《Let’s wrestle! "Dad" combines competitive sports, inspirational life, and feminist awakening ... truly reflects the current hot topics in India.
Those who have seen it regard it as a divine film and admire it, while those who have not seen it regard it as a must-see movie this year. Due to its incredible reputation, Miss Rui couldn't wait to watch the film on the first day of its release. I agree that is warm, humorous, inspirational and touching, but it cannot become a legend in my eyes.
The story is not complicated. A father who has a wrestling dream but cannot realize it, ignores the ridicule of the world and insists on training his daughter to become a world champion.
's routine of doing something that is impossible to do and finally reaping success is very popular with the public. Miss Rui also clapped her hands and applauded when she saw the taunting person being slapped in the face, but the distorted values conveyed in the process were unacceptable.
Don’t eat the fruits of patriarchal constraints even if they are good.
The father Mahavira played by Aamir Khan is similar to all authoritarian fathers.. In his view, children are the products of their parents, and their lives must follow their parents. planning and design. So I entrusted my dream to my future son.
Unfortunately, fate played a trick on him. He gave birth to four daughters in a row. After losing hope, he gradually degenerated into a middle-aged fat man. By a strange combination of circumstances, he discovered that his two eldest daughters had wonderful bones and extraordinary talents.
So he did not listen to their demands and forced them to learn wrestling. The two daughters were initially unwilling to accept the devil's training from their father. Their childhood was no longer filled with laughter and laughter, and they were surrounded by mud and sand all day long, and were laughed at by others.
But his resistance only resulted in his father treating more roughly, so he gradually obeyed his father's wishes and trained hard until he won the world championship.
Although the ending is happy, Miss Rui still wants to say: The ideal constructed by parents on behalf of their children, no matter how noble, even if it rises to the level of national honor, the starting point of this behavior should always be questioned, because is to deprive individuals at the cost of free will.
illuminates the darkness of his father's stubbornness and autocracy with the great light of ideals, which does not make people happy. The father's love here seems to have become a "false proposition."
The awakening of feminist consciousness is just obscenity.
In recent years, a very high praise has been given to movies as "movies that changed the country" . It can reveal social reality and promote public attention and improvement of problems. It is an important manifestation of the value of film creation.
For example, "Melting Pot" promoted South Korea to re-examine the crime of sexual violence on campus and established the "Melting Pot Law"; " Food Company" revealed the shady story of the American food and life industry, thus formulating the "Vegetarian Defamation Act".
But in this Indian mythical film, women have only temporarily won a place, and there is always a huge halo of men behind them. The awakening of feminist consciousness is just their obscenity.
In order to force his daughters to practice wrestling, cut off their hair to make them feel humiliated. This is an important metaphor of "spiritual castration". When the eldest daughter started to pay attention to her appearance and grow her hair long, her sports career suffered a serious setback, which even aroused doubts from her younger sister. When
regained his strength and returned to the competition, he cut off his long hair. But Miss Rui believes that the correct way for to stop people from discriminating against women should be to convey the concept of equality between men and women, rather than transform women into men.
In addition, we can actually tell the clues from the Chinese translation, "Wrestle!" Dad" instead of "Dangal! Daughter", but it is the girls who really stand on the field and sweat.
What we see are not women fighting for their own destiny, but noble men who can break through the constraints of traditional thinking. Can this be considered feminism?
Competitive sports are happier if they are less purposeful.
In addition, as a competitive sports film, Miss Rui does not see the fearless competitive spirit of youth, nor the mutual sympathy and encouragement between opponents.From beginning to end, my father kept saying, " must defeat his opponent and become the champion. The second place is destined to be forgotten by the world."
Under this invisible mental pressure, the sports life of the two daughters is destined to have more tears and less laughter. The difference between victory and defeat in the arena is important, as it is a reward for the players' efforts, but the outcome should not become a weight that weighs on them and restricts the way forward.
Values vary from country to country.
However, in the final analysis, these are Miss Rui’s perceptions based on her own growth environment. And "Dangal!" "Daddy" only truly shows a country like India with a strict caste system, extremely high child marriage rate, and low status of women.
Male supremacy exists objectively in Indian society, and videos only restore reality . If we fabricate a utopia Indian society with equal rights for men and women, and upright views, and cater to the so-called universal values, not only will lose the authenticity of the story, but the real three views are incorrect in the current Indian society.
So it is unfair to the film itself to evaluate it solely based on values. Although it cannot become a legend, "Dangal!" In Miss Rui's view, "Dad" is still a successful work that is both artistic and commercial.
More than two hours accommodated extremely diverse and complex dramatic conflicts : the bondage and resistance between father and daughter, the methodological game between father and coach, and the dispute between sisters' change and persistence, all triggered the climax of the drama.
uses songs and dances to promote a smooth narrative + challenges the outdated system of ideological core , which not only creates interesting moments but also makes people think deeply.
"Wrestle!" "Dad" tells a true story , If you judge it based on European and American culture, you may feel that this is a relatively narrow work . But if viewed from the real social background of India, it will be a masterpiece that gives full form to women’s rights and dreams.
