Dangal (English: Wrestling competition) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film, loosely based on the Phogat family, telling the story of Mahavir Singh Phogat, an amateur wrestler, who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to be India's first world-class female wrestlers. It was directed by Nitesh Tiwari, produced by Aamir Khan Productions, UTV Motion Pictures, and Walt Disney Pictures, and stars Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat.[4] Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra play the older versions of the two Phogat sisters, while Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar play the younger versions, Sakshi Tanwar plays their mother, and Aparshakti Khurana their cousin.

Cast Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat Sakshi Tanwar as Daya Shobha Kaur, Mahavir's wife Fatima Sana Shaikh as Geeta Phogat, Mahavir's oldest daughter Zaira Wasim as young Geeta Sanya Malhotra as Babita Kumari, Mahavir's second daughter Suhani Bhatnagar as young Babita Girish Kulkarni as Pramod Kadam, coach at the National Sports Academy Aparshakti Khurana as Omkar Ritwik Sahore as young Omkar Vivan Bhatena as Harkinder, Mahavir's colleague Kaustubh Pile as Male Fighter No.2 Shishir Sharma as Head of Department of the National Sports Academy Meenu Prajapati as Geeta's friend at the National Sports Academy Badrul Islam as the meat shop owner

Hindi दंगल Directed by Nitesh Tiwari Produced by Aamir Khan Kiran Rao Siddharth Roy Kapur Written by Nitesh Tiwari Piyush Gupta Shreyas Jain Nikhil Meharotra Starring Aamir Khan Sakshi Tanwar Fatima Sana Shaikh Sanya Malhotra Zaira Wasim Suhani Bhatnagar Girish Kulkarni Narrated by Aparshakti Khurana Music by Pritam Cinematography Setu (Satyajit Pande)[1] Edited by Ballu Saluja Production company Aamir Khan Productions UTV Motion Pictures Walt Disney Pictures Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release date 21 December 2016 (United States) 23 December 2016 (India) Running time 161 minutes[2] Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹70 crore (US$11 million)[3] Box office est. ₹2,109.23 crore (US$330 million)