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In May 2017, WrestleMania! "Daddy" is a big hit in China! With a staggering box office of 1.295 billion, it is another Hindu masterpiece!
As the producer, producer and star of the film, Amir Khan once again refreshed people's understanding of him.
Some people say that Amir Khan's films are always attacking the most bone-chilling phenomenon of society, like a sharp knife stabbed in the depths of people's minds, knowing that it is painful, but still can't help but want to see it.
In his films, we can see his torture of various social problems and directly hit the pain points of society.
"Three Fools in Bollywood" uses humor and satire to explore the "cramming" education system that is prevalent in society.
"My God", also using seemingly witty film language, profoundly reveals the problem of religious conflict in today's world.
WrestleMania! Daddy", through the male perspective, shows us the incredibly difficult environment in which Indian girls grew up.
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In his body, there is a unique charm of a filmmaker: ingenuity is like a mountain.
For many Chinese audiences, he represents Indian cinema and the export of Indian culture.
Most importantly, he has been working hard to change the whole country.
It is such a national treasure filmmaker with a sense of social responsibility, in India, but someone asked him to "get out of India".
Why? Who exactly did Amir Khan touch?
When Amir Khan was still in college, he made a short film with his classmates that looked like a child's home, "Paranoia".
It was this attempt that led Amir Khan to make a decision that everyone opposed – to drop out of school.
He decided to give everything he could to influence society with the stories in the movie.
In 2001, Amir Khan ushered in the second turning point in his film career!
Once Upon a Time in India, which he produced and starred in, won the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards.
At the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, Once Upon a Time in India beat out 350 films from around the world and won the "Most Popular Film Award" in one fell swoop.
"Once Upon a Time in India" was on the UK's "Top 10 Movies" list, and then on the BBC's "50 Must-See Movies in Life" list, and it is the only Indian film on the list.
This seemingly simple film has been constantly digging into human nature, discovering human nature; retrieving human nature.
In India during the British colonial rule, people had difficulty supporting themselves, but they also had to pay double the harsh taxes to the British side.
The people are miserable, and the people are not happy.
That kind of depression and despair, the tears in people's eyes, seem to overflow from the screen.
Just when the villagers were desperate to the point of collapse, a brave young man, Ravan, accepted the challenge of the cricket game initiated by the British leader.
It's not just a ball game, it's a bet; it's a revolt.
At the end of the film, Ravan, played by Amir Khan, completes a challenge that is impossible to win with the help of a mantis, inspiring India.
This 3-hour-long Indian film has had a landmark significance not only for Amir Khan himself, but also for the film industry.
Once Upon a Time in India has largely changed two things about Indian cinema: simultaneous recordings, where all the actors can only make one film at a time.
The film was shot in the extremely remote Pujie for 6 consecutive months, and it was impossible for all the actors to cross the scene, and only one film could be made at a time.
Amir Khan realized the advantages of simultaneous sound, and for the first time he applied the idea to the filming of Once Upon a Time in India.
"Once Upon a Time in India" opened a new journey for Indian cinema to go global.
Before Once Upon a Time in India, Indian films only selected Indian actors with European and American systems, while Amir Khan chose professional British actors.
It was he who took the first step in indian cinema innovation.
The cricket game, as the climax of the film "Once Upon a Time in India", was a difficult filming process, and a shot had to be repeated countless times.
It is the spirit of Amir Khan and the team's "dead end", the cricket match in "Once Upon a Time in India", which has created a timeless classic screen event for the Indian film industry.
Amir Khan uses this film of infinite positive energy to tell us that if you are dissatisfied with someone else's decision, you have two choices: one is to complain twice, then ignore it, live, and endure it; the other is that you take responsibility to change it.
Before, I read such a passage on the Internet: There is a lot of unfairness in reality, some people choose to complain blindly, some people choose to laugh at it, but there are also some people who know that there are tigers in the mountains that are biased towards the tiger mountain line.
Although the people around me are not optimistic, but with their own persistence to chisel out a little bit of light, so that later people in the same way have a direction to find, this is what I understand greatly.
Changing the world does not require a drastic axe, and small steps can still shine brightly.
In 2012, "Truth Interview" hosted by Amir Khan sharply exposed various social problems in India, and as soon as the program was launched, it attracted widespread attention and aroused strong repercussions in India.
For example, the phenomenon of "abortion and infanticide" in the first episode is enough to make some high-level people in India break into a cold sweat.
An Indian woman who was diagnosed with a daughter in her belly could face these dangers: being forced to have an abortion by her husband, being forced to have an abortion by her husband's co-doctor without your knowledge; being beaten and miscarried.
After giving birth to a daughter, an Indian woman will face dangers: being beaten by her husband at will, abused by her husband's family; beaten and abused, divorced and taken away from her daughter!
The protagonist couple of the show "Couple's Walk", when they were in India, witnessed a tragic scene with their own eyes.
