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Dangal

  • 20162016
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 41m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
195K
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POPULARITY
4,959
1,057
Dangal (2016)
Dangal revolves around the extraordinary life of Mahavir Singh, an ex-wrestler who is forced to give up his dreams of winning gold for India in international wrestling.
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Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression.Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression.Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression.
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
195K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,959
1,057
  • Director
    • Nitesh Tiwari
  • Writers
    • Piyush Gupta
    • Shreyas Jain
    • Nikhil Mehrotra
  • Stars
    • Aamir Khan
    • Sakshi Tanwar
    • Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • Director
    • Nitesh Tiwari
  • Writers
    • Piyush Gupta
    • Shreyas Jain
    • Nikhil Mehrotra
  • Stars
    • Aamir Khan
    • Sakshi Tanwar
    • Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 468User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #125
    • Awards
      • 34 wins & 28 nominations

    Videos1

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    Trailer 3:15
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    Photos171

    Fatima Sana Shaikh and Meenu Prajapati in Dangal (2016)
    Dangal (2016)
    Dangal (2016)
    Fatima Sana Shaikh and Meenu Prajapati in Dangal (2016)
    Aamir Khan and Nitesh Tiwari at an event for Dangal (2016)
    Dangal (2016)
    Dangal (2016)
    Aamir Khan and Sakshi Tanwar in Dangal (2016)
    Aamir Khan in Dangal (2016)
    Karamveer Choudhary in Dangal (2016)
    Zaira Wasim in Dangal (2016)
    Zaira Wasim in Dangal (2016)

    Top cast

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    Aamir Khan
    Aamir Khan
    • Mahavir Singh Phogat
    Sakshi Tanwar
    Sakshi Tanwar
    • Daya Kaur
    Fatima Sana Shaikh
    Fatima Sana Shaikh
    • Geeta Phogat
    Sanya Malhotra
    Sanya Malhotra
    • Babita Kumari
    Aparshakti Khurana
    Aparshakti Khurana
    • Omkar
    Zaira Wasim
    Zaira Wasim
    • Young Geeta
    Suhani Bhatnagar
    Suhani Bhatnagar
    • Young Babita
    Ritvik Sahore
    Ritvik Sahore
    • Young Omkar
    • (as Ritwik Sahore)
    Girish Kulkarni
    Girish Kulkarni
    • Coach Pramod Kadam
    Ravi Aneja
    • Referee
    Anurag Arora
    • Mahavir's Brother
    Mahesh Balraj
    Mahesh Balraj
    • Organiser
    Vivan Bhatena
    Vivan Bhatena
    • Harkinder
    Anmol Charan
    • Little Omkar
    Karamveer Choudhary
    • Father of Mahaveer Singh Fogat
    Ishika Gagneja
    • Sunita
    Badrul Islam
    • Chicken Shop owner
    Jagbir
    • Government Officer
    • Director
      • Nitesh Tiwari
    • Writers
      • Piyush Gupta
      • Shreyas Jain
      • Nikhil Mehrotra
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    • Trivia
      After gaining 28 kg. for the initial shoot, Aamir Khan lost 25 kg. in 20 weeks to portray the younger (25 years old) character of Mahavir Singh Phogat.
    • Goofs
      Teenage Babita is left-handed, which you can see from the way she claps during Geeta's Dangal matches. But she becomes right-handed when she gets older, which you can see from the way she claps during Geeta's Commonwealth games.
    • Quotes

      Mahavir Singh Phogat: You have to fight in a way that people will remember you. If you win silver, sooner or later, you will be forgotten. If you win gold, you will be an example, And examples are given, child... not forgotten. See those girls? If you win tomorrow, you will not win alone. Millions of girls like them will win along with you. It will be a victory for every girl who is considered inferior to boys; who is forced into household chores, who is married off to just raise children. Tomorrow's match is the most important one. Because tomorrow, we are not fighting just that Australian, but all those people who think lesser of girls.

    • Connections
      Featured in 62nd Filmfare Awards (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Haanikaarak Bapu
      Lyrics by: Amitabh Bhattacharya

      Music by: Pritam Chakraborty

      Performed by: Sarwar Khan, Sartaz Khan Barna, Kheta Khan and Dayam Khan

    User reviews468

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    The best biopic ever
    Umm where to start? First of Aamir sir has done it again. He really has a good taste in selecting movies. Not only the acting even the fighting scenes were quite real to me & reel Geeta and Babita were just too awesome. There is certain moments where you're gonna laugh out loud, get anger, get emotional and obviously feel proud the most that's what the movie brings out of itself. I hope this movie brings joy to all family and a chance to look at all daughter's of their's potential.

    Should you go for it? Hell yes

    Songs are smartly enough and pretty amazing.

    Ps. I wished the movie to be a bit longer.
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    • khalid-71691
    • Dec 23, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 2016 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • India
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wrestling Competition
    • Filming locations
      • Pune, Maharashtra, India
    • Production companies
      • Aamir Khan Productions
      • UTV Motion Pictures
      • Walt Disney Pictures
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • ₹700,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,391,761
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,248,481
      • Dec 25, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $303,723,636
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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