Dangal (2016) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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Dangal - Family Review

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

2016 | 161 Minutes

No MPAA rating
IMDB: 8.3 ⭐️ Votes: 192,091

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    Men wear only underwear, as a wrestling clothes, but nothing sexual.

    The protagonist and his nephew are seen going to an adult film theatre nothing explicit is shown.Few b grade film posters on the wall.

    The film contains some mild sexual references as depicted in a scene where there are brief shots of a theater's walls plastered with posters of erotic films.

    Other sexual references include one where a man makes fun of the protagonist's sexual urges.

  • Violence
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    There are frequent scenes of mild sporting violence which feature characters competing in professional wrestling tournaments.

    Women wrestling matches features throws, twists, grips, and holds. Physical training for such matches is taxing. Someone is locked in a closet. The girls fight at school when bullied, giving the father the idea to train them to be wrestlers. A very tall and muscular wrestler challenges a smaller man to wrestle. The tall man loses. Geeta and her father wrestle fiercely.

    Moderate portrayals of violence without details occur. Said portrayals of violence also do not dwell on cruelty, infliction of pain or torture in any fashion.

    The film contains frequent depictions of wrestling bouts set in a sporting context, where the protagonist's daughter takes on her opponents and wrestles with them using techniques like wrestling holds, throws and body slams.

    None of the wrestling sequences contain any details of injury or bloodletting.

  • Profanity
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    Very mild bad language includes infrequent uses of 'damn'.

    Infrequent coarse language occurs.

    The film contains some mild coarse language, like the Hindi equivalents of "idiot", "rascal" and "bitch".

  • Intense Scenes
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    None

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