Research paper of FILM: Wrestling Dad

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Evaluating Wrestling Dad in Indian Movie: Dangal

Introduction

• Nitesh Tiwari (Dir). Dangal. Amir Khan Productions Walt Disney Pictures India

(2016): The movie title that is translated to wrestling competition revolves around a an

Indian wrestling champion who was forced to seek regular employment and quit the

sport. The theme of the movie is grounded on the father’s ambition to have his daughters

win a medal for the country in his place.

The operations change

• Athique, Adrian. "Watching Indian movies in Australia: media, community and

consumption." South Asian Popular Culture 3, no. 2 (2005): 117-133: This article will

be crucial in defining the Indain movie from an academic and practical view point.

Moreover, the source will be great for explaining the nature of the internal and external

drivers that constitute the operation of the movie.

The topic of focus

• Bandyopadhyay, Ranjan. "Nostalgia, identity and tourism: Bollywood in the Indian

diaspora." Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 6, no. 2 (2008): 79-100: Indian

movies have contributed immensely to their economy as demonstrated by this article that

dicuses the implications in tourism. This will be essential in supporting the movie

analysis of Dangal by examining cinematographic elements that are a tourist attraction.

Theoretical Considerations

• Kaur, Raminder. "Cruising on the Vilayeti bandwagon: diasporic representations

and reception of popular Indian movies." Bollyworld. Popular Indian Cinema

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through a Transnational Lens (2005): 309-329: This source is exceedingly instrumental

in the investigation of the theoretical consideration of the movie Dangal by focusing on

the narrative structure.

Lessons and Recommendations

• Rajadhyaksha, Ashish. "The'Bollywoodization'of the Indian cinema: cultural

nationalism in a global arena." Inter-Asia cultural studies 4, no. 1 (2003): 25-39: The

recommendations for this research comprises the incorporation of the sound and movie to

reflect the cultural nationalism as postulated by this reference source to facilitate the

Bollywoodization process.

Conclusion

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