Dangal (film)

Dangal
Theatrical release poster
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
Narrated by	Aparshakti Khurrana
Music by	Pritam
Cinematography	Setu (Satyajit Pande)
Edited by	Ballu Saluja
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Aamir Khan Productions UTV Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	21 December 2016 (2016-12-21) (United States) 23 December 2016 (2016-12-23) (India)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹70 crore
Box office	est. ₹741.08 crore (US$110 million)

Dangal (English: Wrestling competition) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari. It stars Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, who taught wrestling to his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. The former is India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal (55 kg). Her sister Babita Kumari won the silver (51 kg). "Dangal" is the Hindi term for "a wrestling competition".

The music for Dangal was composed by Pritam, while the lyrics were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Kripa Shankar Bishnoi, a coach with the Indian women's wrestling team, trained Aamir Khan and the entire crew for the wrestling sequences.

Released worldwide on 23 December 2016,Dangal was declared tax-free in six Indian states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chattisgarh, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh — to promote Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, a Government of India's social campaign aiming to reduce selective abortion of females, to protect girls, and to educate them. Dangal was also released in Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Dangal won four awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Tiwari), Best Action (Shyam) and Best Actor (Khan).