9 Bollywood Films That Were Inspired From True Stories
9 Bollywood Films That Were Inspired From True Stories
Check out this list of Bollywood films based on true stories that immortalize real-life moments, memories, and individuals:
1- Mission Mangal
This multi-starrer movie is based on the lives of Indian scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who contributed to the Mars Orbiter Mission, making it India’s first interplanetary expedition. The ensemble cast did a stellar job.
2- Manto
Nawazuddin Siddiqui portrayed the late poet and author Saadat Hasan Manto, who struggled with his existential crises during partition. The film was directed by Nandita Das and was also screened at Cannes Film Festival in 2018.
3- Omerta
Rajkummar Rao starred as Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British terrorist of Pakistani descent, who was arrested for kidnapping foreigners in India. It also featured the plotting of the murder of Daniel Pearl.
4- Pad Man
Akshay Kumar starred in this social message-oriented film that was based on the real-life and inventions of Arunachalam Muruganantham who invented inexpensive sanitary napkins for the women in his village.
5- Poorna: Courage Has No Limit
This movie highlights the life of Malavath Poorna, a 13-year-old residing in Telangana, who became the youngest girl to scale Mount Everest in 2014.
6- Raazi
The Alia Bhatt starrer was based on the life of a local Kashmiri girl Sehmat, who marries a Pakistani Army officer in order to spy and provide useful info for her country during the Indo-Pak war of 1971. The film follows her journey from daughter to wife, and then spy as she risks her life to protect her nation.
7- Super 30
‘Super 30’, starring Hrithik Roshan is based on the life of Anand Kumar, a Patna-based mathematician and founder of the Super 30 coaching institute. Bordering on the lines of a biopic, the film also sheds light on this Maths wiz and the role he played in coaching his thirty students to ace their exams and catapult their careers.
8- Uri: The Surgical Strike
Based on the surgical strikes conducted by India in Pakistan, the film was the highest commercial success of 2019. Starring Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam the film gives us a detailed account of what went down during this attack.
9- The Sky Is Pink
After succumbing to her terminal illness, a teenager Aisha Chaudhary (Zaira Wasim) posthumously narrates her parents (Farhan Akhtar and Priyanka Chopra) tenacious relationship in this drama based on a true story.
