Has it come on?
No.
NOW?
No.
NOW?
No.
NOW?
Turn the damn thing properly!
Welcome to the wrestling area at the Seoul Olympics.
Looking forward to an exciting match today.
It's come on.
Shall I come down?
No.
Stand there holding it.
The final match this Olympics in the 72-kilo category
between wrestlers from Russia and America.
It's really sad that
despite wrestling being such a popular sport in India
Indian wrestlers have disappointed in the Olympics.
Even though our boys can bring home medals
where is the support?
There are no money and no facilities.
How will our boys win medals?
If a medal could be won with words
you would have won one a long time ago.
Are you new here?
That's what I thought.
Try stepping into a wrestling arena someday.
You'll run for your life before the match begins.
It looks like you've done it many times.
Run for your life.
If this were an arena we'd see who could run.
Why do we need an arena?
Now the moment we were all waiting for:
The stage is all set for a big fight.
There's palpable excitement in the air.
Both wrestlers are walking
towards the fight.
You're completely right, Tom.
It looks like it's going to be an interesting bout.
The crowd seems excited.
The wrestlers have come face to face.
Let's see how it plays out.
The customary handshake.
The referee's whistle and the match begins!
He's down!
An early thrashing for the Russian wrestler.
Overconfidence can often prove fatal.
Bro, do you want to try once more?
Now the wrestlers are gearing up for the next round.
Yes, Tom. This match doesn't look so easy as it seemed.
Let's see what happens now.
The 2 wrestlers testing each other.
A great attack! An equally superb defense.
And that was a magnificent move!
What an amazing move!
He didn't know what hit him.
Here's an attack.
And that's a counterattack!
And it's over!
It's all over.
David has become Goliath
and Goliath has become David here.
Well said, Torn.
No one expected such a quick defeat for the Russian wrestler.
What a match!
This is top class wrestling.
You're good.
You've just defeated a state level champion.
Don't be disheartened, buddy.
You've just lost to a national-level champion.
Meet my uncle
Mahavir Singh Phogat.
He quit wrestling many years ago
but wrestling hasn't quit on him.
♪ I'm here to stay.
♪ Beat the best.
♪ I'm here to stay.
♪ Beat the best.
♪ From the mother's womb to the cemetery your life's a wrestling bout.
♪ So wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Your glory may rise and fall
♪ because up in the sky your stars are wrestling too.
♪ So wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ When your heart thumps with fear
♪ pat your back
♪ bring back courage
♪ and you'll be fine.
♪ Every challenge is like a crazed elephant
♪ standing in front of you
♪ staring fierce
♪ threatening you.
♪ So take it head on.
♪ That's what you are born for!
♪ So wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Your glory may rise and fall
♪ because up in the sky your stars are wrestling too.
♪ So wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Wrestle, O Wrestler!
The smaller kid will win.
There you go!
Just building a good body doesn't make a wrestler.
Come here, kid.
Wrestling runs in the blood. You have to be born with it.
Here. Buy yourself some milk.
Bless you.
When there's no food on your plate what will you eat? Medals?
No one gives a damn about wrestling.
Just take up the job you're being offered.
Why did you quit wrestling?
I had no choice.
Wrestling gave me respect, fame
but it couldn't give me money
so I took this job.
Every wrestler dreams
of bringing honor and glory to the country
but if the country offers no support
how far can a wrestler go?
It's not your fault that you couldn't win a medal for your country.
How long will you let these memories depress you?
What I couldn't do, our son will.
He'll win gold for our country.
Our flag will fly the highest.
Mark my words.
That day uncle was as anxious as a student
whose high school results were due.
Don't worry, brother.
It's going to be all right.
It's a girl.
Uncle was hoping for a boy
but a girl was born.
It's OK.
You have a sister now, Omkar.
I was genuinely happy
but uncle was faking it
and then it all started:
Suddenly everyone in the village was an expert
in the art of conceiving a boy.
Feed a black cow sweets made with white sesame seeds
wrapped in maize flatbreads, with your left hand, before sunrise.
A son, for sure!
Mahavir, here's a special prayer for a son.
Recite it every day.
Here. Eat this.
Eat this!
Stop, will you.
Mahavir
make sure you only try on a Sunday.
On every other day, reign in your urges.
Got it?
Nor did people stop giving their advice.
Here you go, son.
Nor did uncle and aunt stop acting on them.
The day of the delivery arrived and so did half the village
to take credit for a son.
Geeta, you're going to have a brother.
You can play with him.
It's a girl.
Uncle get no son
and the villagers, no credit
but in all these "unfailing techniques"
where did the fault lie?
She must have fed a black buffalo instead of a black cow.
Or else, look at my cousin from Rohtak.
She had 3 healthy boys in 3 years.
If you say the prayer in reverse
the results will be reversed too.
Self control is a virtue.
I told him to try only on Sundays.
He must have let go of the reins every day.
I couldn't give you a son.
It's not your fault.
And don't get me wrong.
Both Geeta and Babita are very dear to me
but only a boy can fulfil my dream.
Years went by.
Uncle remained adamant
he wanted a boy
but maybe God was adamant too.
The third child was a girl
and so was the fourth.
This time I was dejected too.
Food's ready, papa.
Turn it over or it'll burn.
After that, uncle gave up on his desire for a son, and on his dream too.
Hey, Mahavir Singh!
What's wrong with him?
Are you coming to watch the wrestling match this evening?
No. You carry on.
Hey, Mahavir!
I've been blessed with a boy.
Here. Have some sweets.
What's going on?
Look how badly they've been thrashed.
Say something!
Yes, look how badly they've been thrashed.
They're all swollen and bruised.
Yes, they're all swollen and bruised.
Why did you beat them up?
I didn't, uncle.
Geeta and Babita beat them.
They started it.
He called me a loser and Babita a witch
so we gave it to them.
They beat them so badly? For such a petty reason?
Yes, they shouldn't have beaten them so badly.
Please forgive them. They're kids.
We're letting them go because they're your girls.
Move!
They got thrashed by girls!
Come here.
Come here!
We won't fight again, papa.
Tell me first: How did you manage to do it?
First he called me a loser but I kept quiet
and then he called Babita a witch.
That was it.
I grabbed him and punched him like this.
Then the other guy attacked.
I caught his hair and shoved him down
and dug my elbow in his back.
They say that a twig's enough to give hope to a drowning man.
Here uncle had found not one, but two lifeguards!
All along I was desperate for a son
so that he could win gold for the country
but what didn't occur to me is that gold is gold
whether a boy wins it or a girl.
From now on, Geeta and Babita will do no household chores.
Wrestling's in their blood.
From now on they'll only wrestle.
Wrestling is for boys.
You think our girls are any less than boys?
I've never even seen girls wrestle.
What will the villagers say?
How long will they talk for?
What if the girls break their hands and legs?
We'll fix them.
Where will the money come from?
