Dangal is a biopic on the maverick wrestler, Mahavir Singh Phogat; he created history by turning 3 of his daughters and a niece, into wrestling sensations. A film on such a personality is bound to be interesting, add to that social issues like Women Empowerment & Girl Child; it is impossible to go wrong. The script by Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Mehrotra is the real hero of the film; as also a fab debut by Fatima Sana Shaikh! Another actor who deserves special mention is, Aparshakti Khurrana; as Omkar, he is pitch-perfect! First half is outstanding; the tone is set with the pre-credits opening scene itself, very effective! The only blemish, the film suffers from the usual second half sag. Two of the most crucial scenes in second half, make faint impact; so unlikely, as for most of the film Nitesh has audiences hooked on the film. The scenes are parallel cutting of Geeta's descent & Babita's ascent in wrestling; and the very important scene where Babita tells Geeta to say sorry to their father, immediately followed by her call to Mahavir. The emotions delivered were very very less, than required; the power ought to be such that everyone in the audiences would've tears in their eyes! Not much of Babita in the film, are the makers planning Dangal 2!