After giving birth to a girl in a village in India, she did not even cut the umbilical cord, and was directly thrown into the basin by her biological father and drowned.
The protagonists and couples of "Couple's Walk" are extremely shocked, and perhaps they will never forget such a scene in their lives, but for Indians, this is as normal as eating and sleeping.
What is distressing is that this situation occurs not only at the bottom of society, but even in the homes of high-level intellectuals.
A Western scholar once said that if China allowed free immigration, 200 million Indian women would cross the Himalayas and come to China.
When doing the "Truth Interview" program, there were many friends around me who advised Amir Khan: You are not good for yourself at all by doing these things, and it will also cause the public to resent and reduce your popularity.
In this regard, Aamir Khan said: I don't know if this will affect my career as a filmmaker, but as a human being, I am indeed more concerned about the current situation of my motherland and the situation of my compatriots.
It's a choice, not our obligation, but it can be done if we want to.
The opening message of the "Truth Interview" program shows Aamir Khan's strong sense of social responsibility: I want to discuss some topics related to the people's livelihood in India, not to blame anyone, not to slander anyone, and not to restrain anyone.
Sometimes I wonder, why should I think about all these things that have nothing to do with me? My life is happy and happy, but what does the suffering of others have to do with me? But it does have a stake.
Because I am also a member of this society, a series of things connect you and me and everyone in society, breathe in and out, and feel the resonance in your heart. I have no intention of intensifying contradictions, just to change this era.
No matter whose heart it is, as long as there is a spark, it will become a burning trend.
In the program, Amir Khan not only discusses with the guests policies and measures to eliminate social ills and organizes charity activities, but also always reminds every ordinary person: "what can I" do?
After the episode exploring "child abuse" aired, Amir Khan was invited to testify before Congress, which successfully led to the passage of the Child Protection Act.
As he said in The Colors of Basati: Complaining is useless, and only action can change the country.
Because of the "Truth Interview" show, Amir Khan received countless threatening phone calls.
But he still uses his influence as a star to save those who are still living in the water, to pursue and solve the root causes of social problems.
Amir Khan is like the modern writer Tashi Ram Duoduo wrote in "The Sound of the Empty Valley": even if it is like a frozen river, it still strives to reflect the sun; even if it comes out of the three realms like the wind, it still does not give up sentient beings, and frequently looks forward to it.
In 2012, Time magazine commented on Amir Khan: Can an actor change a country?
Amir Khan answered this question well with his films, with his Interview with the Truth.
Time magazine called Amir Khan the "conscience of India" and named him one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2013.
Some netizens said of Amir Khan: His real greatness is not in the movie, but in the "Truth Interview", which is a world-shocking talk show.
As a filmmaker, Amir Khan gave everything he could for film; as a citizen, he did what he could for society.
As we all know, India is facing the most severe water crisis in history.
In the program "Truth Interview", Amir Khan discussed the reasons for the lack of water resources, mainly pollution, waste, and weak awareness of water storage.
After finding the cause of the water shortage, Amir Khan began to devote himself to helping India solve the water problem.
Amir Khan and his wife, Kieran Rao, and the Truth Interview team traveled thousands of villages to develop public awareness of water conservation and the habit of conserving water.
The couple not only provided volunteer labor, but also recorded television programs on the theme of water resources, teaching people how to use water rationally in order to solve problems at the source.
At the same time, Amir Khan and the Pani Foundation are also involved in the fight against the drought in rural India.
Initially, the foundation worked only from Mumbai's home state of Maharashtra, Aamir Khan's home, but in less than a month, nearly 20,000 volunteers were involved.
Amir Khan took the volunteers to different villages, and even when the surface temperature reached 45 ° C, Amir Khan insisted on digging canals with the volunteers.
I was so tired that I only had to rest for about 15 seconds, and then continued to wave my hoe to join the "battle".
This project, which Amir Khan has been running for more than 6 years, has helped hundreds of villages solve the problem of water scarcity.
Amir Khan said: Although making movies and making shows is my life's pursuit, spending time on more meaningful things is what I want to do most.
In the show "Lu Yu Has About a Day", he is determined to walk through more than 4,000 villages in India.
For an international superstar, he did not think about how to earn more fame and fortune, but to take up his share of responsibility.
Amir Khan was like the poets of ancient China who spoke poetically.
They have ideals, they have ambitions, and they always seem to want to change something through themselves.
Someone asked: How to evaluate Amir Khan?
Among them, Gao Zan replied: My admiration for Your Excellency is like a gushing river, endless, and like the flooding of the Yellow River, which is uncontrollable!
Some people say that Amir Khan is not just doing public welfare, he is like a beacon, spiritually guiding people in the direction they desperately need, and thus changing.
He represents a spiritual force of independence, freedom, and courageous change.
Partial source: Amir Khan Goes His Own Way
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