Review of Dangal (2016) by Mayank A — 01 Jan 2017

I really like the movie loosely based on a real story, it's an emotionally driven family's drama, a family's struggle to take a different & a tough path and there rise to fame & success. The movie's script has its hit & misses, on the positive is the use of humour, the storytelling could have been dull but never does with the right kind of comic relief in the family cousin Omkar. The negatives were the fictional introduction of a villainous coach, I felt the real life story is rich enough with contents that no masala was needed. Same goes for matches shown in the movie, I felt cinematic liberties should not have been taken to give the matches a cliff-hanger, the cast with their performances could have made the real matches interesting enough.

The real stars of the movie are the people, both the cast and the ones they are based on in real life, amazing achievement by the Phogat family and superb enacting of them on film by these young artists. One should watch the movie for them & hopefully carry back the social message the Phogat family inspires.