I don't know.
Don't ruin the girls' lives for your passion.
Let me try for a year.
For this one year you bury your feelings.
If I'm proven wrong
I'll bury my dream forever.
Be ready at 5 a.m. tomorrow.
Why, papa?
I want to feed you your favourite snack, gol gappas.
5 a.m. OK?
What did you do now?
I thought you did something.
Eat.
How is it?
It's not very spicy, papa.
All right. Make it spicier.
Eat as much as you want right now
because from today you'll both be leading the lives of wrestlers
and wrestlers are not allowed
pickled, oily and spicy food
in fact, all the food you love the most.
Consider this your last treat.
♪ A messiah for the rest
♪ a terror for your own.
Come on. Faster, Babita!
♪ Papa, don't put us through this torture!
♪ A messiah for the rest, a terror for your own.
Papa, it's hard to run in these clothes.
♪ Papa, don't put us through this torture!
♪ Don't torture us!
♪ Papa!
Don't you dare stop!
♪ Papa, you're hurting our health.
♪ Have mercy on us:
♪ We're little children.
♪ Have mercy on us:
♪ We're little children.
♪ So much discipline!
♪ So much discipline makes us want to die.
♪ Papa, you're hurting our health.
♪ Have mercy on us:
♪ We're little children.
♪ Have mercy on us.
♪ We're little children.
♪ So much discipline!
♪ So much discipline makes us want to die.
♪ Papa, you're hurting our health.
Nobody would ever have been punished so severely
for beating up a couple of boys.
He abused me. Why did you have to beat him?
You tell me now!
♪ You stopped our picnics and outings.
♪ This is torture
♪ grave torture!
♪ to tell children not to enjoy their childhood.
♪ This is torture
♪ grave torture!
♪ Toffees, games and toys
♪ scrumptious foods
♪ have told us goodbye
♪ since your scolding.
♪ This is our time for fun and games
♪ why is it being measured with a stopwatch?
♪ Our luck is like a broken down car.
♪ Our luck is like a broken down car
♪ and our papa
♪ and our papa's the driver of that car.
♪ Papa, you're hurting our health.
♪ You've forbidden us tasty and spicy food.
♪ This is torture
♪ grave torture!
♪ You ask delicate dolls to toughen up.
♪ This is torture
♪ grave torture!
We'll do everything you say, mummy.
Just save us from this wrestling.
For one year forget you have a mother.
Hey! Forgotten so quickly?
How utterly absurd, Mahavir!
Girls in the wrestling arena?
Will you have me sin at my age?
♪ Our childhood has been thrown away.
♪ The garden has lost its blossoms.
♪ Wonder what kind of war we prepare for?
♪ Day and night we cry cascades of tears.
♪ You're still not happy, you dictator. We're your sacrifice.
♪ Do you think we're so hopeless?
♪ Better than you
♪ Better than you are Bollywood movie villains. ♪
♪ Papa, you're hurting our health.
Babita
will you massage my legs please.
I was going to ask you the same thing.
Always respect Mother Earth.
The more you respect her
the more respect you'll get in return.
Uncle had managed to get Geeta and Babita to the wrestling pit
but there was something missing.
In order for Geeta and Babita to train well
they needed to practice with good wrestlers.
Omkar?
Him?
Yes.
Isn't he too much, brother?
It's bad enough you making the girls wrestle.
Now you want them to fight boys?
Yes or no?
I don't have the heart to say yes.
And I don't have the courage to say no.
OK. Then send him over.
Because of you two I'm caught in the crossfire.
Stop complaining!
You're just caught in the crossfire.
We've been pushed into a war.
Keep running!
Why has papa got him to train with us?
This pint-sized boy's no challenge.
He looks like a 'TTSS' to me.
What's that mean?
"Tall on Talk, Short on Strength."
'TTSS' is it?
Go easy. I'm your little sister.
Yes!
Don't mind me saying so
but your girls are a little weak.
Want to fight me?
I'll be right back.
I don't understand you.
At one the time I can be either their coach or their father.
When the coach is at work
the father has to take a backseat.
Sorry for calling you 'TTSS'.
Sorry?
You think this is a joke?
He's throwing you down and you're letting him?
When he attacks from the left
why don't you stabilize yourself on the left and defend!
Sorry, Papa.
Child, this is wrestling:
Three sorrys and the game's over.
Come on.
Try again.
Where's the strength in you?
You're training the girls to wrestle.
I didn't say anything
but I won't let you cook chicken in my kitchen!
Try and understand.
Wrestlers need protein.
I don't care!
If meat is cooked in my kitchen
I'll stop eating.
You want your girls to be weak wrestlers?
I don't know anything.
There's no way chicken will be cooked in my kitchen!
- Omkar! - Yes.
Do you know how to cook?
No, uncle.
Then learn.
We don't have enough money for what they eat already.
How can we afford chicken now?
What? Sell you chicken worth 100 rupees for 20?
And I will benefit from this deal?
Why don't you explain the math?
Look. Geeta and Babita will eventually become famous wrestlers
and when people find out they eat chicken from your shop
where do you think they'll buy chicken from?
That makes sense
but just 20 rupees?
There are other shops too.
Wait. Listen.
Let's make it 40.
I won't pay any more than 25.
I've browned the onions
and now this pot won't go back in my kitchen.
Put the chicken in the pot
and let it cook on a slow flame.
It's to be eaten with rice
but it can be eaten with bread too.
Uncle was fulfilling his duty
and the villagers, theirs.
Girls are best suited to the kitchen
not to wrestling.
Mahavir Singh's gone mad.
Not mad.
He's become shameless.
He's getting the girls to wear shorts and fight boys.
Since you all started wrestling your walk has become quite manly.
Wonder what else will happen?
Next it'll be my fist and your face.
If only you'd given birth to a boy!
Their mother doesn't protest either.
The whole village is laughing at us.
Who will marry our girls?
I will make our girls so capable
that the boys won't choose them:
they'll be choosing they boys!
I'm going to tell papa today, this wrestling isn't working out.
Me too.
B-O-Y... boy.
C-A-T... cat.
Papa, this wrestling isn't working out
for Babita.
Yes, papa and
Geeta gets so tired, she falls asleep in class.
She can't concentrate at all on her studies.
Babita's body aches terribly.
She keeps tossing and turning the whole night.
Girls in school tease Geeta by calling her a man.
Sad, isn't it?
None of these things seem like a problem.
Tell me if there's a real problem.
Read.
E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T
Papa, our hair's getting ruined because of wrestling in the mud.
She even has lice.
I killed eight this evening.
Now, that's a real problem.
OK. Be ready tomorrow at 5 a.m.
Papa, please.
We don't have any problem.
In fact, we're enjoying it.
Please don't cut our hair.
We'll do whatever you say.
Ma, say something.
Look what papa's doing.
Please don't cut our hair, papa.
We'll do anything you say.
