Indian movies hit in China
Hollywood movies seem to be China's favourite movies. But that is not always the case. Recently an Indian movie has become very p.
The movies calledDangal(摔跤吧！爸爸) c out on May 5. In less than five days, it has made more than 100 million yuan, according to China Daily.
The movie is about a father who turns his daughters i great wrestlers(摔跤手) . It is based upon the story of former Indian wrestler Mahavir Phogat. Famous Indian actor Aamir Khan, 52, plays the father.
Indian movies often include lots of singing and dancing. ButDangalisd.As Yahoo said, the sport story showsgender stereotypes(性别歧视) and a complex(复杂的) father-daughter relationship. There are so many moments that may m you want to cry. In the movie, when the father t his daughters to wrestle, people in the village all laugh at him. Above all, f girls did this sport at that time. But the father keeps teaching them. He even l home and goes to his daughters' city to train them. "It makes me think of my father, and his selfless love for us," a Chinese audience member told Hindustan Times.
The daughters' success shows that "girls are as g as boys". It's the movie's theme, as Hindustan Times said. And it attracts(吸引) m of Chinese fans. "It is like the story of a Chinese village girl becoming an Olympic champion," said Tan Zheng, editor of Film Art magazine.
