Overview
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Filmfare Award for Best Film (2017) and the Zee Cine Award for Best Film (2017)
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Box office
Grossed $311M worldwide, about 29.9 times its $10.4M budget
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Setting
Set in Punjab
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Music
Music by Pritam Chakraborty
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sethu Sriram
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Nikhil MehrotraStory
- Nitesh TiwariScreenplay
- Original title
- दंगल
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 21, 2016
- Original language
- Hindi
- Budget
- $10.4M
- Revenue
- $311M
- Countries
- India
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In the United States
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Cast
Aamir KhanMahavir Singh Phogat
Fatima Sana ShaikhGeeta Phogat
Sanya MalhotraBabita Kumari
Zaira WasimYoung Geeta- Suhani BhatnagarYoung Babita
Aparshakti KhuranaOmkar
Girish KulkarniCoach Pramod Kadam
Sakshi TanwarDaya Kaur
Vivan BhatenaHarkinder
Ritwik SahoreYoung Omkar- Ravi AnejaReferee
Anuraag AroraMahavir's Brother
Mahesh BalrajOrganiser- Anmol CharanLittle Omkar
Karamveer ChoudharyFather of Mahaveer Singh Fogat- Ishika GagnejaSunita
- Badrul IslamChicken Shop owner
- JagbirGovernment Officer
- Olamilekan Akanbi JasonNigeria Coach
- Hafiz KhanSammar
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