We'll wake up in the morning
and do everything. We won't ever complain.
Just don't cut our hair, please.
Please, papa.
Cut it.
Cut it?
Can you grow it?
Then cut it.
Even getting them to wrestle was OK
but it's cruel to chop their hair off.
They are girls after all.
Whatever I'm doing is for their best.
Anything that distracts them from wrestling
I'll get rid of it!
"Is that the full moon or the sun!"
I'm confused. Today they seem to have risen together.
Let it go, Babita.
Our stars are to blame.
That's enough wrestling.
Now it's time for a street-fight!
And then, in a small village of Haryana called Balali
a grand rebellion began:
the revolutionaries Geeta and Babita versus the dictator, Mahavir Singh.
All of uncle's arsenal was neutralized piece by piece.
The alarm clock was cleverly disarmed.
What's happened, papa?
You're late today.
Age is catching up.
No problem.
We've finished today's training.
Come on, Babita.
Countless light-bulbs were martyred.
How come the bulb fuses every day?
Quality, papa.
Quality!
Injury was made an ally.
In the battlefield surrender was given without a fight.
Should I give it to you?
And uncle, despite having both his hands
felt helpless like the armless man in the film 'Sholay'.
Get out of here!
I couldn't understand how I'd suddenly become so strong
but uncle understood very well why Geeta and Babita
had suddenly gotten so weak.
Geeta and Babita thought they'd won the war.
Hey!
Are you going to Sunita's wedding?
Mummy
are you trying to embarrass me?
Choose one.
This one.
Let me see.
Finally my girls are looking like girls.
Don't tell papa.
Come home before 8 p.m.
♪ I arrive, the blushing bride.
♪ Shy, nervous.
♪ I arrive, the blushing bride.
♪ I've seen many weird things in my life
♪ but my groom's the weirdest of the lot.
♪ I've seen many weird things in my life
♪ but my groom's the weirdest of the lot.
♪ Marrying me to him's like casting pearls before swine.
♪ My groom's such a loser.
♪ My groom's a loser.
♪ My groom's such a loser.
♪ I told my groom to help me freshen up
♪ and get me a toothbrush from the store
♪ but instead of a toothbrush
♪ he got me sugarcane from the fields.
♪ What a loser!
♪ Such a loser!
♪ My groom's such a loser.
♪ My groom's a loser.
♪ My groom's such a loser.
Let it go, brother.
He's crazy.
We just missed training for a day.
What was the point of making such a big scene?
What kind of father forces his daughters to become wrestlers
makes them wake up at 5 a.m. to run
works them like slaves
makes them fight boys
and if they protest, cuts their hair!
May God never give anyone such a father!
I wish God had given me such a father.
At least your father thinks about you.
But for us the reality is:
the moment a girl is born
teach her to cook and clean.
Make her do all the household chores
and once she turns 14
marry her off.
Get rid of the "burden"
and hand her over to a man
she's never seen before.
Make her bear children and raise them.
That's all she's good for!
At least your father thinks of you as his child.
He's fighting against the whole world.
He's putting up with them mocking him in silence.
Why?
So that the two of you can have a future, a life.
What's he doing wrong?
♪ I'm here to stay.
♪ Beat the best.
♪ I'm here to stay.
♪ Beat the best.
♪ When fortune gives you a chance to prove yourself
♪ You have barely a handful of days to prepare.
♪ It asks in exchange every drop of your sweat.
♪ Know for sure you gain so much more.
♪ Fortune bows before your intense effort.
♪ So wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Wrestle, O Wrestler!
That day one fact became clear to me.
I don't know about Geeta and Babita
but I sure didn't have wrestling in my blood.
Look at him sulk.
Give him some butter, ma.
He's got so weak.
I lost deliberately, to make you happy.
Get lost, 'TTSS'!
"I lost deliberately!"
Don't worry.
It'll stay between us.
After all, you're family.
Your reputation is ours too.
Don't get so cocky.
Watch me tomorrow.
You won't be able to tomorrow.
No, uncle. Tomorrow I'll definitely put up a tough fight.
We're going to Rohtak tomorrow
for a wrestling competition.
But I'm not ready yet for a wrestling competition.
Who's talking about you?
Will she be fighting boys?
She won't last two minutes, uncle.
Why?
Aren't you a boy?
She thrashed you.
I had seen a lot of wrestling competitions in my life
but today I was going to witness a match
the likes of which had never been seen before in Haryana.
A riot was inevitable.
Mr. Mahavir Singh Phogat, welcome!
It's an honor that you've come to watch the competition.
I've got a wrestler with me too.
Name, please.
Geeta Kumari Phogat.
What?
Geeta Kumari Phogat.
You'll have a girl wrestle?
Yes. So?
Write it.
Sir, the day I organize a cooking competition
that day get Ms. Geeta along.
This is a wrestling competition!
We've come from far away.
We won't return without a fight.
Either Geeta will fight
or you and I will.
First you talk nonsense, and then you're 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 flat 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're getting a chance to play the game
and you're giving a walkover?
Meaning?
How many years have we been holding wrestling competitions?
5.
How many people come to see?
Just a handful.
So?
Dim wit! Think about it.
In a town that's never seen a girl wrestle
when a girl wrestles a boy
how many people will come to watch?
Our competition will go through the roof!
But what if the girl breaks her arms or legs?
Let them break.
You bandage your broken competition.
Even if you charge two rupees per ticket
your wrestlers will eat for months.
Mahavir!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!
You must have seen 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: 2 rupees.
A wrestling girl for 2 rupees!
You have to win!
Even if you pitted your boys against a lion
there still wouldn't be such a crowd.
What do you think?
How many seconds will she last?
S...
My friend, 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's 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'll win for the first time.
Gosh. Jassi will beat her to pulp.
The three of you, out of here.
Your girl has lost it.
There's still time. Stop her
or she'll go back on a stretcher.
Before you fight a match 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!
Wow!
She's gone.
What a save!
You fought well.
Excellent!
The committee awards the winning wrestler, Jassi
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 were lucky you didn't go home on a stretcher.
Papa
when's the next fight?
♪ Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt arrives a cyclone.
♪ Make the calls. Tell everyone
♪ Watch out for the wild cat.
♪ Whether you're from Chandigarh or Delhi
♪ She'll lay you out flat.
♪ She'll relocate your limbs.
♪ Your attack will meet counterattack.
♪ She'll lay you out, lay you out flat.
♪ She's a force to reckon with.
♪ A force!
♪ She's a force to reckon with.
♪ A force!
From tomorrow you'll have to bless her as well.
♪ What a girl!
♪ Listen, Wrestler! Your ego will go up in flames.
♪ Her grip has such fire.
♪ She'll measure your self-worth
♪ in tiny millimeters.
♪ Your breath will run out.
♪ She'll slam you so hard.
♪ She'll lay you out flat.
♪ She'll relocate your limbs.
