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competitions in my life

But today I was going to

witness a bout,

the likes of which, had never

been seen before in Haryana

A riot was inevitable

Mahavir Singh Phogat...

Welcome!

It's an honor that you have come

to watch the competition

I've got a wrestler with me too

Name?

Geeta Kumari Phogat.

What?

Geeta Kumari Phogat.

You'll make a girl wrestle?

Yes, so?

Write

Sir. the day I organize

a cooking competition

that day bring Geeta

This is a wrestling competition!

We have come very far

We won't return without a fight

Either Geeta will fight

or you and I

First, you utter nonsense,

and then you are being stubborn too

What do you mean?

You want a girl

to wrestle with boys

You may not be bothered

about your honor, but we are

I will have your honor

laid out now

Please... sir

Please... we really respect you, sir

But what you ask for,

can't happen

We can't do this brother

Let's go

How dare he...

You are getting a chance to

play the game

and you are giving a walkover?

Meaning?

How many years have we been

holding wrestling competitions?

Five

How many people come to see?

Just a handful

So?

Dimwit, think about it

In a town that has never

seen a girl wrestle

when a girl wrestles a boy,

how many people

do you think will come to watch

Our competition will go

through the roof

But what if the girl

breaks her arms or legs?

You bandage

your broken competition

Even if you charge

2 rupees per ticket

your wrestlers will eat for months

Mahavir-ji!

Ladies and gentlemen

boys and girls

You must have a girl

walk on fire, eat a snake

But today, for the first time

in the history of Rohtak

see a girl wrestling a boy

in a competition

in half an hour, at Lal Chowk

Tickets - two rupees,

A wrestling girl for two rupees!

You have to win!

Even if you were to pit

your boys against a lion,

there still wouldn't have been

such a crowd

What do you think?

How many seconds

will she last?

Mate, by the time you finish

she'll be done and dusted

Will she fight in trunks like these?

Get lost!

I was just hoping

Where is she?

She looks hot

Hope her t-shirt doesn't tear

I hope it does!

Go, Geeta!

Her father has lost it!

Do you know

the rules of mud wrestling?

Then choose who you

want to lose to

Who do you think she'll pick?

Our scrawny spider

He will win for the first time

Gosh, Jassi will beat her to a pulp!

Three of you, out of here

Your girl has lost it

There is still time, stop her

Or she'll go back on a stretcher

Before you fight a bout

you have to fight fear

At least my girl has conquered fear

Go easy, she's a girl

Don't make that mistake

Will you embarrass us?

Geeta, great going!

W..Wow!

She's gone

What a save!

You fought well

Excellent

The committee away

the winning wrestler. Jassi

wish a cash prize of 20 rupees

and from our patron, Kartar Singh,

a special prize for

Geeta Kumari of 50 rupees!

Sorry, papa

It's ok

Come on

You got lucky, or you'd have

gone home on a stretcher

Papa.

when is the next fight?

From tomrrow you'll have to

bless her as well

Once again people had started

talking about Geeta and Babita

These two girls come from Balali

and thrash boys

This fellow lost to a girl

Why didn't you fight her?

But this time the heckles were

replaced with applause

Some did not want to

wrestle with the girls

And some didn't allow

them to wrestle

Please leave!

Geeta and Babita were winning

not just competitions

but hearts to

14.900.. 15.000... 15.150.

You've become a senior wrestler

By getting selected to the

Haryana state team

Geet Kumari has brought fame

to not only our school but to the district

And we are sure that she will make

us proud in the Nationals, too

Leave, For two months?

Is your daughter getting married?

I have to prepare

Geeta for the Nationals

Forget about it

If she was getting married

I might have considered

I don't understand your decisions

I didn't have a choice

I couldn't let go of my dream

so, I let go of my job

What will you do now?

I'll start farming

on our own plot of land

It's hard work,

but at least I will be able

to give the girls time

Titu... put this in the car

Wait.... go

Yes Mahavir, what

are you saying?

If I could get some funds

it would help a lot

My girl has now reached

the state level

So

What is the big deal

in reaching state level?

That too in ladies wrestling?

Your daughter ran alone,

and came first

What do you need the funds for?

Sir, I want to buy a mat

for her to train on

She's playing well

If you support her today

then one day she will

make the nation proud

Look, Mahvir Singh...

we get this much

funding for sports

Wrestling gets this much

Keep aside gents wrestling

then remove coaching, dieting,

traveling, equipment etc

All that remains for ladies wrestling

is this much

And for this much,

you bought me a box of sweets

But you have our

complete support

The reason India

doesn't win medals,

is because officers like you

are warming these seats

Alright I'll get up

Titu, serve me lunch

Mahavir Singh, care

to join me for lunch?

The federation is a breeding ground

for such termites

They have ruined sports

There is no support

for sports persons

Medalists dont grow on trees

you have to nurture them

With love, with hard work,

with passion

And here, the scoundrels don't

give money for even a mat

What is a mat, brother?

Synthetic mattresses

on which wrestlers fight

A mattress is a mattress!

No?

Did I say something wrong?

Uncle had already ruined

our sleep, figuratively speaking

Now hewas hell bent

on doing it lierally, too

Wrestling on a mat is different

from mud-wrestling

Now we have to wrestle

on the mat

And in mat-wrestling

you have to score points

You can score 1,2,3 or 5

points

Omkar..

If you hold the opponent

by the waist,

and drop him to his knees

then you score one point

And from the ground position

if you roll him on to his back

then you score two points

There are different ways

to do this

Uncle!

Like this

Or from the ground position

like this!

If you flip your opponent on his back

from a standing position

then you will score three points

Please, uncle

Like this.. three points

Like this... from standing position...

on to his back

To score five points is difficult

but it can be done

if you flip your opponent

from a standing position

above you head

in a rainbow-like arc

and have him fall on his back

then you score five points!

Watch

Come here

No please

A real wrestling mat is not like this

It's like this

We have to fight

in the yellow area

The red zone is a danger area

If you step out of it,

you lose a point

There are three rounds

of two minutes each

Whoever wins two out of

three rounds, wins the match

Sir, your daughter is underweight

So?

Take my advice

Go back

Feed her

Fatten her and

come back next year

If she fights like this

she will break her bones

You just tell me whether

she is allowed to wrestle or not

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