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Director Nitesh Tiwari and the writers team penned not one, but five alternative endings for Dangal

National Award-winning filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari revealed that while writing Dangal, he along with the writers faced a challenge as the audience knew Geeta would win the gold medal.

March 24, 2025 / 10:14 IST
Aamir Khan played the role of Mahavir Phogat in Dangal.

Aamir Khan played the role of Mahavir Phogat in Dangal.

Dangal director Nitesh Tiwari recently made an appearance on 'Game Changers," hosted by film trade analyst Komal Nahta.

In the recent episode, National Award-winning filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari revealed that while writing Dangal, he along with the writers faced a challenge as the audience knew Geeta would win the gold medal, they needed to make the story more engaging.

On Komal Nahta's 'Game Changers' podcast, Nitesh Tiwari revealed, "It was very alarming for us as writers as the audience knew that Geeta was going to win the gold. Now how do we make it a little difficult or different for the audience? So when what is known, how becomes important."

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The filmmaker further explained that they decided to keep Mahavir Singh out of the finals, and wrote five different versions of how that could happen.

This twist made the audience wonder not if Geeta would win, but how she would win without her father's presence.

He further added, “We decided Mahavir Singh cannot be there, he has to be outside, So we wrote five different versions of what can keep him out. And then we finally agreed to this one as it was paying off for the national anthem. So audience will not think that Geeta will win gold but they will think about how will she win when Mahavir Singh is not there. That was the whole idea to keep him out of the finals.”

Besides Aamir Khan, Dangal marked the debut of actress Fatima Sana Sheikh and Sanya Malhotra. The movie was a blockbuster, Sakshi Tanwar played the role of Aamir Khan's wife.

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first published: Mar 24, 2025 10:11 am

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