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The Aamir Khan-starrer clocked Rs 30 crore on its opening day in India Disney India’s latest release   Breaking News   :   Dangal   has clocked Rs 29.8 crore on opening in India, thanks to the Christmas weekend. The film, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, is the story of wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat (played by Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh) and their relationship with their father, also a wrestler, Mahavir Singh Phogat(played by Aamir Khan). Dangal   was released across 4,300 screens in India on Friday, followed by its overseas release in the US, Gulf and the UK on Wednesday. The opening trend in India is in line with the global one, as it collected close to a million dollars from the UK, the US and Gulf market on its opening day. Occupancy rates on Friday were healthy and collections are expected to jump by 25 to 30% on Saturday, and sustain the growth on Sunday. By trade estimates, the film should cross Rs 100 crore in the first three days, in ...

Dangal wants to have the best of both drama and reality, but ends up being stranded in no man's land Breaking News   : It’s not often that the opening credits of a Bollywood film make you smile. Quite early in Dangal, when the names of different production members come on screen, at one point, we see the credit ‘wrestling coordinator’. The name under it is Kripa Shankar Bishnoi, followed by Arjuna Award in brackets. Bishnoi, a coach of the Indian women’s wrestling team, trained Aamir Khan and other actors for the film. It’s heartening to know that Dangal — a film centred on wrestling, detailing the struggles of Indian wrestlers – cares about a real-life wrestler, too, taking an extra step to highlight his achievement. This gesture’s all the more important, because in a country like India, recognition in a sport, other than cricket, is hard to come. Dangal Movie Review   cares about the world it’s set in, achieving much by trying little. When Mahavir Singh Phogat (Khan)...