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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them. This week, the pair are joined by Babu Patel and Giovanna Rampazzo, with thanks to Siraj Zaidi and The Indian Film Festival of Ireland.

This time, Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal.

When professional wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat fails to fulfill his dream of winning a gold medal by wrestling for India, he vows that his sons will take home that prize in his stead. However, Phogat never fathers any sons; instead, he becomes parent to four girls. Undeterred, Mahavir commits himself to the idea that his daughters Geeta and Babita will realise that dream, regardless of any social pressures that might stand in their way.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 72nd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Dangal is being shown as part of the Indian Film Festival of Ireland. It will be shown in Rathmines Public Library at 12pm, next Saturday 16th September 2017. Admission is free. Any Irish listeners of the podcast interested in watching the film are more than welcome; the film is introduced in broad terms at the start of the podcast.

Giovanna Rampazzo is also introducing a screening of two short films and the movie Waiting at 1pm, next Saturday 16th September 2017 at DIT Aunger Street.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 26th August 2017.
• Dangal at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• The Facebook group of The Indian Film Festival of Ireland.
• Book tickets to the screening of Porna, opening the Indian Film Festival of Ireland on 15 September 2017.
• Details of screenings for The Indian Film Festival of Ireland, 2017 at Rathmines Public Library, including Dangal.
• Rob Cain at Forbes of Dangal‘s phenomenal run in China, July 2017.
• Rob Cain at Forbes on five reasons for Dangal‘s popularity in China, May 2017.
• Naman Ramachandran at Variety on Disney’s decision to lay off Indian staff despite the success of Dangal, January 2017.
• Rob Cain at Forbes on how Dangal became the fifth-highest grossing non-English movie ever, June 2017.
• Shekhar H Hooli at The International Business Times on the tax free status granted to Dangal for its positive social message, January 2017.
• Manisha Mandal at India.com discusses some of the more controversial aspects of Dangal‘s claim to historical accuracy, December 2016.
• Megha Mathur at The Quint on Aamir Khan’s incredible physical transformation for Dangal, November 2016.
• Stephanie Roche talks to The Irish Times about the state of women’s facilities in Irish sports, April 2017.
• Mary Hannigan at The Irish Times on Lidl’s sponsorship of Ladies’ GAA, January 2017.
• Delle Donne of the Chicago Sky reads misogynist tweets about the WNBA, June 2015.
• Philip Reid at The Irish Times on the Irish public’s love of Katie Taylor, December 2014.
• Elizabeth Brauders at The University Times on why only women wear caps at university graduation, January 2015.
• Donald McRae at The Guardian on Conor McGregor’s journey from social welfare to global superstardom, August 2015.
• Nyay Bhushan at The Hollywood Reporter discusses the Bollywood remake of The Warrior, August 2015.
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