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Nikhil Mehrotra(I)

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Dangal revolves around the extraordinary life of Mahavir Singh, an ex-wrestler who is forced to give up his dreams of winning gold for India in international wrestling.
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Dangal (2016)
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Nikhil Mehrotra is known for Chhichhore (2019), Dangal (2016) and Gunjan Saxena : Une pilote en guerre (2020).
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    • Awards
      • 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Prateik Patil Babbar, Shraddha Kapoor, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Sushant Singh Rajput, Naveen Polishetty, Varun Sharma, Sahaarsh Shuklaa, and Tushar Pandey in Chhichhore (2019)
    Chhichhore
    8.3
    • Writer
    • 2019
    Dangal (2016)
    Dangal
    8.3
    • Writer
    • 2016
    Gunjan Saxena : Une pilote en guerre (2020)
    Gunjan Saxena : Une pilote en guerre
    5.5
    • Writer
    • 2020
    Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor in Bawaal (2023)
    Bawaal
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 2023

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    Writer

    • Untitled Kiara Advani/Kareena Kapoor Project
      • Writer
      • Pre-production
    • Mr. & Mrs. Mahi (2024)
      Mr. & Mrs. Mahi
      5.9
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Tumse Na Ho Payega (2023)
      Tumse Na Ho Payega
      7.6
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor in Bawaal (2023)
      Bawaal
      6.6
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Laghushanka (2020)
      Laghushanka
      6.9
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Gunjan Saxena : Une pilote en guerre (2020)
      Gunjan Saxena : Une pilote en guerre
      5.5
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Kangana Ranaut and Jassie Gill in Panga (2020)
      Panga
      6.8
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Prateik Patil Babbar, Shraddha Kapoor, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Sushant Singh Rajput, Naveen Polishetty, Varun Sharma, Sahaarsh Shuklaa, and Tushar Pandey in Chhichhore (2019)
      Chhichhore
      8.3
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Akshaye Khanna, Sidharth Malhotra, and Sonakshi Sinha in Ittefaq (2017)
      Ittefaq
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Dangal (2016)
      Dangal
      8.3
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Riteish Deshmukh in Banjo (2016)
      Banjo
      5.0
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Kill Dil (2014)
      Kill Dil
      4.5
      • screenplay and dialogue
      • 2014
    • Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani, and Parth Bhalerao in Bhoothnath Returns (2014)
      Bhoothnath Returns
      6.5
      • additional script writer
      • 2014
    • What's for Breakfast? (2012)
      What's for Breakfast?
      Short
      • dialogue
      • 2012

    Director

    • Laghushanka (2020)
      Laghushanka
      6.9
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020

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