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    Bollywood often makes films based on true stories and events. This is a trend that has become very popular recently and is even resonating with the masses. Most of the new films are written while many Bollywood movies are inspired by famous themes or books. With that in mind, you can also find some movies based on real events each year. 

    Therefore, few directors take the risk and try to present these real events on the screen to give the audience a clear picture. Even though movies are made for fun, such reality-based movies inspire us. Check out the latest list of Bollywood movies based on true stories. 

    List of the Bollywood Movies Based on True Stories

    In this post, we are going to share a list of the best Bollywood movies based on true stories. These are some interesting films that you should watch with your family or loved ones. 

    1. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
    2. Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)
    3. Neerja (2016)
    4. Poorna (2017)
    5. Talvar (2015)
    6. Batla House (2019)
    7. No One Killed Jessica (2011)
    8. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)
    9. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
    10. Super 30 (2019)
    11. Mary Kom (2014)
    12. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
    13. Special 26 (2013)
    14. Madras Cafe (2013)
    15. Shahid (2013)
    16. Dangal (2016)
    17. Pad Man (2018)
    18. Chhapaak (2020) 

    #1. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)

    bollywood movies based on true stories

    Rating: 6.4/10 IMDb

    Genre: Action, Drama, Biography

    Available on: Netflix

    Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is an Indian Hindi language drama movie that is based on the life of the Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi. It was released on 25th January 2019. The story revolves around Rani Lakshmi Bai who fought with the British army to save her Jhansi.   

    Directed by: Kangana Ranaut, Krish Jagarlamudi

    Written by: Himanshu Tripathi, Vijayendra Prasad, Prasoon Joshi

    Produced by: Kamal Jain, Zee Studios

    Cast: Ankita Lokhande, Mohammed Zeeshan, Kangana Ranaut, Ayyub

    #2. Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015)

    Rating: 8.0/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Biography

    Available on: YouTube

    Manjhi: The Mountain Man is one of the best Bollywood movies based on true stories. It is an Indian Hindi language biographical movie that was based on the life of Dashrath Manjhi. He is also known as the Mountain Man who is a poor laborer in the village of Gehlaur, near Gaya in Bihar, India who carved a road 9.1 meters wide and 110 meters long and a height of 7.6 meters using only a hammer and chisel. 

    Directed by: Ketan Mehta

    Written by: Mahendra Jhakar, Anjum Rajabali, Shahzad Ahemad, Ketan Mehta, Varadraj Swami.

    Produced by: Deepa Sahi, Bilal Khan

    Cast: Radhika Apte, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Urmila Mahanta, Gaurav Dwivedi

    #3. Neerja (2016)

    Neerja

    Rating: 7.6/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Thriller, Biography

    Available on: Disney+ Hotstar

    Neerja is an Indian Hindi language biographical thriller film. It is one off the best Bollywood movies based on true stories of the brave Neerja Bhanot who sacrificed her life while defending the lives of 359 passengers on Pan Am Flight 73 when it was hijacked by a terrorist organization in 1986. This movie won the Best Film award at the International Indian Film academy in 2017.

    Directed by: Ram Madhvani

    Written by: Saiwyn Quadras, Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh

    Produced by: Shanti Sivaram Maini, Atul Kasbekar

    Cast: Shabana Azmi, Sonam Kapoor, Jim Sarbh, Abrer Zahoor.

    #4. Poorna (2017)

    Rating: 7.7/10 IMDb

    Genre: Action, Biography, Adventure

    Available on: Amazon Prime Video

    Poorna is an Indian Hindi language biographical adventure movie that was released on 31st May 2017. This is another Bollywood movies based on true stories. The story starts with a girl named Adivasi, who is a 13-year-old from Telangana and becomes the youngest girl in history to climb Everest. This movie won the FOI Online awards in 2017.

    Directed by: Rahul Bose

    Written by: Shreya Dev Verma, Prashant Pandey

    Produced by: Rahul Bose, Amit Patni

    Cast: Harsha Vardhan, Aditi Inamdar, Rahul Bose, S. Maria.

