King Richard, a biblographical drama film of 2021,about the life of Richard Williams, the father and coach of the great tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. The film is based on a true story. This movie was directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and written by Zach Baylin. Will Smith acted the role of father in the movie, Aunjanue Ellis played Oracene “Brandy” Price, the mother of tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams and Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney were cast as Serena and Venus, the tennis champions. This movie is based on the hardwork and dedication of the father and both the child who worked effortlessly to be called as the stars of the tennis world. Despite facing many social comments they stayed focus on their practise and achieve the position.
Richard Williams lived in Compton, California, with his wife Brandy, his three step-daughters Tunde, Isha and Lyndrea, and his two daughters, Venus and Serena. Richard desires to turn both his daughters Venus and Serena as the professional tennis player. He planned everything about their success since before they were born. Both father and mother coach Venus and Serena on a daily basis, while also working as a security guard and a nurse, respectively.
They really worked hard to coach their daughter. King Richard use to coach his daughter during day and at night he went for guarding. Richard worked tirelessly to find a professional coach for the girls by creating brochures and videotapes to advertise their skills, but failed in finding any good coach due to high fees. One day, Richard took the girls to meet coach Paul Cohen, who was in the middle of practicing with John McEnroe and Pete Sampras who had achieved many notable accomplishments.
Coach Paul Cohen agrees to watch the girls practice, and was impressed by them. However, the father cannot afford professional coaching, and Paul refuses to coach both girls for free; he selects Venus to receive his coaching, while Serena continues to practice with Brandy. This made Serena quite sad that she will be separated from Venus while practising but she was extremely happy for her sister Venus. Paul encourages Venus to participate in juniors tournaments. She quickly finds success, but Richard stresses to Venus and her sisters that they should remain humble despite their success.
Richard did not wanted them to stress up alot and losse their studies due to these reasons. As both girls continue to succeed, the family feel as outsiders among the predominantly white, upper-class competition. Richard meets with high-profile agents, but, fearing that his daughters will be taken advantage of, he pulls them out of the junior circuit entirely. Paul warns him that his decision will destroy the girls’ chances to turn pro, but Richard stands firm, firing Paul as a coach. He was worried that she will suffer a similar fate like Rick’s pupil Jennifer Capriati, who was allegedly suffering from burnout and has been arrested for drug possession.
The decision strains Richard’s relationships with Venus, Brandy, and Rick. After an argument with Brandy, he reconciles with Venus, agreeing to let her play in the upcoming Bank of the West Classic in Oakland. Venus initially struggles in her first professional match against Shaun Stafford, but eventually triumphs. She comes in as a heavy underdog in her next match against top-seeded Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Venus takes the first set and leads in the second before Vicario takes an extended bathroom break, an apparent act of gamesmanship. Sánchez Vicario recovers to win the second set and the match. Richard and Brandy comfort a dejected Venus, telling her to be proud. As the family leaves the stadium, a large crowd of supporters is waiting to cheer her on, and Rick tells Richard that several major shoe companies are anxious to meet with Venus.
It was an amazing movie with full of inspiration. Also it was an extremly emotional movie full of motivations. The parents put all the hard works to uplift their child and to make them win the compition at the same time the father became protective about her child and denied for her to play the tounament. But after the fight of him from Brandy he realises that he was wrong and gave Venus the opportunity to play the match and fulfil her dreams. This was an inspiration for black people who was pedominated from whites to participate in more sports. This motivates all of us and gave us a pleasure of pride. The dedication and hardwork of both the parents and the daughters paid off their efforts and hardwork.`
By: Palak Jain
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