In the week ending May 14, it had earned $71million, outselling the Hollywood Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

Last week, I sat in a packed movie hall watching Aamir Khan’s Dangal which was released in early May in China. Her face was as expressive as her words were abundant throughout the movie. Not perhaps so much because of the quality of the translation, but because much of the levity was situational rather than cultural. Not an easy feat to pull off. A different language but still their stories. The movie drew towards a close. Yet, beyond these few references, people neither knew much about our Prime Minister nor cared. Copyright © 2020, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. Why the Karni Sena went up in arms over ‘Padmaavat’, Making America great on the civilisational roulette. Most had not heard of Infosys or TCS or Aishwarya Rai.

This ability to connect with the audience at an individual level is a tribute to Aamir Khan’s skill as a storyteller.

It was my ‘protest ticket’ against his Snapdeal ordeal. The individual references to things Indian were usually from the 50-plus-year-olds and limited to Tagore (from the educated) and those who reminisced about the old movie Caravan or sang a robust ‘Awa-la hu’ of Raj Kapoor. I felt gratified.

On many levels.

They are more curious about the West. And the girl to my right cried because it was a great story told masterfully. It was perhaps silly at one level, but sometimes we do silly things because they feel right.

And this was also why I bought expensive tickets, twice, for a movie I'd already seen. This was my second viewing of Dangal. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. He gave me pride in my country. These have included random taxi-drivers perplexed over why such a powerful man who could have any woman in the country is single. We’d joked about the tricky situation we'd found ourselves in. For once the India portrayed isn't a caricature of itself, even though the film shows some harsh Indian realities.

I stole a glance at the young girl sitting to my right. | AP. He is a teller of their stories.

Aamir Khan's 'Dangal' has become China's biggest grossing non-Hollywood foreign movie, pulling in ¥806 million ($117 million) in mainland China, within the third week of its release, according to data from EntGroup, a leading entertainment consultant.

I was also interested to see firsthand the Chinese reactions to the movie.

In this process, he has initiated a change in the way India is perceived. The audience laughed right on cue. He would never know that I’d missed that evening’s earlier show because of a confusion over the venue, and bought a second equally expensive ticket for the following show. At that moment, when Aamir Khan’s Phogat was being humiliated by the wrestling coach at the National Institute of Sports, her face was held tight with emotion, tears threatening to spill over. Dangal has become the highest-earning non-Hollywood movie in China for 2017 so far. Tears started rolling down Aamir’s eyes.

I have lived in China almost fifteen years. 3 Idiots was when I first became aware of Aamir becoming a part of the conversations of the Chinese youth, even if on a small scale. Being neither a movie buff nor starstruck, this was an honour that Aamir Khan would neither know nor appreciate I’d bestowed on him. Should we stand up for the national anthem in a Chinese theatre? Aamir Khan has filled this small crack that leads into Chinese hearts with his socially relevant movies that appeal to a society that is burdened with many concerns similar to those in India — a patriarchal system, highly competitive education system and corruption in public life. Dangal changed that trickle to a flow, nay, a deluge. To enable wide dissemination of news that is in public interest, we have increased the number of articles that can be read free, and extended free trial periods. This I got aplenty. For once people are actually talking about India for the right reasons, despite viewing much negativity of Indian rural life. They fell into a hushed silence right on cue too. Dangal has taken the Chinese box office by storm. Or perhaps, I should say, he has enticed thousands and thousands of Chinese to become aware of India. I quipped. Jan Gan Man started. Stories and music weave their way into their hearts the way politics never can. "What if our seats are in the middle?"

An educated middle-class acquaintance commented that he seemed "lihai" or 'strong, fierce, capable'. Until a few years ago, the Indian references addressed to me were mainly IT, beautiful girls and song and dance — all in generic terms. The youth absorb culture in different ways from the elders. The national anthem started. Dangal has become the highest-earning non-Hollywood movie in China for 2017 so far.

My friend laughed at the reason for my persistence — I wanted to make up to him for the censure he’d received over a comment about the changing social environment in India. claimed my young nationalistic friend with full patriotic fervour. In order to gauge the audience reaction better, I found myself reading as many Chinese subtitles as I could. At a separate Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing, spokesperson Hua Chunying, in her reaction to the ban on Chinese apps, said, "By banning these hi … "I will!"

For once people are actually talking about India for the right reasons, despite viewing much negativity of Indian rural life.


In order to gauge the audience reaction better, I found myself reading as many Chinese subtitles as I could.

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