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.

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Film Cast:

• Mahavir Singh Phogat: Aamir Khan
• Geeta Phogat: Fatima Sana Shaikh
• Babita Kumari: Sanya Malhotra
• Daya Kaur: Sakshi Tanwar
• Omkar: Aparshakti Khurana
• Young Geeta: Zaira Wasim
• Young Babita: Suhani Bhatnagar
• Coach Pramod Kadam: Girish Kulkarni
• Harkinder: Vivan Bhatena
• Young Omkar: Ritwik Sahore
• Referee: Ravi Aneja
• Mahavir’s Brother: Anurag Arora
• Organiser: Mahesh Balraj
• Little Omkar: Anmol Charan
• Father of Mahaveer Singh Fogat: Karamveer Choudhary
• Sunita: Ishika Gagneja
• Chicken Shop owner: Badrul Islam
• Government Officer: Jagbir
• Nigeria Coach: Olamilekan Akanbi Jason
• Sammar: Hafiz Khan
• Mahavir’s Boss: Sumit Khanna
• Laali: Meenu Prajapati
• Official: Ansh Rathore
• Head of Department of the NSA: Shishir Sharma
• Video Parlour Guy: Gurpreet Toti

Film Crew:

• Playback Singer: Aamir Khan
• Original Music Composer: Pritam Chakraborty
• Stunt Coordinator: Sham Kaushal
• Thanks: Puneet Issar
• Producer: Kiran Rao
• Producer: Siddharth Roy Kapur
• Executive Producer: Alan McAlex
• Playback Singer: Daler Mehndi
• Editor: Ballu Saluja
• Director: Nitesh Tiwari
• Sound Designer: Shajith Koyeri
• Makeup Artist: Vikram Gaikwad
• Line Producer: Navmeet Singh
• Director of Photography: Sethu Sriram
• Line Producer: Nishith Dadhich
• Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
• Dialogue: Piyush Gupta
• Dialogue: Shreyas Jain
• Visual Effects Producer: Sandeep Mane
• Co-Producer: Amrita Pandey
• Line Producer: Vishesh Agrawal
• Story: Nikhil Mehrotra
• Production Design: Laxmi Keluskar
• Production Design: Sandeep Meher
• Costume Design: Maxima Basu
• Makeup Artist: Jogendra Gupta
• Hairstylist: Avan Contractor
• Hairstylist: Nanao Soyam
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Prasad Sutar
• Playback Singer: Arijit Singh
• Playback Singer: Jonita Gandhi
• Playback Singer: Neha Kakkar
• Playback Singer: Raftaar
• Playback Singer: Sarwar Khan
• Lyricist: Vanamali
• Playback Singer: Jyoti Nooran
• Playback Singer: Sultana Nooran
• Playback Singer: Sartaz Khan Barna
• Playback Singer: R. S. Rakthaksh
• Playback Singer: V. Harini
• Playback Singer: K. Haripriya
• Playback Singer: R. Snjeevi
• Lyricist: Rajesh A. Malarvannan.

Movie Reviews:

• Svumpukkel85: An inspiring feel-good true story about fighting for a dream that only you can see.
  Most importantly this movie dares to put up a fight fighting against old Indian traditions and female prejudice.

  Two daughters overcome heavy obstacles to become world famous Indian wrestlers, with the support and motivation of their father and trainer.

  It is a very colorful, well-made lighthearted entertainment. The acting is fine, and the characters are relatable.

  A drawback is that it is way too long for a one-night-movie, and should have been made into a mini-series.

  Overlooking the abuse-aspect:
  I think it is important to say that personally, I don’t agree with most of the methods the father used to train, strengthen and harden his daughters, as a lot of actually was serious child abuse. Their mother also acts as the passive typical enabler. To make it worse, the movie dismisses and jokes about the psychological hurt on the daughters as if it didn’t do any damage. In Europe, the father would have been jailed and the kids taken away by CPS.
  I think it is a big misunderstanding to glorify abusive behavior, but I guess Indians still have to learn that you can motivate your children without abusing them.

• r96sk: Too long, too predictable and too slow.

  After the 161 minutes were over, I didn’t hold anything majorly negative about ‘Dangal’ as it does improve as it goes on. However, the first chunk of this film is yawnful, with the story falling to initially inspire – just a guide on how to be a bad parent, in anything. The ending is also pretty cartoonish, with the broom cupboard stuff.

  The cast performances are, in fairness, very good. Aamir Khan does great as Mahavir, while Fatima Sana Shaikh (and Zaira Wasim) are impressive as Geeta. Sanya Malhotra (and Suhani Bhatnagar) deserve praise also.

  With that noted, It isn’t really anything all that fresh for Bollywood sport biopics either. It follows similar beats to 2014’s ‘Mary Kom’ and 2015’s ‘Brothers’… even 2011’s ‘Patiala House’.

  For me, this 2016 production just feels so bloated and forced that it hampers the, admittedly noteworthy, hearty narrative. The leads are the only strong points to it in my opinion. It has been very highly received by others, so what do I know? Opinions and all that.