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3. Did Geeta not Win a Single Tournament Before the Commonwealth Games?
Reel Story: In the movie, Geeta Phogat doesn’t win a single tournament before the Commonwealth Games in 2010. She also receives a lot of flak from the coach in the movie for not excelling on the international stage.
Real Story: In reality, Geeta had earlier won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 2009, where she competed in the 55 kg freestyle wrestling category.
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4. Was there really a villainous coach as portrayed in the film?
Reel Story: In the film coach Pramod Kadam at the National Sports Academy (played by Girish Kulkarni), demands that Geeta disavow her previous training. In the movie his character is shown as villainous.
Real Story: But in reality it was nothing of the sort happened. In reality, this character is fictional and there is no such villainous coach in the life of Geeta Phogat or any of her sisters.
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