Dangal is a 2016 Indian biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari. It stars Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, who taught wrestling to his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. . Dangal is the Hindi term for a wrestling competition.Dangal Story: When Mahavir Singh Phogat ( Aamir) , a wrestler from Haryana, loses hope of having a son, he trains his daughters Geeta ( Fatima) and Babita ( Sanya) to make wrestling history, thus breaking the taboo of Indian women participating in a sport thus far dominated by men.