Srijit Mukherji’s ‘Shabaash Mithu’, starring Taapsee Pannu, is a not-bad biopic that has its moments

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Quick, name five women cricketers! This question is put to a cricket-crazy common man in an early scene in Srijit Mukherji’s – but it could be addressed to any one of us. This lack of identity, this lack of recognition is the centre of Priya Aven’s screenplay. “,” Mithali Raj says. . You feel her frustration, especially given how celebrated male cricketers are. The other issue is sexism/patriarchy. At a press conference, a journalist asks Mithali who her favourite male cricketer is. She asks if he would ask a male cricketer a similar question about a favourite female cricketer. Plus, there are various physical and social aspects – like menstruation, or marriage pressure – that make a sporting career so much more difficult for an Indian woman. But that’s what makes success so much sweeter. The opening credits play over a montage of boys and men playing cricket. At the end, Mithali is surrounded by a sea of little girls who wear white uniforms and who want to be her.

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