Aamir Khan, Dangal doesn’t belong to you, it belongs to your daughters

Aamir Khan had a sleepless night on Thursday wondering how the world will react to his Dangal trailer which launched on Thursday. He need not have bothered — the trailer is a winner. But with a minor tweak — this film belongs to actors who are playing his daughters. Aamir Khan is perfection in Dangal, just the way he always is — the man who challenges and reinvents himself with every role he does.

And like every role, he is no longer Aamir when he is in front of the camera. This time, he is Mahaveer Singh Phogat in this 3.25-minute clip. A man hungering for a son who can fulfill his unfinished dream of winning a gold for the country. Why a son? Because wrestling is a man’s sport and in Haryana, who would ever think a girl can play this sport. That is till we see the two girls who are Aamir Khan’s daughters — Zaira Wasim as child Geeta Phogat and Suhani Bhatnagar as child Babita Kumari. And with all respect Mr Khan, Dangal belongs to the girls.

They are hungry and committed and you can see it in their eyes. Their wrestling moves or the way they announce, “pehelwani bahut ho gayi, ab dangal ka time hai,” wants you to stand up and applaud. With the trailer itself, we can promise you this will be as unlike Salman Khan’s Sultan as you can imagine. A women empowerment tale, a real life story and a tale of a man finding his metier in life — Dangal is a package we can’t wait to unwrap.

And then, the trailer gives us that final moment before it ends — a buffed-up young Aamir flexing his muscle before he enters the wrestling arena. Now that is what we call a dhobi pachchad.

Before Dangal trailer landed

While Aamir had talked about his sleepless night in this message, “Tonight is going to be a sleepless night. 12 hours to go before I launch our trailer of Dangal on Twitter and Facebook. Can’t wait for your response. Hope you like it,” film’s producer UTV had this power-packed announcement about Dangal, “Ladaai se peeche hatne walo mein se nahi hai mhaari choriyaan. #Dangal trailer releasing tomorrow. #Dangalvaar @aamir_khan @niteshtiwari22.”

For all his cliche-breaking roles, Aamir Khan is a traditionalist. The actor always releases his film in December and his trailers closer to Diwali, whether it is 3 Idiots (2009) or PK (2014). With Dangal too, he has continued this practice. A spokesperson earlier said about Dangal’s trailer release, “Aamir is going to treat his audience once again with a trailer of his movie on Diwali. He wants to uphold the tradition of releasing his trailers during the festive season.”

via:indianexpress