In India we celebrate the struggle and not the medals

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2016)

This movie again shows why we shower heaps of praise and crores of rupees on couple of silver and bronze every 4 year. The adulation is not about 2 medals in a country of 1.2 billion heads but it's the hard fought struggle and an impossible journey of those 2 people that change the way we think and look sport as a field in this country.
Amir Khan as have been the trend from past few years, brings you the as real as Mahavir can be in the biopic, but the highlight are the scenes like- villagers frowning upon girls taking wrestling, Geeta and Babita realizing the true intention of their father at Mehendi, denying Geeta from competing in dangal at first and then allowing only for the cheap publicity and so; all these lay out the struggle the girls especially from rural areas face.
Amir was outstanding as usual, Geeta and Babita's performance as kids outrank the young one and surprisingly given the small screen presence, Geeta and Babita's cousin was entertaining. First half was too good and is enthralling, however after intermission you could feel like there were one or two odd pieces where the direction was not that good and 'bollywood' dramatization also ruled few scenes.
Overall movie is great and with the voices of Daler Mehendi in title track make it inspiring and a must watch.