• Producer : Aamir Khan , Kiran Rao , Siddharth Roy Kapoor
• Director : Nitish Tiwari ( Nitesh Tiwari )
• Writer : Piyush Gupta , Nitish Tiwari ( Nitesh Tiwari ) , Shreyas Jain , Nikhil Mehrotra
• Screenwriter- screenplay : Nitish Tiwari ( Nitesh Tiwari )
• Dialog Writer : Nitish Tiwari ( Nitesh Tiwari )
• Editor : Nitish Tiwari ( Nitesh Tiwari )
• Composer : Pritam Chakravarty
• Lyricist : Amitabh Bhattacharya
• Actor : Aamir Khan
• Actress : Sakshi Tanwar , Fatima Sana Shaikh , Sanya Malhotra , Zaira Wasim

Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former amateur wrestler trained in the pehlwani style of Indian wrestling, was a national wrestling champion residing in Balali. He was forced by his father to give up the sport in order to obtain gainful employment. Dejected that he could not win a medal for his country, he vows that his unborn son will. Disappointed upon having four daughters, he gives up hope. But when his older daughters Geeta and Babita come home after beating up two boys in response to derogatory comments, he realizes their potential to become wrestlers and begins coaching them. His methods seem harsh, including grueling early morning workouts and short haircuts. Despite facing backlash from the villagers, he goes ahead with them, training them in his makeshift mud pit. Initially, the girls resent their father for his treatment but soon realize that he cares for their future. Motivated, they willingly participate in wrestling tournaments where they defeat boys. Unable to afford wrestling mats, he uses mattresses and trains them in freestyle wrestling to prepare them for competitive events. Geeta goes on to win the junior and senior championships at the state and national level before heading to the National Sports Academy in Patiala to train for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Once there, Geeta makes friends and begins to disregard the discipline she has been taught by Mahavir under duress from her coach Pramod Kadam (Girish Kulkarni), whose training methods and wrestling techniques completely differ from her father's. As a result, she loses every match at the international level. During a visit home, she defeats a visibly exhausted Mahavir in a ferocious bout after egotistically mocking him. Babita reminds Geeta of her mistake and that she should respect Mahavir. Soon after, Babita wins the national championship and follows Geeta to the academy. After the two sisters have an emotional conversation in which Babita provides her encouragement, Geeta tearfully makes peace with Mahavir. Before the Commonwealth Games, Pramod forces Geeta to compete in the 51 kg weight class rather than her usual 55 kg. Irritated upon learning this, Mahavir goes to Patiala with his nephew Omkar and begins coaching the girls secretly. Learning about this, and furious with Mahavir's interference, Pramod wants the girls expelled; the sports authority issues a warning but allows them to continue. Mahavir is barred from entering the academy, and the girls are forbidden to go out. Determined to continue assisting his daughters, Mahavir obtains tapes of Geeta's previous unsuccessful bouts and coaches her by pointing out her errors over the phone. At the Games, competing in the 55 kg class, Geeta eases her way into the final. Mahavir constantly contradicts Pramod's instructions while sitting in the audience, and she follows her father's instructions instead. Just before the gold medal bout, jealous Pramod conspires to lock Mahavir in a closet. In the bout, Geeta manages to win the first session but loses the second. Trailing 1–5 in the final session and with nine seconds left, she recalls the tactics taught by her father and a 5-pointer, and executes it on her opponent in the final three seconds, taking the score to 6–5 in her favour, thus winning the session, and the bout 2–1. In the process, she becomes the first Indian female wrestler to win gold at the Games. Mahavir returns just in time to embrace his daughters, frustrating Pramod's hopes of obtaining credit before the news media

• Track 1 : Haanikaarak Bapu ( हानिकारककारक बापू )
• Track 2 : Dhaakad ( धाकाडी )
• Track 3 : Gilehriyaan ( गिलहरियां )
• Track 4 : Dangal ( दंगल )
• Track 5 : Naina ( नैना )
• Track 6 : Dhaakad AK Version ( धाकड़ एके संस्करण )
• Track 7 : Idiot Banna ( इडियट बन्ना )