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Samshad pahalwan guru Jasram akhada: Badshahpur Dangal 2020

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Kushti (Indian Wrestling) is a popular game at Kolhapur. In this south-eastern Indian city, Kushti has a long tradition. It used to be supported by local maharajas. Some of the Kings were themselves, good wrestlers. This game flourished here during the reign of Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj, the King of Kolhapur, who ascended the throne in 1894.

During this golden age, the monarch built hundreds of Akhadas all over the city and held tournaments, inviting best wrestlers from all over India and beyond.

Wrestlers wake up at 3:30 AM in the morning. They practice six times a week more than 6 hours every day. They live together in one small room above the arena and their only belongings are a blanket, few items of clothes and some books about the art of Kushti.

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Kushti in India by dietmartemps

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Dangal

Dangal is a movie that resembles many other movies with regards to the genre, atmosphere, spirit and subject. Movies like Chak De India and Sultan being the latest with Wrestling as the sport have given us the patriotic feel. There is one thing that this movie teaches you and stands out from all the others is ‘STAY TRUE TO YOUR ROOTS’. This is the lesson that Dangal carves in your mind.

The movie is as all know a true story of Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters Geeta and Babita. Mahavir is a passionate wrestler who quit wrestling due to the pressure of earning a living for his family as the sport did not give money. But this man always dreamt of making his son a big wrestler who will bring Gold for the country. But Mahavir was blessed with 4 daughters consecutively and he left hope of having a son in life. But depressed and disheartened Mahavir never ill-treated his wife and daughters and took all the possible care of the family. One day his two elder daughters showed the strength of what a woman can do if wrongly addressed and Mahavir got his hope back of winning a Gold Medal for his country irrespective of it’s a boy or a girl wrestling. This is what the movie says and let’s believe it as one, its Aamir Khan the perfectionist and two, that is how it all started and that the start cannot be converted to fiction. So yes this is how the Gold Medallists Phogat sisters were born.

Now let’s focus on the movie. It is a simple movie of passion and struggle to reach a height father wants to. So he becomes the ladder and asks his daughters to step on each step to reach the destination. He is the taskmaster, guide and coach. As a father Aamir Khan convinces you that he is dotting yet loving and ambitious. As a sportsman there is a strong respect in his mind for the sport and doesn’t care what are people accusing him of.  As a coach he has all the right techniques of assessing a player if he/she is defensive by nature or attacking in the game. He is a complete family man with all the arrogance and love in place. Sakshi Tanwar has done an outstanding job as a mother. The pinch in her heart while watching her daughters suffer pain, tears in her eyes each time for her family, silent anger and the nervousness of how the world will see her family if her girls are wrestling has an even balance all through the film. The young Geeta and Babita are equally good and strong to the elder ones. As an audience we don’t know if the practice is right but you still see the efforts that all the girls have put in filming the game. Yes the game. It may have not been easy to be banged and knocked on the floor in retakes to get it right. Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar look realistic. The little Fatima Sana Sheikh who played cute Bharti in Chachi 420 will make you forget all the adorable roles she did with this rough and rugged one named Geeta. Sanya Malhotra looks literally ready to kill it on the wrestling ring with that look as Babita. Her acting steals all the show. These debutants have the skills in making you look like they really are what they are playing and in reality relate to each other. The conflicts between the siblings and their father and the society and the coach are amazingly shown. 

No unnecessary songs and emotions create a powerful impression of the film. Yet I would say that the music compliments the film. There are some moments in the film that really don’t need too many dialogues and are well acted. In one of the scenes both the actors are just crying over the phone but you can still hear some unspoken dialogues to understand the feelings between them. There are also many compelling dialogues that bring tears to your eyes. The movie gives you Goosebumps. At the end we have all come to the conclusion that Aamir Khan will give you your best 3 hours in his films. 

The dedication of the father and the respect for his daughters is the remarkable part of this film. The name Dangal is not just wrestling but the fight within, with our people and the reality.

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Fatehpur Beri: The Village Of Bouncers | Unique Travel Stories from India

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Journey to Asola Fatehpur Beri, the village where most of Delhi's nightclub bouncers live. Hours of rigorous exercise, a super heavy diet, home food and a down-to-earth attitude: everything that goes into making a good bouncer.

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Kushti Jor: My son Anuj Gadhwali and Kuldeep Yadav - at Guru Haripal Akhada, Nathupur

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Hi, Friends, 

 This is my son Anuj Gadhwali practicing at Guru Haripal Akhada with wrestler Kuldeep. since kushti is the national sport of India, there are akhadas or wrestling schools everywhere in India. Guru Haripal akhada is one of the great wrestling schools in India. Guru Haripal is my friend,  I went to see him, a few days ago, .. it was a long time visit after this korona scare. I took my son with me, .. There he practiced with a wrestler from Nathupur village, I made a mobile video, for my friends, who wish to see how he is doing, hence this is the video hope you like it pls send some good wishes for my son: - https://youtu.be/S3AATYmoW5U This video is made and published by Deepak Ansuia, passionate work to promote the art of traditional wrestling of India, called kushti as well as mat and international wrestling.

Kushti SuperStar Anuj Gadhwali

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Bootcamp- MMA To Akhada - Episode 2 | Unique Stories from India

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