Dangal (film)
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Dangal
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Directed by
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Nitesh Tiwari
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Starring
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Music by
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Edited by
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Ballu Saluja
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24 December 2016
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India
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Hindi
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Dangal (English: wrestling
competition) 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,[1][2] who taught wrestling to
his daughters Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat.[3]Geeta Phogat was India's first female
wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal
(52 kg) while her sister Babita Kumari won the silver
(55 kg). 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. Dangal is
scheduled to release on 23 December 2016.[4] The music for Dangal will be composed by Pritam while lyrics will be
written byAmitabh
Bhattacharya.
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1Cast
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Zaira Wasim as child Geeta Phogat
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Suhani Bhatnagar as child Babita Kumari
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Ananya as Sarita, youngest daughter
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Aparshakti Khurrana
In April 2015, Fatima
Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra were
cast as the daughters of Mahavir Phogat, who hails from the Jat community of
Balali village of Bhiwani,Haryana.[5][6][7] Geeta Phogat had also participated in
the London
Olympics in 2012.[8] Babita also won gold in 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[9][10] In June 2015, child
actors Zarina Wasim (from Kashmir) and Suhani Bhatnagar (from Delhi) were roped
in for Dangal.[11] Ayushmann
Khurrana's brother Aparshakti Khurrana has also been cast in the film.[12] Mukesh Chhabra is the casting director
of Dangal. Vikram
Singh has been recruited to
play the role of the villain in Dangal.[13][14] Aamir has lost some
weight and learnt Haryanvi lessons and dialect
training for the film.[15][16] However, Aamir Khan has reportedly gained
30 kg weight for the new role and now weighs 98 kg. He is playing two
distinct roles in the film: one is the 60-year-old wrestler Mahavir Phogat, and
the other is a 20-year-old who is depicting the role of the young life of the
same wrestler. Aamir Khan's nephew Pablo (son of Mansoor Khan) is
working as Dangal's assistant director.[17][18] Mallika Sherawat had auditioned for a role
in Dangal.[19] As per the news in August
2015, Rajkumar Rao, who
has previously worked with Aamir Khan in Talaash, was approached for an
important role in Dangal.[20] Finally, after
auditioning 70 actresses for role,Sakshi Tanwar was brought onto the film
as Daya Kaur (the wife of Mahavir Singh Phogat).[21][22][23] Ananya was chosen to play
Sarita, youngest daughter of Mahavir Phogat.[24][25] In October 2015, Vivan Bhatena was selected to play
negative role in the film.[26]
The shooting schedule of Dangal commenced
on 1 September 2015.[27][28] Villages of Ludhiana have been given a
Haryanvi transformation.[29][30] The shooting took place
in the villages of Gujjarwal, Narangwal, Kila Raipur, Dango and Leel in Punjab and
Haryana.[31][32] Interestingly, the
village of Dango, which is in the Pakhowal Tehsil in Ludhiana, is veteran actor Dharmendra's ancestral village.[33] From September 2015 to
December 2015, Aamir Khan will be gaining 9% fat,
weighing around 98 kg for Dangal, and from January 2016
to April 2016, he will gain the shape that he had opted for Dhoom 3 and will hear the script
for next future films, halting shooting of Dangal for said period.[34] The first scene taken on
21 September 2015 in ludhiana with the presences of Mahavir Singh Phogat and
his both daughters Geeta Phogat, Babita Kumari.[35] The first schedule of
shooting was also done in schools and in Dango village which is located in
Pakhowal Tehsil in Ludhiana.[36]
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