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The film was based on wrestlers sisters Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat who were trained by their father Mahavir Singh Phogat.
Aamir Khan’s movie Dangal that was released in the year 2016 remains to be among the most popular films throughout his entire career. Nitesh Tiwari’s film also has been watched over 400 million times across Chinese streaming services. Although Aamir’s performance earned many acclaim Did you know that Aamir wasn’t the first selection for the part? Find out more below.
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The story was inspired by wrestler twins Geeta Phogat as well as Babita Phogat, who were trained with their dad Mahavir Singh Phogat. They would go on to become the first female wrestlers from India to be world class. The film was praised for its “honest” portrayal of the real-life tale and Khan’s performance.
According to Quint the report Nitesh Tiwari as well as Manish Hariprasad (creative head of UTV Motion Pictures) had initially imagined Dangal in conjunction with Irrfan Khan in mind since they wanted an actor that could be Hariprasad since the character is aged throughout the movie. But once the script was completed the script was handed over to Aamir Khan, and the rest is the story. The script was never sent to Irrfan Khan however.
Manish said how thrilled the duo were after Aamir Khan accepted to play the character as Mahavir Singh Phogat for the movie. Manish said, “We were on top of the world. We were unsure of what to do once Aamir agreed for the movie. We walked for about an hour at Bandstand at 2 in the evening just to relax our nerves.”
Manish Hariprasad also spoke about the way Aamir Khan offered inputs into his transformation to the role. He stated, “Aamir gave us inputs about how he could change himself. He stated that the plan was to gain 25kgs in order in order to look like an old Phogat. He also said he would let his hair grow naturally and reveal the graying. The best part was that Aamir didn’t look at his watch when he was informed that he would be playing between 50 and 55 age group.”
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