Aamir & His Four Daughters

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Dangal is an upcoming Aamir Khan movie in which Aamir will be seen playing a father role for four girls.  

Dangal is a film inspired by the story of former wrestler Mahavir Singh, from Haryana’s Balali village, who coached his daughters to historic wins. Geeta Phogat was India’s first female wrestler to win gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 55-kg freestyle category. Her sister, Babita Kumari, got the silver.

Aamir will be playing the role of Mahavir Singh while two girls, Fatima Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra had been finalized to play the roles of two of his daughters, now two more girls have been finalized. Zaira Wasim from Kashmir and Suhani Bhatnagar from Delhi will play the younger Fatima and Sanya in the movie. The scout for casting the girls have been going on since early this year. The makers have been undertaking screen tests and wanted to be sure they cast new faces. Aamir along with the girls have now started prep for the movie. They are all following different diets and work out regimes.

Current the onscreen family is going through lot of physical and mental training and sources say that all four girls are enjoying and absorbing the mentorship from Aamir Khan.