If Aamir Khan didn't do Dangal then the next choice was Mohanlal
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,January 17 2017]
Dangal is creating new records at box office. It is now reported that it is heading towards 375 crore mark. The film is based on the real life character Mahavir Singh Phogat a real wrestler who turned his daughters to wrestlers. For that he turned a cowshed into a wrestling arena for them. The journey of this father and daughters is narrated in the film Dangal'.
Divya Rao was the one who generated the storyline of Dangal. She is basically a Keralite from Thrissur, but brought up in Mumbai. She recently revealed who was the second choice if Aamir Khan rejected the role. For that she replied - then the choice was Mohanlal and Kamal Hassan.
Divya Rao is the creative head of UTV Motion Pictures.