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,[5][6] who taught wrestling to his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari.[7][8][9] 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).

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.[10]

Released worldwide on 23 December 2016, Dangal opened to widespread critical acclaim with critics mostly praising the "honest portrayal" of a real-life story and Khan's performance. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, it won four awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Tiwari), Best Action (Shyam) and Best Actor (Khan).[11] It performed equally well commercially and having collected over ₹1,100 crore, as of 14 May 2017, stands as the second highest-grossing Indian film.