Geeta Phogat on Huma Qureshi’s Maharani: ‘Saw a reflection of my life in it’

Wrestler Geeta Phogat on Sunday shared that watching Huma Qureshi’s drama Maharani made her recall her personal wrestle with relentless sexism in her skilled life. In 2010, Geeta grew to become the primary Indian feminine wrestler to clinch a gold medal in girls’s wrestling on the Commonwealth Games, which was held in New Delhi. She then went on to safe a bronze on the World Wrestling Championships held in Canada.
Her rise within the in any other case male-dominated sport was documented in Aamir Khan-starrer 2016 superhit Dangal, which was based mostly on the lifetime of Geeta’s father Mahavir Singh Phogat. In an Instagram put up, Geeta wrote how she has been subjected to misogynistic jibes solely as a result of she has crushed a number of males in wrestling.

She talked about how an recommendation given to her by her father has stayed along with her via all of the troublesome occasions. “Logo ka kaam hai kehna, lekin tumhe peechhe mudke dekhne ki zaroorat nahi” papa ki kahi ye baat maine apnaayi aur aage badhti chali gayi (People will hold speaking however you don’t should look again. I inculcated this thought in me and stored shifting on.),” Geeta wrote.
The wrestler added that Sony LIV political sequence Maharani, which chronicles the journey of a homemaker Rani Bharti (Huma Qureshi), who’s made the chief minister of the state, resonated along with her on a private stage.
“Haal hi mein maine Maharani web series dekhi aur mujhe apni zindagi ki jhalak usmein nazar aayi. Log Rani Bharti ko neecha dikhane mein koi kasar nahi chhodte hain par woh sabko muh tod jawaab deti hai. Aise logon ko main bolna chahungi sudhar jao. Ab hum #SorryNahiSunenge (I recently watched Maharani and I saw a reflection of my life in it. People kept putting Rani Bharti down but she kept fighting back. I would like to tell such people that behave. Now we won’t tolerate an apology),” Geeta wrote.