Sanya Malhotra

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 Zaira Wasim Suhani Bhatnagar
Narrated by	Aparshakti Khurana
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	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹70 crore
Box office	est. ₹1563 crore

Dangal (English: Wrestling competition) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, based on the lives of the Phogat sisters. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures, it stars Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, an amateur wrestler, who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to be world-class wrestlers, both of who go on to win medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra play the older selves of the sisters while Sakshi Tanwar play their mother and Aparshakti Khurana, their cousin.

The development of the film began in early 2013 when Tiwari began writing the screenplay before signing Khan for the film. Set primarily in the Indian State of Haryana, principal photography commenced in September 2015 in the neighbouring Punjab. Satyajit Pande served as the cinematographer and Ballu Saluja as the editor. Pritam scored the film's background music and for its soundtrack, lyrics for which were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Kripa Shankar Bishnoi, a coach with the Indian women's wrestling team, trained Khan and the cast for the wrestling sequences.

After a North America premiere on 21 December 2016, Dangal was released worldwide on 23 December opening to positive response with critics; praise centered on the film's "honest" depiction of a real-life story and Khan's performance. It was also screened at the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2017. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, it won four awards: Best Film, Best Director (Tiwari), Best Actor (Khan) and Best Action (Shyam). The film performed equally well commercially and as of 21 May, has collected over ₹1,500 crore, standing as the second highest-grossing Indian film In China it has emerged as one of the top 50 highest-grossers ever.