♪ Your attack will meet counterattack.
♪ She'll flatten you, lay you out flat.
♪ She's a force to reckon with.
♪ A force!
♪ She's a force to reckon with.
♪ A force!
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 don'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 wrestling competitions
but hearts too.
14,900... 15,000... 15,150.
You've become a senior wrestler!
By getting selected to the Haryana state team
Geeta Kumari has brought fame not only to our school
but to the entire district of Bhiwani
and we are sure that
she will make our town proud in the National Sub-Juniors too.
Leave? For two months?
Is your daughter getting married?
I have to prepare Geeta for the Nationals, sir.
Forget about it.
If she was getting married, I might have considered it.
I can't understand the decisions you make.
I didn't have a choice.
I couldn't let go of my dream
so I let go of the job.
What will you do now?
I'll start farming on our own plot of land.
It's hard work
but at least I'll be able to give time to the girls.
Titu, put this in the car.
Wait. Go on.
Yes, Mahavir Singh. What were you saying?
If I could get some funds, it would help a lot.
My girl has reached the state level now.
So?
What's the big deal about 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
one day she'll make the nation proud.
Look, Mahavir Singh.
We get this much funding for sports.
Wrestling gets this much.
Leave aside enough for men's wrestling
then remove coaching, dieting, traveling, equipment and so on
All that's left 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.
All right. 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've ruined sports.
There's no support for sports people;
only abuse when you don't win.
Medalists don't 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's a mat, brother?
Synthetic mattresses on which wrestlers fight.
A mattress is a mattress!
Isn't it?
Did I say something wrong?
Uncle had already ruined our sleep, figuratively speaking.
Now he was hell bent on doing it literally 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
you score 1 point
and from the ground position if you roll him on to his back
you score 2 points.
There are different ways to do this.
Uncle!
Like this.
Or from the ground position, like this!
If you flip your opponent onto his back from a standing position
you'll score 3 points.
Please, uncle!
Like this, 3 points.
Like this, from a standing position, onto his back.
It's hard to score 5 points but it can be done.
If you flip your opponent from a standing position
above your head in a rainbow-like arc
and have him fall on his back
then you score 5 points.
Watch.
No. Please, uncle!
- Come here. - No, please.
A real wrestling mat isn't like this.
It's like this.
We have to fight in the yellow area.
The red zone's a danger area.
If you step out of it, you lose a point.
There are 3 rounds of 2 minutes each.
3 rounds of 2 minutes each.
Whoever wins 2 out of 3 rounds, wins the match.
Sir, your daughter's underweight.
So?
Take my advice. Go back.
Feed her.
Fatten her up and come back next year.
If she fights like this, she'll break bones.
You just tell me whether she's allowed to wrestle or not.
Yes, she is.
Sign her up.
"Sub-Junior Nationals"
Good move!
Geeta had defeated beefy boys.
How long could these girls survive?
Is that a girl or a storm?
"Sub-Junior National Champion"
"Junior Nationals"
Is she underweight?
Yes... but how does that matter?
"Junior National Champion"
Time flew by.
Geeta went from junior to senior
and uncle
from senior to senior-citizen.
Go, Geeta.
Babita and I went from shorts to full length pants!
Push. Push her down!
Side throw!
Victory to Haryana!
"National Champion"
Finally uncle's dream has been achieved.
Now we can all relax.
No.
My dream still needs to be fulfilled.
Every year sees a National champion.
My dream will be fulfilled
when you win gold, not for yourself
but for your country.
You can celebrate today.
From tomorrow we start preparing further.
Papa
I need to speak to you.
Tell me.
Papa.
I'm National champion now, so...
So...
No, I mean
all National champions need to go to Patiala
for further training
to the National Sports Academy.
What are you getting at?
Tell me clearly.
I'll have to go too, papa.
From now on I'll have to train there
under the national coach.
Geeta Kumari Phogat.
Wrestling.
The place looks good.
Let's hope the coach is good too.
Girls, come on.
You must all be rejoicing
at the thought of advanced training.
Well, forget about learning.
First you have to learn to forget!
Forget the wrong training you've received
wrong diet, wrong exercise, wrong technique
and after forgetting all that
your real training will begin
with National Coach, Pramod Kadam
and you will only learn what I teach you.
- Is that clear? - Yes, sir!
Good.
Warm up.
Get me some tea!
Come on, girls.
Energy. More energy!
Yes, that's the way.
Keep it up!
Good.
Greetings, sir.
Sir, I'm Mahavir Singh Phogat
Geeta's father.
OK.
I'm the one who's trained her.
Yes, good.
She's good
very strong, with a lot of stamina.
Where's my tea?
Come on. Move it.
Sir, one request:
If Geeta gets the right coaching
she'll win an international medal for sure.
Geeta!
There should be a 90 degree angle between your calf and thigh.
Who's been teaching you?
Is this how you'll win an international medal?
You came to drop her off, right?
You've done that.
Now leave the rest to me.
Don't waste my time!
Is Geeta happy?
The institute must be very big. Isn't it?
Everyone there must be a champion. Aren't they?
And the facilities there must be amazing, right?
Have you trained today?
Yes. And the coach must be top notch?
You seem keen to go there.
Remember: I'm still your coach.
Your first time away from home?
Just you wait. We'll have a blast.
Girls, 'DDLJ' is showing on TV.
WOW!
Let's watch.
I'm going to sleep.
You can't say no to Shah Rukh Khan.
It's a sin.
Come on.
"Raj, if this girl loves you she'll turn to look at you."
Please turn.
"Turn".
Turn.
"Turn."
She turned!
Just grow your hair. You'll kill it.
A rhino uses strength
but the tiger uses both strength and technique.
Be a tiger, not a rhino.
Clear?
♪ These new colours, these sweet sounds!
♪ Why do my days suddenly seem different?
♪ I don't know.
♪ Why is my heart leaping
♪ like a squirrel?
♪ I don't know.
♪ These new colours, these sweet sounds!
♪ Why do my days suddenly seem different?
♪ I don't know.
♪ Why is my heart leaping
♪ like a squirrel?
Shall we go out later tonight?
♪ Is the weather a little wild
♪ or is my spirit soaring?
Just once won't make a difference.
♪ The taste of free will
♪ is so juicy. ♪
♪ I don't know
♪ why the branches of my desire
♪ are suddenly blooming with flaming flowers.
♪ I don't know
♪ why my heart is leaping
♪ like a squirrel.
♪ I don't know.
Yes, that's the way!
Remember: One mistake can cost you the medal.
♪ A new friendship is forming
♪ with the boundless open skies.
♪ That's making the earth jealous.
♪ She's complaining I'm getting spoilt.
♪ Life too nowadays
♪ seems bored of counting
♪ the couplets it recites
♪ among math equations.
Yes papa. Training's going well.
I'm going. The coach is waiting.
'Bye!
♪ I've left the arguments of right and wrong behind.
