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What one should learn from the movie Dangal?
Like any other movie of Amir Khan, Dangal has been made with dedication and perfection. The true and inspiring story of Mahavir Singh Phogat coaching his daughters to win gold medal for India is the soul of the movie and it has been written, directed and acted fantastically. As a result, the movie is getting rave reviews from critics and audience alike. In-spite of the cash crunch due to demonetization, this movie is going to be a blockbuster. The movie and its story have something for everyone. There are many inspiring sequences for girls, fathers, daughters, aspiring sports people and patriots. Here are some of the lessons in life we could learn from Dangal.
1. We often fail to see the opportunity available to us but will waste precious time worrying over what is not there. Mahavir Singh ji( Aamir’ s character) doubted his manhood, thought boys were the way to
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wrestling nirvana but never once looked at the beautiful girls he had. Realisation dawned, late of course and then his mantra towards life changed. Similarly, we also are caught up in complaining about the have-nots and forget the haves that lie ignored
2. Rome was not built in a day and nor was a wrestling champion. Geeta and Babita’ s journey to the international wrestling ring came after years of hard work. After years of giving up on life’ s simple pleasures, following the routine of a pehalwan, rigorous training, blood, sweat and tears went into achieving those medals. In life, we expect everything handed out to us on a platter, when we are overlooked for promotion, do not get our dream job or when a college rejects us, we think it’ s the end of the road for us and immediately take the nearest diversion, but forget that