dangal are those of a classic feel-good sports film,…

Is it an instant classic? No. Is it Aamir Khan's best performance till date? Perhaps. Is it a job well done? Yes. Nitesh Tiwari's Dangal is an example of fine filmmaking within the confines of Bollywood.

Dangal is sure to rewrite the record books of Bollywood eventually, because it has all the attributes of a blockbuster. Actually, the two halves of the film can be viewed as two different films. If the first half records the gruelling journey of two village girls- Geeta and Babita into the patriarchal world of wrestling, the second half is how one of the girls looks to make it big after a few hiccups in her relationship with her guru- her father(Mahavir Singh Phogat, played…

Uhhh kakav film.Smjesten u nekoj provinciji gdje su snovi malog covjeka jedna ogromna prepreka ali ne i neostvarljiva.Promovise hrvanje na najbolji moguci nacin kroz veoma snaznu pricu a sve pretvoreno u jednu veliku emociju.Dinamicne borbe te zrtvovanje jednog oca protiv kontroverzne sredine gdje dvije kcerke sljede njegov put u cilju ostvarivanja sopstvenog sna donoseci svjetsko zlato u Indiju.Trnoviti ciklus koji nosi sa sobom puno odricanja i direktno utice na medjusobne odnose jedne familije kojima zivot donosi mnogo promijena kreirajuci neprekidno njihovu sudbinu kao i sire okoline.Tenzije koje pojacavaju zanimljivost krajnjeg dijela vremenom postaju sve ucestalije.Snazna poruka koja ovdje itekako ima duboko znacenje da nikada ne treba odustati od zelja ma koliko one nedostizne bile.Usput upoznao sam i pravila sporta u…

+The movie looks good,
+I like the soundtrack
+Gitta is wonderful, i love her and her sister, a lot in this
.while i can understand her father, and the tension is done great, it was still stressfull to watch him for a lot of it, (its a good thing that he seem to have learned a lesson in this movie, seems to have grown, because his early treatment of the girls is horrible)
.the choice of the story being told by the cousin is a bit weird (male centic), he is a nice enough character but its seems a bit unnessary, (but it gives the feel of some sort of support system)
.the first half? first 2/3 has grwat moments…