♪ I've moved on.
♪ Why is my heart leaping
♪ like a squirrel?
Geeta!
Come here.
Forget your papa's technique.
Learn just what I teach you.
Got that?
Hello!
Sorry. Geeta's gone out.
For years I've been deliberately losing to the two of you.
It's the truth!
That's it! Do you see?
Wrestlers shine only when the technique's right.
Win the Nationals soon.
You'll be sorted too.
Yes. When are you coming home?
I'm coming next week.
Need anything?
Nothing. You get here.
OK.
Did you like it?
Really?
You grew your hair out.
It's looking good.
Your papa won't like it.
Now not everything can go the way papa wants.
The coach didn't say anything
and he's such an accomplished coach.
You do as you please over there.
Just be a little careful here.
Mummy
real training happens with a lot of freedom
not with so many restrictions.
We watch movies, television, eat out too.
My performance hasn't suffered.
I am the topmost wrestler at the NSA.
Are you home, wrestler?
- How are you? - I'm fine, papa.
How's your training going?
She's going to Sydney for a fight.
How's your training going?
It's going very well, papa.
You've seen
I'm learning a lot of new things
new strategies, moves, techniques
Very good.
I've been thinking to teach her some things too.
After all, she has to win the Nationals.
You've grown your hair.
- Papa - No.
It's good.
Don't just attack. You have to defend too.
Hold me.
Now, how will you free yourself?
Hold this way, break and attack.
Got that?
That's an old technique.
Let me.
Hold me.
Tight.
Push your thumbs in this way
and move it to the side.
Not in the front but to the side. Break and attack.
What's wrong with my technique?
What's wrong?
No, papa. It's not wrong.
This is more correct. The coach has been teaching it.
So now you're an expert?
International?
Papa, I was
I'd like to know: What is it your coach has taught you
that your father couldn't.
Not her. Show me.
Come on.
Push your thumbs in this way.
So this is what your coach has been teaching you!
Is this how you'll win an international medal?
I wasn't ready, papa.
So get ready.
This is what I was saying, papa.
Isn't there a difference?
What happened today wasn't right.
What wasn't right?
That was bound to happen.
Someone had to tell papa that his techniques are weak.
His techniques aren't weak.
He's become a little weak
and don't forget that you've won the Nationals
based on his "weak" techniques.
You can win the Nationals with these techniques, Babita
but not international matches
and the sooner you realize this, the better.
All right.
You keep faith in your techniques.
I still put my faith in papa.
I pray to God that you fight well at the Nationals.
And I pray that you do well in your international tournament.
♪ This world is a lie.
♪ True is my pain.
♪ Mirage-like, my beloved
♪ is our bond.
♪ Those eyes
♪ that dreamt beautiful dreams together
♪ they tear up in separation now.
♪ Those eyes
♪ that stayed awake for nights together
♪ refuse to awaken even in the mornings.
♪ Separated are the paths
♪ of those who pledged
♪ always to walk together.
♪ Now they share only sorrow.
♪ Those misty eyes
♪ that peered through windows with hope
♪ are now suffocated with despair.
♪ The breath is unsettled
♪ with thoughts that torment.
♪ Why is this soul in disarray?
♪ Why this despair?
♪ This disheartenment?
♪ Why is the heart filled with the storm of a million questions?
♪ Those eyes
♪ that shone brightly like stars in the sky
♪ have now disappeared in the dark night.
♪ Those eyes
♪ that used to feast on the warmth of the sun
♪ tired, now seek the shade.
♪ Separated are the paths
♪ of those who pledged
♪ always to walk together.
♪ Now they share only sorrow.
♪ Those misty eyes
♪ that peered through windows with hope
♪ are now suffocated with despair.
"World Championship, Sydney"
"National Games, New Delhi"
Go, Babita!
Throw her.
What are you doing, Geeta?
Defend!
Attack!
Good one!
Is this how you defend?
The next round too, play attacking.
You don't look happy, Papa.
Didn't I fight properly?
No, my dear.
You fought exactly as I expected
but I never imagined Geeta would fight like this
and now you've won the Nationals too.
You'll go to NSA too.
You'll have a new coach
and your papa will get old once more.
No, papa.
Never forget
how you got here.
Hey, champion.
Hello, sis.
Still upset?
Come on.
- What have you filled the bag with? - Let me get it.
It's so heavy.
Hi, Jasmeet!
This is my younger sister, Babita.
Whoa! A family of wrestlers!
Here's the mess.
This is where we pig out.
This is the lounge.
Here we chill and watch TV.
Where's the training center?
My, aren't you eager!
See it tomorrow. Rest today.
Can I say something?
Don't feel offended.
Tell me.
You've changed a lot.
I remember the first time you lost a match:
You couldn't sleep all night.
And now, in spite of losing an international fight you're
I mean, it doesn't show at all on your face.
Has papa trained you to say this?
I remember papa's training very well.
It seems you've forgotten.
You focus on your training.
I'll manage mine.
And why are you lecturing me?
I've only lost one match.
"Moscow"
Geeta Kumari is trailing in the second round as well.
She's fought well but hasn't managed much.
Geeta tries
but Kasha scores one point.
And that's it!
Geeta Kumari makes an early exit from the world championship.
What a disappointment!
Yet another defeat for India's Geeta Kumari Phogat.
In Jakarta too, Geeta exits in the first round.
A humiliating defeat for Geeta in the Istanbul World Championship!
Geeta, don't lose hope.
We've worked very hard and you played well.
You just couldn't win.
It doesn't mean you're a bad wrestler.
It happens.
Some people aren't made for international victory.
Do you feel too
that I'm not cut out for an international medal?
I don't know about that.
All I know
is that you're the girl
who thrashed boys in mud-wrestling.
You're the girl
who in spite of being underweight, won sub-juniors.
You beat everyone at the Nationals for three straight years.
If you're not cut out for international victory
then I don't know which girl in India is.
I have a lot of faith in you
but it's nothing, compared to the faith papa has in you.
Talk to him just once.
How can I face him?
He's our papa.
At worst, what can happen?
He'll give you an earful.
Take it.
His reprimands have always helped us, haven't they?
Your medicine.
I spoke to Babita.
She said the training's going well.
And?
Geeta is not OK.
Please talk to her just this once.
Hello.
Geeta?
OK. Wait.
Geeta
Sorry, Papa.
Only 6 months are left till the 19th Commonwealth Games
the biggest sporting event in India.
What's still to be seen is how the Indian players hold up
against the world's best.
This time in the Commonwealth Games I want three medals.
Now, whether they come from you 3
you 3 or you 3
I don't care.
There are 6 months left.
Give your best.
Got that?
Get cracking!
Geeta
come here.
You'll get 1 medal.
Yes, sir.
Not in the category that you're losing in
but in the category you can win in.
Got me?
It's difficult for you to come through in the 55-kilo category.
