8 Times Bollywood Changed The Facts In Biopics and Fooled The Audience

7. Dangal

In the movie, it is shown that after the incident where Geeta and Babita hit the boys, who were teasing them, their journey of wrestling started. But, in reality, Mahavir Singh Phogat got the inspiration from Karnam Malleswari, the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting in 2000. Geeta’s coach PR Sodhi has been depicted as a negative character in the movie Dangal. But, in reality, the coach appreciated the efforts of Mahavir Singh for his daughters. He also invited him to visit the camp and meet his daughters. In the movie, the last match displays a cliff-hanger, where Geeta scores a 5 pointer to win the match. But, in reality, the match was won with 1–0 and 7–0 in the first and second round respectively. In the movie, it is also shown that Mahavir Singh was locked by the coach but in reality, he was sitting in the stands and watching Geeta winning gold.

8. The Dirty Picture

As per facts the South Indian Actress committed su!(!de by hanging herself to the ceiling. Contrary to this, the movie showed that she overdosed herself with sleeping pills and died. After release of movie this portrayal of Silk Smitha’s death was the talk of the town.