Movie review: Dangal aims high but misses the gold medal
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)...