Dangal - 2016

Introduction

Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, and Siddharth Roy Kapur are the producers of the 2016 biographical sports drama film Dangal, which was directed by Nitesh Tiwari and distributed by The Walt Disney Company India. Khan plays Mahavir Singh Phogat in the movie, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who develops Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari into India's first elite female wrestlers.

Table of contents 

• Details

• Story

• Release

• Reviews

• Cast

• Crew

• Character Analysis

• Songs

• Behind the Scenes

• Controversy

• Box Office Collection

• Awards

• Interesting Facts

• Conclusion

Details

Story

National wrestling champion Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former amateur wrestler trained in the pehlwani style of Indian wrestling, resides in Balali, Haryana.

His typical Indian father makes him give up the sport so he may get a job that pays well. Dejected that he could not bring home a medal for his nation, he makes a promise that his unborn child will.

Having four daughters disappoints him, and he gives up. However, when his older daughters Geeta and Babita return home after assaulting two boys in retaliation for disparaging remarks, dad recognizes their wrestling potential and starts coaching them.

His techniques are severe; they include strenuous morning workouts and short, forced haircuts. Despite opposition from the villagers, he continues to train them in his improvised mud pit. The daughters initially dislike their father for how he treats them but soon understand that he is concerned about their future.

They enter wrestling competitions voluntarily and compete against males because they are motivated. Mahavir teaches them freestyle wrestling on mattresses because he cannot afford to buy wrestling mats for them in order to get them ready for competitive competitions.

Before going to the National Sports Academy in Patiala to prepare for the next Commonwealth Games, Geeta goes on to win the junior and senior championships at the state and national levels.

Release

Dangal was released in USA on 21st December 2016 and in India, the movie was released on 23rd December 2016.

Reviews

Dangal movie is based on a true story of Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters. Writer Nitesh Tiwari with other co-writers Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain and Nikhil Meharotra has written the screenplay of the movie so meticulously that can be seen on the screen. Direction by Nitesh Tiwari has covered every minute details which has made the movie a complete ride of emotions and a must watch in everyones watch list. In short, the movie is splendid and worth watching.

Cast

• Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat

• Sakshi Tanwar as Daya Shobha Kaur – Mahavir's wife

• Fatima Sana Shaikh as Geeta Phogat – Mahavir's eldest daughter

• Zaira Wasim as Child Geeta

• Sanya Malhotra as Babita Kumari – Mahavir's second daughter

• Suhani Bhatnagar as Child Babita

• Aparshakti Khurana as Omkar Singh Phogat – Rajpal's son; Mahavir's nephew

• Ritvik Sahore as Teenage Omkar

• Ananya Sharma as Child Ritu Phogat – Mahavir's third daughter

• Lakshita Goyal as Child Sangeeta Phogat – Mahavir's youngest daughter

• Girish Kulkarni as Pramod Kadam – Coach at the National Sports Academy

• Vivan Bhatena as Harkinder – Mahavir's colleague

• Shishir Sharma as Head of Department of the National Sports Academy

• Meenu Prajapati as Jasmeet – Geeta's friend at the National Sports Academy

• Karmveer Choudhary as Maan Singh Phogat – Mahavir's father

• Anurag Arora as Rajpal Singh Phogat – Mahavir's brother; Omkar's father

Crew

Dangal is written by Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Meharotra and directed by Nitesh Tiwari. The film was produced by Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, and Siddharth Roy Kapur. The cinematography was done by Satyajit Pande (Setu), edited by Ballu Saluja, and the music was composed by Pritam under Aamir Khan Productions and Walt Disney Pictures India.

Character Analysis

Aamir Khan, who has a well-deserved reputation for giving 100 percent to every character he plays, gained and then shed between 25 and 30 kilograms while filming Mahavir Singh Phogat's role in Dangal. Aamir portrays Mr. Phogat as a young wrestler and a middle-aged father. He gained weight to complete the former, refusing his director's advice to wear a fat suit. Aamir hit the scales at 95 kilograms, raising questions about his health. He acknowledged having trouble breathing and moving around. Aamir shed the excess weight in 5 months after completing his scenes as young Mahavir Phogat.

Geeta and Babita, played by two young girls, are Aamir's Dangal offspring. For their parts in the movie, Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Sheikh trained with Aamir Khan in wrestling and the Haryanvi dialect. Despite having injured shoulders and knees, they managed to film Dangal's wrestling scenes, earning high appriciation from the lead actor.

Songs

Behind the scenes

Aamir Khan, Nitesh Tiwari and Kripa Shankar Bishnoi (coach of the Indian Wrestling team) share their experience on the transformation and training of Dangal's actors  - Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar. Behind the scenes from Dangal movie has been portrayed.

Controversy 

In the movie, Mahavir Singh played by Aamir Khan was locked in a store room during the Commonwealth Games but wrestling coach PR Sondhi has alleged that it was wrong. However, in an interview Aamir Khan cleared it saying, “No, he was not actually locked up in the room. Like in every biopic, some bit of fiction is added but the spirit of the story of Mahavir, Geeta and Babita is intact. There may be a few incidents here and there which may not have happened exactly that way but in essence it is their story.”

Box Office Collection

Dangal was a huge commercial success. The total collection of the movie was Rs 1968 crores worldwide, and in India alone it was Rs 538 crores.

Awards

Interesting Facts

• Aamir Khan first gained around 30kg weight to shoot for the role of 60 years old  Mahavir Singh Phogat.

• Also, to shoot for young Mahavir Singh Phogat, Mr. Khan shed his weight to do justice for the character.

• 70 actress had auditioned for the role of Daya Kaur and Sakshi Tanwar was the final choice of the makers.

Conclusion 

Dangal is a motivational film with a sports background that stars Babita and Geeta Phogat, as we ands father, Mahaveer Singh Phogat. The individual who believes that the birth of a girl is a result of their negative karma will learn a valuable lesson from this film. Since the movie is a complete ride of emotions, it's a must-watch.