Dangal

Movie Review (Hindi)

As with every movie that revolves around a protagonist who rises against odds or conquers all obstacles in her/his path, this story besides being all this also has three protagonists -- A middle aged man and two young women - a father (Mahavir Phogat) and his two daughters (Geeta and Babita).

In the heart of Haryana where patriarchy is phenomenal, a middle aged wrestler has the guts to push for his daughters to succeed in an arena which is a male bastion, namely the wrestling arena. 

Dangal, the movie, is a success from the word go. Several reasons for this:
Aamir Khan is the ageing wrestler;
This is a real life success story;
It is about girls winning over boys despite social stigma;
This is about Sports. 

So lots of reasons why this film should be a runaway success.

Let me also mention the biggest reason--- A story well directed, edited and with competent actors.

Movie Review (Hindi)

Sultan

Hero of the masses, Salman Khan pulls it off once again with this movie.

Why did he pull it off? Well, the story follows the rise, fall and rise of a wrestler from Haryana and who does not love a story where odds are conquered by the underdog? 

But for me, what really stood out in the movie was the focus on wrestling as a sport, of women in this sport and also its international recognition.

Salman needs a good director and in Ali Abbas he found one. With romance, comedy, tragedy and drama thrown in for good measure within three hours in a well edited and well written story, there was bound to be but one outcome ---- a success!! (As usual the excesses were the songs which could have been edited.)

Looking forward to such entertainers...