In a dialog with NDTV, Chen shared how Dangal, which continues to be the very best-grossing Indian movie in China, mirrored her personal life.The film stars Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, a decided father who trains his daughters, Geeta and Babita, to grow to be high-notch wrestlers.
“When I watched Dangal with Chinese subtitles a few years ago, I noticed an uncanny resemblance between the wrestlers’ father and my own. My father was a hard taskmaster, much like the father portrayed in the film. I feel he was even tougher on me,” Chen said.
Chen’s father, who ran a Taekwondo training center, introduced her to martial arts at the age of five. She recalled how she despised his relentless pushing and even ran away from home. However, she later returned, and this marked the beginning of her journey to winning an Olympic gold medal, much like the journey depicted in Dangal.
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“Yes, you could possibly name me a chip off the previous block with regards to inheriting my father’s grit and toughness, just like the characters in Dangal,” she added.
Chen Shih-hsin made historical past by profitable the gold medal within the ladies’s 49-kilogram class in taekwondo on the 2004 Summer Olympics. Now, she teaches round 100 kids at her Taekwondo faculty in Xinfeng, close to Taiwan’s semiconductor hub, Hsinchu.
Dangal stays the largest worldwide field workplace success from India, grossing over Rs 2000 crore, adopted by Baahubali 2, which remodeled Rs 1700 crore, and RRR, which remodeled Rs 1200 crore.