Related: The Best Action Movies on Netflix 6. At the same time, this is a feel-good sports triumph in the vein of Miracle and Rudy, easy to connect with thanks to sympathetic, well-developed characters and strong performances.įollowing its Christmas 2016 release, Dangal became not only the highest-grossing Indian film ever it was 2017’s top-earning sports film worldwide to boot. Not uncommon for Bollywood, Dangal runs nearly three hours long with an intermission-and there are a few musical numbers. Based on the true story of an amateur wrestler who trained his daughters to become India’s first world-class female champions in the sport, Dangal works for American audiences because much of it is comfortably familiar.
If you’ve never seen a Bollywood movie and you’re curious, this Disney-released family sports drama could be the perfect place to start.