You must have realised that too by now.
In the 51-kilo category
you can hold your own and maybe win.
Monitor everyone's diet strictly.
- No mess-ups. - Sir!
Sir, I want to fight in the 55-kilo category.
If you fight in the 55-kilo category you'll get nowhere!
She has to lose 4 kilos.
Change her diet.
From tomorrow we'll start your training for the 51-kilo category.
Come on, girls.
Why won't you win in the 55-kilo category?
There's no need for you to lose weight!
You'll fight in the 55-kilo category and win!
I'm coming to Patiala.
We don't know anyone in Patiala.
How will you live there for 6 months?
On rent.
And food?
I'll cook.
I'll cook, uncle!
I was thinking that I could come along too.
What will you do there?
Well, in the past they did well when they trained with me
so if they train with me in the future too
honestly, I think I'm their good luck charm.
I mean, that's what I think
and I'll buy vegetables for you, chop them for you
run errands for you, massage your feet
I'll make sure you're stress-free.
You see? It's the Commonwealth Games.
We can't take any chances.
Start preparing for gold!
"Patiala"
The room's on top.
Come on.
Isn't there any other room in the same budget?
It's nice.
Yes.
It's nice indeed
I have to admit.
Yes?
Geeta and Babita Kumari's father and close cousin.
Holy cow!
Uncle, doesn't this place feel lovely?
How are you, champ?
And you?
I'm fine, papa.
Why are you here?
Uncle insisted I come.
He said it's the Commonwealth Games. We can't take a chance.
Shut up, 'TTSS'!
Geeta's 51-kilo category training has started
and the diet too.
You continue their diet and training.
I'll supplement the rest.
What time does your training start?
7 a.m.
OK.
Be ready at 5 a.m. tomorrow.
♪ I'm here to stay.
♪ Beat the best.
♪ I'm here to stay.
♪ Beat the best.
♪ Hold on firmly to your dreams.
♪ Don't pay heed to what naysayers and cynics say.
♪ It's their turn today. Let them have their say.
♪ Your turn too will come. Prove your point then!
♪ One roar of the lion silences the bleating of a thousand sheep.
♪ So wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Your glory may rise and fall
♪ because up in the sky your stars are wrestling too.
♪ So wrestle, O Wrestler!
♪ Wrestle, O Wrestler!
Stop.
Straight attacks won't do.
You have to play with the opponent's mind.
Fake a move, but make another.
Sir, I put her on a diet
but I don't know why it hasn't gone down.
What have you been up to, Geeta?
Will you say something or just keep crying?
Sir, judging by their actions I feel they don't need NSA.
The rest is up to you.
Do you all have anything to say?
So you admit you're at fault.
Sir, they have just one fault:
that their father's crazy.
He's so crazy about getting gold for the country
that in their very childhood he snatched away their toys
and made them wrestle.
When they resisted he cut their hair off.
In order to prepare them he made them wrestle boys
took the taunts and abuse of the entire village
just so that one day they'd make the country proud.
Look, sir.
Look.
These 50 rupees she won at Rohtak.
This in Hisar.
This in Chandigarh.
This... this, all this... sir.
These girls have traveled a long way to get here, sir.
Don't tell them to turn back now.
It's all my fault.
I humbly apologise.
The coach is just concerned with getting 3 medals
no matter if they're bronze
but I want our country to win gold
and this girl can do it, sir.
All of you, please wait outside.
You've made a mistake by wasting your time.
In 55-kilos, Geeta won't even get selected for India.
If she'd fought in the 51-kilos she could have won a medal.
She should have won a medal much earlier, in exactly the 55-kilos.
You're responsible for that!
What did I do wrong?
Geeta's natural game is attacking.
By putting technique above instinct you've changed her game.
It's like telling a tiger to fight like an elephant.
You'll be left with no tiger and no elephant.
So why don't you tell me
how to fight to win a medal!
With your permission, I would like to demonstrate it here and now.
They're calling you inside.
What happened was wrong
but the committee has decided to give them another chance.
Thank you, sir.
But from today
you're not allowed to enter the NSA premises
and they're not allowed to step out.
OK, sir.
Today make one for me too, uncle.
Sorry.
Thank you.
We came to play the lead role.
NSA made ours a guest appearance.
Let's head back now.
No, Omkar.
They can stop me from going inside
but no one can stop me from coaching Geeta.
Cheers, uncle.
Against 3 of them I held my own
but the one who took me to the cleaners
she was smaller than me and not that strong either.
Do you have a recording of that match?
Yes papa, in the library.
Courier me a copy of it all.
There are only 3 months left till the Delhi Commonwealth Games
and the fervor can be sensed at the National Sports Academy in Patiala.
Where are we going, uncle?
The one thing I disliked about uncle
was his constant air of suspense.
It could kill you!
"CrazyCougar.com"
"The Lustful Aunt"
If you want to watch a movie let's go to Amar Mahal.
They don't show decent films here.
Get off.
"Wild Daughter"
Yes?
How much for all the tickets to the next show?
Which film do you want to watch?
We've brought it with us.
Pause.
Play.
Are you finished?
Be happy.
Your next show's sold-out too.
What are you guys up to?
I mean, where's the movie from?
Atlanta... Indonesia.
- Imported? - Yes.
Listen, can I make a copy?
Give me 50 rupees less.
How will she win if she fights like this?
Uncle!
Uncle, you've gathered the knowledge
but how will you pass it on?
NSA has issued a 'shoot-on-sight' order against you.
Sit down.
Again, suspense!
Is this how you fight?
Like a quivering kitten?
If this is how you want to fight, then don't.
What happened, papa?
I saw all your matches.
You weren't wrestling. That's for sure!
Do you have copies of the DVDs you gave me?
Yes, papa.
Can you arrange to watch them in private?
I'll borrow a laptop.
All right.
Be ready at 5 a.m. tomorrow.
It's been a while since papa gave me an earful.
It felt good.
Play the Jakarta fight, round 1.
I have, papa.
Go to 3 minutes, 58 seconds.
You have a lead of 2 points
and you started playing defensive.
Play. Look.
You threw away the lead, didn't you?
When the opponent is trailing, go for the jugular!
How did you do that?
On the other hand, when you should be defending, you're attacking and giving away points.
You'll gain nothing by desperately chasing after points.
You'll have to apply your mind.
You've lost matches that were yours to win!
Go, Geeta!
"National Trials, Patiala"
Each round consists of 2 minutes.
However, there are 120 seconds in those 2 minutes.
Wait for that 1 second when the opponent makes a mistake.
She's good, isn't she?
Yes, sir.
Very good!
Now you look ready, sis.
Did you tell papa?
What did he say?
"There's no need to get too happy!"
A grand opening ceremony to the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Host nation, India, displaying her ancient culture.
A proud moment indeed!
And here comes the Indian contingent!
A huge welcome for them.
Let us remind you that the finest athletes
from 72 countries are participating.
