But international titles were missing and this made him vow to get his children to eventually win an international wrestling gold medal. To him, his dream and hope of making the Indian flag fly high in an international wrestling competition were over and done with. In real life, in many parts of India, daughters are not valued in the same way as sons. Dangal, a movie by Aamir Khan, is about Phogat’s struggle to help his country achieve international success in the wrestling ring. The actresses who played the roles of Phogat’s daughters — Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra — trained well.

Source: New Strait Times January 15, 2017 06:31 UTC