Taiwan 's first-ever Olympic gold medallist, Chen Shih-hsin, has discovered striking parallels between her life and the plot of Aamir Khan 's film Dangal . Chen, who ended Taiwan's 72-year-long gold medal drought by winning in the women's flyweight division at the 2004 Athens Olympics, noticed similarities between her father and the wrestlers' father depicted in Dangal . "My father was a hard taskmaster, much like the father portrayed in the film.
I feel he was even tougher on me," she told NDTV. Chen's early introduction to martial arts and success Chen's father, Chen Wei-hsiung, introduced her to martial arts at the tender age of five and operated a Taekwondo training center in Taipei. By the time she was 15, Chen had already made a global impact by winning her debut appearance at the World Cup in the Cayman Islands in 1994.
Just two years later, she secured her second world title in Brazil, further establishing her prowess on the international stage. Chen finds 'uncanny resemblance' with the film's characters Chen said, "When I watched Dangal with Chinese subtitles a few years ago, I noticed an uncanny resemblance between the wrestlers' father and my own." "Yes, you could call me a chip off the old block when it comes to inheriting my father's grit and toughness, similar to the characters in Dangal .
" "I used to despise my father's relentless push. I felt like a rebel, much like the girl in the Bollywood movie who rebelled after joining the national team." Chen's brief hia.