We'll be back tomorrow to start off the events.
Until then, goodnight.
Geeta was quite nervous before her first bout
and that was expected.
So far her performance in international events had been poor.
However little, the nation still had hope on her
and this was probably Geeta's last opportunity
to prove herself.
The first match in women's wrestling, the 55-kilo category, is between
India's Geeta Kumari and Melissa Anderson from Wales.
Go, Geeta!
Geeta seems quite nervous.
Now, let's see if she can break her jinx
of losing in the first couple of rounds.
We would like to remind our spectators
that there will be 3 rounds of 2 minutes each.
Whoever wins 2 rounds wins the match.
With that the match begins.
Both wrestlers are quite alert.
1 point to Melissa.
Melissa, 1; Geeta, O.
Melissa seems stronger.
3 more points to Melissa!
What are you doing, Geeta?
Melissa, 4; Geeta, O.
If Geeta gives away 2 more points
Melissa will win this round on technical superiority.
And Melissa gets 2 points!
Exactly as we feared.
Melissa has won the first round on technical superiority, 6-0.
What are you doing, Geeta?
Don't lose so badly!
We now need to see if after losing the first round badly
is Geeta capable of making a comeback in round 2?
2 points to Melissa.
1 more point to Melissa.
The match seems to be slipping out of Geeta's hands.
You mustn't lose, Geeta!
Come on, Geeta.
Geeta, lagging by 3 points.
She'll have to score real quick.
2 points to Geeta!
Melissa, 3; Geeta, 2.
Geeta tries to score some more
but the referee blows the whistle.
The round is nearing completion.
Geeta's still behind by a point.
Geeta's in trouble!
Geeta gets 3 points!
Geeta, 5; Melissa, 3.
Just 4 seconds to go.
Yes, Geeta!
Geeta's back in the match!
It's 1 round each.
Geeta's shown that she's not going to accept defeat so easily.
It's the last round.
Play defensive.
Got it?
Play attacking!
And the last round begins.
Geeta on the attack.
1 point for Geeta.
Geeta, 1; Melissa, O.
2 more points in Geeta's kitty.
Geeta, 3; Melissa, 0.
Will she manage to keep her lead?
Very good. Defend now.
3 points for Melissa!
I told you to defend.
No problem. Keep attacking!
The score is equal at 3-3.
Go for it, Geeta!
This match can tilt either way.
Geeta was poised to win but lost her lead.
Geeta's in danger.
Wow! What a move!
3 points to Geeta!
Keep her down, Geeta.
Geeta has won this match!
India's Geeta Kumari Phogat
has proven her critics wrong.
A proud moment for Geeta's father, Mahavir Singh Phogat!
So far India has won
5 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze medals.
In women's wrestling India's Geeta Kumari Phogat
has entered the semi-finals of the 55-kilo category.
Geeta will now face Nigeria's Naomi Edwards
two-time world champion.
What do you think?
Naomi is a very strong wrestler
extremely aggressive.
She doesn't give any opportunity to her opponent.
It's not going to be easy for Geeta this time.
Today you played according to your will.
Now do as I say
or it'll be impossible to win.
It's a difficult one
but not impossible.
You'll have to play offensive!
You have to play defensive.
Just go for the points!
Don't go for the points.
You'll get a lot of opportunities.
Don't give her any opportunities because she won't give you any.
Force a lock-jam each time.
If she doesn't get to score she'll get frustrated
and will give you an opportunity.
That's the moment we should grab!
The first semi-final match in the 55-kilo category.
India's Geeta Kumari versus Nigeria's Naomi Edwards.
Naomi attacking from the start.
And against her nature, Geeta playing defensive.
Naomi attacks!
Geeta in trouble.
Geeta putting up a strong defense.
Geeta holding her back.
Naomi made a strong attempt
but Geeta held her own.
Go on the attack!
Go easy.
Naomi gets rough.
She seems frustrated.
Naomi twisting Geeta's wrist.
Naomi's being given a warning.
Hang in there, Geeta!
That's 3 points for Naomi!
Geeta's been holding her off well.
A really good effort
but Naomi's broken through her defense.
Geeta has to act fast.
Geeta takes Naomi down.
1 point to Geeta!
She's still trying.
And time's up!
Geeta played well but she's lost this first round.
What are you doing, Geeta?
Why don't you attack?
The second round begins.
Naomi attacks.
Naomi tries to flip Geeta
but Geeta defends well.
Naomi puts all her strength
but Geeta isn't giving her a chance.
This is an exciting match.
Naomi trying hard
but Geeta not giving her space.
Naomi attacks again.
Geeta defends.
A nice defense by Geeta.
The referee breaks the fight.
Second round is still O-O.
Naomi must be wondering how to break Geeta's defense.
"If she doesn't get to score, she'll get frustrated."
"That will give you an opportunity."
Naomi attacks.
"That's the moment we should grab!"
3 Points!
And Geeta wins this round, 3-0.
Naomi, look at me.
That girl, she's smart
but you're double smart.
OK?
Don't allow her to turn you easily.
How are you fighting?
Sir, I'm fighting the way I've learnt.
The third and final round has started.
It's interesting to see
that Naomi is now playing cautiously.
Naomi trying real hard
but Geeta holding her back.
It's a lock position again.
Naomi attacks again.
Geeta holds her back.
Will Naomi score?
Hold on, Geeta!
The score stands at O-O.
Naomi tries harder.
Geeta's exposed here but holds her back.
Geeta hanging on by the skin of her teeth.
Only 12 seconds left.
The score still O-O.
Geeta attacks!
With that this round is tied at O-O.
She could have scored.
Now there'll be a toss.
Now there will be a toss.
This is known as a 'clinch'.
The wrestler who wins the toss gets to choose a grip
and gets 30 seconds to score.
If the red side falls up, Naomi gets to attack
if it's blue, Geeta gets to attack.
In 99 percent of cases the one who wins the toss
wins the match.
Oh!
Maybe even destiny doesn't want Geeta to win.
It's next to impossible to defend against Naomi for 30 seconds.
- Which leg do you choose? - Right.
Naomi has chosen Geeta's right leg.
Geeta takes a defensive position.
Naomi takes her grip of choice.
Now Geeta has two options:
not letting Naomi score for 30 seconds
or scoring herself, and winning the match.
In this position against Naomi both are almost impossible.
She lifts Geeta!
And Geeta scores a point!
No one expected Geeta to win this match.
She's beaten the number 1 contender for gold
in this very exciting clinch
and entered the finals!
And let's hope that Geeta Phogat
maintains her wonderful form in the finals too.
Shall we go, uncle?
Let's see the next match.
Let's find out whether Geeta's finals will be against the Australian
or the Scottish wrestler.
I'm very proud of Geeta.
She followed my strategy to the "T".
The result's in front of you.
Here she comes.
She looks good.
I mean, as a wrestler.
