B-town new found hero: Biopics on unsung heroes

  • IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,June 17 2015]

As the trend of biopics, real life characters inspiring movies has been an on-going trend so far, its also interesting to see a sub-genre of such movies existing and doing a great deal to bring forth stories and characters on screen who are otherwise noteworthy but have never been written about or spoken of in popular culture. Here's looking at a few such movies which have or will soon put forth such stories:

Paan Singh Tomar - Just like the real life story, the movie too didn't find much pre-publicity until the word of mouth on this film based on this real life of India's flying Sikh - Milkha Singh an athlete and a soldier.

Mountain Man - Not much famous but have a story much sound like the favorites of Heer-Ranjha or Romeo-Juliet, based on the life of a Bihar farmer - Dashrath Manjhi, who chiseled down a rock mountain - the character is played by the versatile actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Neerja Bhanot Biopic - Days before the first look of this heroic Air Indian air hostess true story inspired movie went on floors, very few knew of what this brave woman did to save the lives of other when the aircraft she serviced was hijacked. Stars Shabana Azmi and Sonam Kapoor

Dangal - Taking the love of sportsmen on celluloid further will be Aamir Khan taking on the role of Mahavir Phogat, a popular wrestler.

Aligarh - One of the most controversial biopics will explore the true story of a college professor who was suspended weeks before he retired under the fear of him being a homosexual. Starring Manoj Bajpayee and Raj Kumar Rao.

1911 - Another sportsmen inspired story of footballer Mohun Begun who defied the odds to defeat the English Football team in 1911. John Abraham will be the lead

Gour Hari Dastaan - The Freedom File - Based on the 32 year long fight of Gour Hari Das to prove to the world his contributions to the freedom struggle as a free fighter will be essayed on screen by Vinay Pathak alongside Konkana Sen Sharma. The film is directed by national award winning director - Ananth Mahadevan.

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