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Dangal

2016 · Sport · Biography

Mahavir Singh Phogat trains his daughters to wrestle, against the village and against his own harshness. Nitesh Tiwari directs. Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra play the adult sisters.

The story

Mahavir Singh Phogat, a wrestler who never got the medal he wanted, trains his daughters Geeta and Babita against every rule of the village and then against the rules of the sport itself. Nitesh Tiwari directed. Aamir Khan plays Mahavir. Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra play the daughters. It opened in 2016 and became one of the highest-grossing Indian films of its time.

Release
23 December 2016
Language
Hindi
Director
Nitesh Tiwari
Status
Released

All-time blockbusters

Why it was a blockbuster

It grossed ₹1,968–2,024 crore worldwide, setting records as the highest-grossing Hindi film and the highest-grossing Indian film worldwide. By November 2018 it had been watched more than 400 million times on three Chinese streaming platforms.

Nitesh Tiwari directed it, and Aamir Khan produced it with Kiran Rao and Siddharth Roy Kapur. Khan plays Mahavir Singh Phogat, who trains his daughters Geeta and Babita to become India's first world-class female wrestlers. Khan had interviewed the Phogat sisters on his talk show Satyamev Jayate in 2014, months before Tiwari brought him the script. On Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 18 critics' reviews are positive. It took $216.2 million in China alone and was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2017.

Awards

  • 64th National Film Awards: Best Supporting Actress for Zaira Wasim.
  • 62nd Filmfare Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Action.

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Box office

As of 22 October 2026 (source checked).

  • Worldwide gross: ₹1,968–2,024 crore.

Source: Wikipedia: Dangal (2016 film) (checked 22 October 2026)

Cast

  • Aamir KhanMahavir Singh Phogat
  • Fatima Sana ShaikhGeeta
  • Sanya MalhotraBabita
  • Sakshi TanwarDaya Shobha Kaur
  • Aparshakti KhuranaOmkar Singh Phogat (Also narrator
  • Girish KulkarniPramod Kadam
  • Vivan BhatenaHarkinder

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Sources

Last checked 15 October 2026.