Uncle, isn't she the same one from the DVD?
Angelina Watson.
She's defeated Geeta twice.
She's played well till now.
And she'll play well in the finals too.
I've always had faith in Geeta.
Sooner or later she had to win an international medal.
A silver is guaranteed now!
The final won't be so easy.
Geeta
your game has changed dramatically.
How did this happen?
The entire credit for this
goes to my father.
He never stopped believing in me.
Mahavir!
Hello, Mr. Shamim.
Congratulations, Mahavir!
Geeta fought very well.
All of Balali is proud.
And these girls insisted
on watching Geeta's match in the stadium
or they won't eat.
How did you like the match?
Loved it.
Give this to her.
What is this?
I prayed for her.
Tomorrow's the final.
Bless you!
How can we allow this, sir?
Mahavir Singh's shouting instructions to Geeta from the audience.
The poor thing's getting confused about whether to listen to him or me.
From her game, it sure doesn't seem like she's confused.
Besides, how can we ask the audience to keep quiet?
Aren't you the coach?
She should be listening to you.
No, sir. She is listening to me.
- That's why she's winning. - Then what's the problem?
You wanted a bronze, right?
It's quite possible that tomorrow she may win gold.
Isn't it?
I'm surprised she's made it this far but I am happy for her.
It should be an interesting final tomorrow
playing an Indian in front of an Indian crowd.
Beating her, of course!
Angelina, any pressure before the finals?
Yeah, I'm sure she must be under tremendous pressure.
I've beaten her twice.
- The first round? - Yeah.
Yeah, first round.
So thank you and
namaste.
What's the strategy for tomorrow, papa?
There is only 1 strategy for tomorrow, child.
You have to fight in a way that people will remember you.
If you win silver
sooner or later you'll be forgotten.
If you win gold you'll become an example
and examples are given, child, not forgotten.
See those girls?
If you win tomorrow, you won't win alone.
Millions of girls like them will win along with you.
It'll be a victory for every girl who is considered inferior to boys
who is forced into household chores
who is married off just to raise children.
Tomorrow's match is the crucial one
because tomorrow you won't be fighting just that Australian
but all those people who think less of girls.
The finals of the Women's Wrestling, Commonwealth Games 2010
55-kilo category, is about to begin.
India's Geeta Kumari versus Australia's Angelina Watson.
We'd like to remind you all
that never before has an Indian female wrestler
won gold in the Commonwealth Games.
In this crowd we see
a lot of hope, enthusiasm and the Indian flag.
Hello, sir.
Aren't you Mahavir Singh?
- Geeta's father? - Yes.
A moment please.
The chairman of the Wrestling Federation wants to meet you.
Some important matter.
I'll meet him later. It's my daughter's match.
He's a big man. He might get offended.
Just 2 minutes.
You carry on. I'll be there.
"The entire credit for this goes to my father."
Go on. Take the credit.
How much further is it?
We're almost there, sir.
Where have you brought me to?
Hey, brother!
What are you doing, brother?
A thunderous applause for Geeta as she walks in.
Is anyone there?
Hello!
Anyone there?
This is the final.
Play carefully.
Angelina Watson enters the stadium.
And the final match begins.
Go for gold, Geeta!
Angelina, aggressive from the start.
She attacks.
Geeta defends.
And 3 points for Geeta!
Geeta takes a big lead right from the start.
Geeta, 3; Angelina, O.
Good!
Another point for Geeta.
Geeta, 4; Angelina, O.
Geeta playing very well.
Angelina will need to act fast.
1 point to Angelina.
Angelina looks for a takedown.
Geeta defends well.
Referee whistles.
Geeta leads, 4-1.
1 point to Geeta. Geeta, 5; Angelina, 1.
And with this, Geeta Kumari wins the first round quite easily.
Perhaps Angelina realizes
this isn't the same Geeta
she beat so easily in the past.
And the second round starts.
Will Geeta win this round and make history?
An excellent takedown! 1 point to Geeta.
Geeta, 1; Angelina, O.
Go Geeta. Go!
2 more points for Geeta!
Geeta, 3; Angelina, O.
Geeta bearing down on Angelina.
Geeta attacks!
1 point for Geeta.
Two more points
and she'll win this round by technical superiority
and the championship!
Geeta bearing down with all her might.
Will Geeta win?
The referee's whistle saves Angelina!
No problem. Geeta!
Angelina seems furious.
1 point for Angelina. Angelina, 1; Geeta, 4.
Geeta is still in danger.
2 more points for Angelina.
Geeta, 4; Angelina, 3.
No problem. Come on!
Geeta still leads by 1 point.
She needs to hold on a bit longer.
Will Geeta keep her lead?
Time's running out.
Geeta defends well.
Angelina going all out.
3 points to Angelina!
Angelina, 6; Geeta, 4.
And this round comes to an end.
And Angelina has shown what a true champion is made of!
What are you doing? You could have won the match!
Angelina, with renewed enthusiasm.
It's not going to be easy for Geeta.
Angelina aggressive from the start.
3 points for Angelina!
A 3-point lead in the final round!
Angelina, 3; Geeta, O.
1 point more to Angelina.
Angelina, 4; Geeta, O.
And this match leaning in favour of Angelina.
If Geeta is to get back in she needs to score fast.
A clever move by Geeta.
1 point to Geeta!
Angelina, 4; Geeta, 1.
Time's running out.
Geeta needs to keep at it
but carefully because if Angelina scores again
it'll be impossible to make a comeback.
Geeta attacks
but Angelina scores a point!
Angelina, 5; Geeta, 1.
It's almost impossible now for Geeta to make a comeback!
"Remember!"
"Your papa won't be there to save you every time."
"I can only teach you to fight"
"but you have to do the fighting, yourself."
"Make the effort. Save yourself."
Only 22 seconds left
and Geeta's trailing by 4 points.
At this level, it's almost impossible to recover the lead in such short time.
"To score 5 points is difficult"
"but it can be done."
Geeta trying
but Angelina stalling for time.
Just a few seconds left
and India might have to settle for silver.
"You have to play with the opponent's mind."
"Fake a move"
"but make another."
And a fantastic move by Geeta.
Will time be on her side?
It's gold for Geeta!
Geeta has achieved the impossible!
She is the first ever female Indian wrestler
to win gold at the Commonwealth Games!
Who would have thought that a girl from a small village in India
is capable of leaving her mark on the whole world!
Well done, Geeta!
A proud moment for India indeed!
Champion!
Where's papa?
I don't know.
We came together though.
And now the gold medal
for India's Geeta Kumari Phogat.
And now, as per tradition
the national anthem of the winning country will be played.
Victory to India!
Hey! What are you doing here?
Geeta, come on. The media's waiting.
Come.
Come. Everyone's waiting.
Come on.
And finally uncle uttered those golden words
that we had been pining to hear for the past 10 years.
I'm proud of you!
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