Dangal

I went for this “greatest film of the year”, 100 crore earning, Aamir Khan magical wonder with great expectations. Alas, with nothing coming back as I wondered what the fuss was all about. Hadn’t there been other great films with brilliant storytelling and awesome themes, this film would definitely been another perfectionist Aamir Khan’s great creations. But I hate to say this about my favorite Indian actor that he has been beaten fair and square by films that have jolted, molded and recreated Hindi cinema this year. 

It’s another real life story about a sport prodigy who hailed from a tiny village and went through the struggle to make it big and make India proud. The only difference was that here a woman breaks the gender norm and stereotype of culture to emerge victorious fueling feminist sentiment and firing oppressed, suppressed angry Indian goddesses. But wait, hasn’t that already been done ? So what ? We watch it again. The scenes were causing a déjà vu continuously. Aamir Khan, you have fierce competition. It’s no longer just the Khans, but a whole bunch of artists, doing some brilliant work. Great performances by Fatima and Sanya.

The wrestling fights were fantastic shwoing lot of technicalities of the sport. The duels were gripping, adding some salt to the repetitive porridge.  I have great respect for the achievements of the Phogat sisters, and am proud of them. But this film does not live upto the hype it has created. Maybe Aamir could have been more creative in the making of the film instead of using his talent in promoting it.

Rating: 3/5