Dangal - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Dangal"
दंगल (2016)
Timing: 2:41 (161 min)
Dangal - TMDB rating
7.884/10
1137
Dangal - Kinopoisk rating
8.706/10
214482
Dangal - IMDB rating
8.3/10
241000

Actors and characters

Photo Aamir Khan #80267Photo Aamir Khan #80268Photo Aamir Khan #80269Photo Aamir Khan #80270

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan
Character Mahavir Singh Phogat
Photo Fatima Sana Shaikh #102004Photo Fatima Sana Shaikh #102005Photo Fatima Sana Shaikh #102006

Fatima Sana Shaikh

Fatima Sana Shaikh
Character Geeta Phogat
Photo Sanya Malhotra #3851Photo Sanya Malhotra #3852Photo Sanya Malhotra #3853Photo Sanya Malhotra #3854

Sanya Malhotra

Sanya Malhotra
Character Babita Kumari
Photo Zaira Wasim #102007

Zaira Wasim

Zaira Wasim
Character Young Geeta
Suhani Bhatnagar
Character Young Babita
Photo Girish Kulkarni #102010

Girish Kulkarni

Girish Kulkarni
Character Coach Pramod Kadam
Photo Sakshi Tanwar #102011

Sakshi Tanwar

Sakshi Tanwar
Character Daya Kaur
Photo Vivan Bhatena #92986
Vivan Bhatena
Character Harkinder
Photo Ritwik Sahore #102012

Ritwik Sahore

Ritwik Sahore
Character Young Omkar
Ravi Aneja
Character Referee
Anuraag Arora
Character Mahavir's Brother
Photo Mahesh Balraj #102013
Mahesh Balraj
Character Organiser
Anmol Charan
Character Little Omkar
Photo Karamveer Choudhary #102014
Karamveer Choudhary
Character Father of Mahaveer Singh Fogat
Ishika Gagneja
Character Sunita
Badrul Islam
Character Chicken Shop owner
Jagbir
Character Government Officer
Olamilekan Akanbi Jason
Character Nigeria Coach
Hafiz Khan
Character Sammar
Sumit Khanna
Character Mahavir's Boss
Meenu Prajapati
Character Laali
Ansh Rathore
Character Official
Photo Shishir Sharma #6998

Shishir Sharma

Shishir Sharma
Character Head of Department of the NSA
Gurpreet Toti
Character Video Parlour Guy

What's left behind the scenes

  • To play Mahavir at age 60, Aamir Khan gained 30 kg, and later lost weight to play Mahavir at age 20.
  • For the filming, Aamir Khan studied the Haryanvi language.
  • In 2012, Divya Rao, a member of Disney's creative team, read an article in the newspaper about Mahavir Singh Phogat, who trained his daughters to become world champions. She thought it would make a great film and told Siddharth Roy Kapur about it. Disney approached Nitesh Tiwari to write the screenplay and direct the film. Tiwari met with Phogat and his daughters, who immediately agreed to share their story.
  • In 2013, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Nitesh Tiwari visited Aamir Khan and told him the plot, which he immediately liked. He wanted to make the film in 5–10 years, when he was older, as the role required him to portray a 55-year-old. But the story stuck in his head, and a few months later he called Tiwari and asked him to tell the script again. Eventually, he agreed to play the lead role.
  • Kripa Shankar Patel Bishnoi, the coach of the youth women's freestyle wrestling team, trained Aamir Khan and other actors and actresses.
  • Divya Rao stated that if Aamir Khan had refused the role, it would have been offered to Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan.
  • Filming took place in the villages of Gujjarwal, Narangwal, Kila Raipur, Dango, and Lil in the states of Punjab and Haryana.
  • On November 14, 2015, during filming in Ludhiana, Aamir Khan suffered a back injury and underwent shoulder surgery a few days later. After recovering, Aamir returned to filming in December 2015.
  • Part of the filming took place inside and near the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune. At that time, the 2015 Rollerball World Cup was being held there, and members of the Netherlands and Slovenia national teams played extras in scenes depicting sporting events and training.
  • To play Mahavir at age 60, Aamir Khan gained 30 kg, and later lost weight to play Mahavir at age 20.
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