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Lola Bergo

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Aug 5, 2024, 12:27:59 AM8/5/24

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Dangalis based on the true story of Mahavir Singh Phogat (played by Aamir Khan) and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat (played by Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra, respectively). Mahavir was a wrestler (dangal in Hindi), who was never able to achieve his goal of bringing home a gold medal for his country of India. So when his daughters showed a natural talent for fighting, he became their coach and raised them as champion wrestlers. In 2010, Geeta won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, and in 2012 was the first female Indian wrestler to qualify for the Olympics. Babita, her younger sister, also won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

By the time the British Museum curators and our own conservators were carefully installing the objects, I had the layout of the gallery memorised. So when I first entered the exhibition space I deliberately left seeing the dangal to the very end.