Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his two wrestler daughters struggle towards glory at the Commonwealth Games in the face of societal oppression.
For the film's Tamil language dub, Aamir Khan initially approached Rajinikanth to voice his role. Despite Rajinikanth enjoying the film, they both eventually decided against it, as they found Rajinikanth's voice to be too recognizable to go along with Khan's appearance.
Mahavir Singh Phogat:
All along, I was desperate for a son so he could win a gold in wrestling for India. But what didn't occur to me was that gold is gold. Whether won by a boy or a girl.
At the end credit of the Blu-ray version of this film, Sakshi Tanwar is credited as Mahavir's (Aamir Khan's character) mother. But she played the role of his wife.
Hindi, English
INR700,000,000 (estimated)
$3,248,481 25 December 2016
$12,391,761
$303,723,636