From Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency to Sonam Kapoor’s Neerja: Bollywood films based on real-life people
Sonam Kapoor in Neerja
Sonam Kapoor played Neerja Bhanot in this film that is based on the hijack attempt of a Pan American Airways flight in the Ram Madhvani-directorial film
Priyanka Chopra in Mary Kom
Priyanka Chopra plays former Indian Olympic boxer Mary Kom in Omung Kumar’s 2014 film
Vidya Balan in The Dirty Picture
Vidya Balan plays the late South Indian actress Silk Smitha in the Milan Luthria directorial film
Fatima Sana Sheikh and Sanya Malhotra in Dangal
Fatima and Sana play the popular Phogat sisters, Geeta and Babita, in Nitesh Tiwari’s directorial
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Sarabjit
Based on the life of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner in Pakistan, played by Randeep Hooda, Aishwarya played Sarbjit’s sister, Dalbir Kaur
Shraddha Kapoor in Haseena Parkar
Shraddha shared screen space for the first time with her brother Siddhant Kapoor in this film that is based on the life of Dawood’s sister, Haseena Parkar, who she essayed
Anushka Sharma in Chakda Xpress
Anushka Sharma plays the lead in the biopic of cricketer Jhulan Goswami in her upcoming film, Chakda Xpress
Kangana Ranaut in Emergency
Kangana Ranaut plays the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in her upcoming directorial, Emergency