25 Best Bollywood Biopic Films of all time
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- DirectorShoojit SircarStarsVicky KaushalShaun ScottStephen HoganA biopic detailing the 2 decades that Punjabi Sikh revolutionary, Udham Singh, spent planning the assassination of the man responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsAjay DevgnSushant SinghD. SantoshThe story of a young revolutionary who raised an armed resistance against the British rule in India.
- DirectorTigmanshu DhuliaStarsIrrfan KhanMahie GillRajesh AbhayThe story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsVikrant MasseyMedha ShankrAnant JoshiThe real-life story of IPS Officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS Officer Shraddha Joshi.
- DirectorRakeysh Omprakash MehraStarsFarhan AkhtarKousi OrfahliDeepak Singh RawatThe truth behind the ascension of Milkha Singh, who was scarred by of the India-Pakistan partition.
- DirectorVishnuvardhanStarsSidharth MalhotraKiara AdvaniShiv PandittShershaah is the story of PVC awardee Indian soldier Capt. Vikram Batra, whose bravery and unflinching courage in chasing the Pakistani soldiers out of Indian territory contributed immensely in India finally winning the Kargil War in 1999.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiRadhika ApteAshutosh AcharyaUsing only a hammer and a chisel, a man spends twenty-two years carving a road through a treacherous mountain.
- DirectorHansal MehtaStarsManoj BajpayeeRajkummar RaoAshish VidyarthiA gay, linguistic professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation.
- DirectorRam MadhvaniStarsSonam KapoorShabana AzmiYogendra TikkuThe story of courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986 when it was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsAlia BhattShantanu MaheshwariVijay RaazDuped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.
- DirectorMeghna GulzarStarsVicky KaushalSanya MalhotraFatima Sana ShaikhRevolves around the high and low points of Sam Manekshaw who became the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.
- DirectorMathur GoswamiNeeraj PandeyStarsSushant Singh RajputKiara AdvaniDisha PataniThe untold story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's journey from ticket collector to trophy collector - the world-cup-winning captain of the Indian Cricket Team.
- DirectorOm RautStarsAjay DevgnSaif Ali KhanSharad KelkarTanhaji Malusare, a military chieftain in the army of the Maratha king Shivaji, leads the charge to capture the strategically important Kondhana fort guarded by the army of the fierce Rajput chieftain Udaybhan Rathod.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsSeema BiswasNirmal PandeyRajesh VivekThe story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
- DirectorVikas BahlStarsHrithik RoshanMrunal ThakurNandish Singh SandhuBased on the life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for IIT aspirants in Patna.
- DirectorJayprad DesaiStarsShreyas TalpadeGaurav KambleArif ZakariaAn indian cricketer who shows persistence and hardwork to achieve his ultimate goal of playing a Ranji Trophy. At the penultimate stage of the career at a age when it is believed people's career ends, he starts a new chapter of his life.
- DirectorOmung KumarStarsRandeep HoodaAishwarya Rai BachchanRicha ChadhaBiopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced with capital punishment.
- DirectorRajkumar HiraniStarsRanbir KapoorParesh RawalManisha KoiralaBiopic of the controversial life of actor Sanjay Dutt: his film career, jail sentence, and personal life.
- DirectorR. BalkiStarsAkshay KumarRadhika ApteSonam KapoorUpon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.
- DirectorOmung KumarStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasSunil ThapaRobin DasA chronicle of the life of Indian boxer Mary Kom, who went through several hardships before audaciously accomplishing her ultimate dream.
- DirectorMilan LuthriaStarsVidya BalanEmraan HashmiTusshar KapoorThe love story between an actress and a director, inspired by the life of the late south Indian actress Silk Smitha.
- DirectorNandita DasStarsNawazuddin SiddiquiRasika DugalTahir Raj BhasinThe film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s India.
- DirectorSatish KaushikStarsPankaj TripathiMonal GajjarMita VashishtA satirical comedy about a common man and the struggle he goes through to prove his existence after being falsely being declared dead on government records.
- DirectorKetan MehtaStarsAamir KhanRani MukerjiToby StephensThis is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.
- DirectorShaad AliStarsDiljit DosanjhTaapsee PannuAngad BediSoorma is the story of the triumph of the human spirit, about a player, who made headlines for his miraculous comeback after facing a near death experience through sheer determination, hard work and unrelenting passion for the sport.