Dangal is based on real events.
A biographical film , or biopic ( [ ˈbaɪəʊpɪk ] abbreviation for biographical motion picture ) , is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people . Dangal ( Wrestling competition ) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari . The Phoenix Incident ( [ ˈfi : niks ] ) is a 2015 American science fiction and conspiracy thriller film written and directed by first time director Keith Arem , and starring Yuri Lowenthal , Troy Baker , Liam O'Brien , Michael Adamthwaite , Jamie Tisdale and Brian Bloom .