![]() ![]() ![]() “Audiences (in China) were deeply touched by the story,” said Zhao Li, an analyst with entertainment research firm EntGroup. ![]() Instead, it highlights the realities of the fight for gender equality in India which, like China, has a preference for sons and where women are pressured to marry young. It is a departure from the syrupy romances and action flicks with colourful song-and-dance sequences that Bollywood is famous for. The movie is based on the story of amateur wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters Geeta and Babita, both Commonwealth Games gold medalists. ![]() It also has among the highest incidences of violence against women. The northern state of Haryana, where the film is set, has among the worst gender ratios in the country. the ideas of breaking gender roles and reforming education inspired by the film have struck a chord with many Chinese parents,” the official Xinhua news agency said.ĭangal (wrestling arena) is also among India’s biggest box-office successes, and had sparked a conversation on gender bias in the country, which has a ratio of 933 women to 1,000 men. It has earned more than $125 million since its May 5 release, data showed. The critically acclaimed Dangal, starring Aamir Khan, is running to packed houses in China, and has quickly become the top non-Hollywood foreign film in the country. A Bollywood film based on the true story of a wrestler’s struggle to challenge gender stereotypes and turn his daughters into world-class fighters, has become an unlikely hit in China, the country with the most serious gender imbalance in the world. ![]()
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