Dangal” ( the title means “Wrestling”) , Khan has aged nicely. He keeps his short muscular body poised, and his cropped hair sets off jutting ears, plunging eyebrows, and a serene scowl that almost never leaves his face; he looks like a jock version of Salman Rushdie. Yet within that tight-lipped mask, he finds a hundred ways to communicate emotion.
That’s more than you can say for “Dangal, ” a one-trick domestic sports drama that drags on for two hours and 40 minutes. “Lagaan, ” which was close to four hours, earned every minute of its running time, but “Dangal” is just a thin inspirational tale stretched out well past the point that U.S. audiences will have much patience for it.
