Dangal

Starring - Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra

Director(s) - Nitesh Tiwari

Producer(s) - Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Siddharth Roy Kapur

Genre(s) - Drama

Release Date - December 23, 2016

Synopsis

Dangal is an upcoming Indian biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari. The film is produced by Disney Studio India. The film stars Aamir Khan portraying the role of Mahavir Singh Phogat, who taught wrestling to his daughters Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat. Geeta Phogat was India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal while her sister Babita Kumari won the silver Dangal is the native name of a wrestling site in Hindi which is popular in India. It has also regional names like Kusti and Pehlwani in India.