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