Coach Kadam tells the girls to forget everything
At the academy the new coach dismisses everything Geeta learned, then brushes Mahavir off mid-sentence.
Geeta Phogat
Every Dangal moment featuring Geeta Phogat, in story order. Played by Fatima Sana Shaikh.
11 moments · 29 min
Gilehriyaan: Geeta tastes freedom in Patiala
Geeta discovers nail polish, films, long hair and friends as the academy loosens her father's rules.
Geeta wrestles her father in the mud pit
Home from the academy, Geeta challenges Mahavir's old techniques and they settle it in the pit while Babita and Omkar watch.
Naina: a father and daughter grow apart
A quiet song over the silence after the fight, Geeta leaving for Patiala and Mahavir alone with his hurt.
Babita talks Geeta into calling home
After Geeta's string of first-round exits, Babita reminds her who she was, and a phone call ends in two words.
Dangal reprise: secret training outside the academy
Mahavir trains both daughters at dawn in Patiala, out of the academy's sight.
The academy hearing: Mahavir's crumpled prize money
Facing the girls' expulsion, Mahavir lays out every rupee they ever won and asks the committee for one more chance.
Mahavir screens Geeta's bouts in a seedy cinema
Barred from the academy, Mahavir rents an adult-film cinema's projector to study Geeta's tapes, then coaches her by phone.
The night before the final: silver is forgotten, gold is remembered
Mahavir tells Geeta tomorrow's fight is for every girl written off as less than a boy, not just for a medal.
The final: five points in the last seconds
Down by four with the clock running out, Geeta remembers her father's words and throws for five to take the gold.
The anthem from a locked room, then the words Geeta waited for
Mahavir hears the national anthem from where he was shut away, then finally tells Geeta he is proud of her.