Dangal - Nitesh Tiwari
Director: Nitesh Tiwari
Writer: Nitesh Tiwari, Piyush Gupta , Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Meharotra
Stars: StarringAamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Zaira Wasim, Sanya MalhotraIMDb: 8,4/10
Dangal is a
2016 Indian Hindi-language sports film, directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced
by Aamir Khan, under his studio Aamir Khan Productions with UTV Motion Pictures
and Walt Disney Pictures India. Loosely based on the Phogat family, Aamir Khan
stars as Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his
daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class
female wrestlers. Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra portray
the adult versions of the two Phogat sisters, Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar
their younger versions, Sakshi Tanwar their mother, and Aparshakti Khurana
their cousin.
The development of the film began in early 2013 when
Tiwari began writing the screenplay. In 2014, Khan had interviewed the Phogat
sisters on his talk show Satyamev Jayate, before Tiwari approached him with the
script months later, after which Khan became the lead actor and producer. Set
primarily in the Indian state of Haryana, principal photography commenced in September 2015 in the
neighbouring Punjab. Satyajit Pande served as the cinematographer and Ballu
Saluja as the editor. Pritam scored the film's background music and for its
soundtrack, lyrics for which were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Kripa
Shankar Bishnoi, a coach with the Indian women's wrestling team, trained Khan
and the cast for the wrestling sequences.
After a North American premiere on 21 December 2016,
Dangal was released worldwide on 23 December and received positive reviews from
critics; praise centered on the film's "honest" depiction of a
real-life story and Khan's performance. It was also screened at the Beijing
International Film Festival in April 2017 and second BRICS festival in June
2017. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, it won four awards: Best Film, Best
Director, Best Actor (Khan) and Best Action (Shyam). At the 64th National Film
Awards, Wasim won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Geeta's younger
self. Overseas, Dangal won the inaugural Best Asian Film award at Australia's
7th AACTA Awards, 2017's Best Foreign Film and Top Foreign Actor (for Aamir
Khan) from China's Douban Film Awards, and two Jackie Chan Action Movie
Awards, and was nominated in the Asian Brilliant Stars
category at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.The film was a record-breaking commercial success,
becoming the highest-grossing Indian film ever, the fifth highest grossing
non-English film ever, and the
highest-grossing sports film worldwide. Produced on a budget of ₹70 crore
(US$9.8 million), the film grossed ₹2,024–2,100 crore (US$311–330 million)
worldwide, including $216.2 million in China, becoming one of the country's top
20 highest-grossing films and the
highest-grossing non-English foreign film in China. The film has also been
watched more than 400 million times on Chinese streaming platforms.
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