    #5. Talvar (2015)

    true story based bollywood movies

    Rating: 8.1/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery

    Available on: Netflix

    Talvar is an Indian movies based on true stories. The story is based on the 2008 double murder case of Noida involving a young girl and her family servant. It is an Indian Hindi language thriller drama movie that was released on 2nd October 2015. This movie won the International Indian film academy in 2016. 

    Directed by: Meghna Gulzar

    Written by: Vishal Bhardwaj

    Produced by: Vishal Bhardwaj, Vineet Jain

    Cast: Neeraj Kabi, Shishir Sharma, Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kumar, Late Irrfan Khan, 

    #6. Batla House (2019)

    Rating: 7.2/10 IMDb

    Genre: Action, Drama, Crime

    Available on: Amazon Prime Video

    Batla House is among the true storybased Bollywood movies. It is an Indian Hindi language action thriller movie that was released on 15th August 2019. The movie follows the encounter and then Sanjeev’s struggle to apprehend the fugitives and prove the authenticity of the encounter while dealing with national hatred and post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Directed by: Nikkhil Advani

    Written by: Ritesh Shah

    Produced by: Krishna Kumar, Bhushan Kumar, John Abraham, Monisha Advani, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sandeep Layzell

    Cast: Mrunal Thakur, Ravi Kishan, John Abraham.

    #7. No One Killed Jessica (2011)

    No One Killed Jessica

    Rating: 7.2/10 IMDb

    Genre: Crime, Drama, Biography

    Available on: Netflix

    No One Killed Jessica is an Indian movies based on true stories of Jessica Lal’s murder case that was released on 7th January 2011. The movie is based on a bartender who dies after being shot by the politician’s son and her sister struggles to find justice for his death.   

    Directed by: Raj Kumar Gupta

    Written by: Raj Kumar Gupta

    Produced by: Ronnie Screwvala

    Cast: Rajesh Sharma, Vidya Balan, Neil Bhoopalam, Rani Mukerji, Myra Karn

    #8. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)

    Rating: 7.9/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Sport, Biography

    Available on: Disney+ Hotstar

    M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is a Bollywood movies based on true stories of former ODI, Test, and T20I captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The untold story of Mahendra Singh Doni’s journey from ticket collector to trophy collector – captain of India Cricket World Cup team. It is an Indian Hindi language biographical sports drama movie that aired on 30th September 2016.

    Directed by: Neeraj Pandey

    Written by: Mohinder Pratap Singh, Dilip Jha, Neeraj Pandey, Shyam Maheshwari

    Produced by: Fox Star Studios, Arun Pandey

    Cast: Kiara Advani, Disha Patani, Sushant Singh Rajput, Anupam Kher, Bhoomika Chawla.

    #9. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)

    indian movies based on true stories

    Rating: 8.2/10 IMDb

    Genre: Crime, Action, Biography

    Available on: Netflix

    Paan Singh Tomar is a true story based Bollywood movies that was released on 2nd March 2012. It is an Indian Hindi language biographical movie that is based on an Indian athlete and seven-time National Steeplechase Champion who has become one of the most fearsome Dacoits of Chambal Valley since retiring.

    Directed by: Tigmanshu Dhulia

    Written by: Sanjay Chauhan, Tigmanshu Dhulia

    Produced by: Ronnie Screwvala

    Cast: Vipin Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mahie Gill.

    #10. Super 30 (2019)

    Rating: 7.9/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Biography

    Available on: Disney+ Hotstar

    Super 30 is among the Bollywood movies based on true stories of Mathematics educator and teacher Anand Kumar and his educational program. It is an Indian Hindi language biographical drama movie that was released on 12th July 2019. 

    Directed by: Vikas Bahi

    Written by: Sanjeev Dutta

    Produced by: Reliance Entertainment, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, and Phantom Films.

    Cast: Mrunal Thakur, Pankaj Tripathi, Hrithik Roshan, Amit Sadh, Nandish Sindu, Aditya Srivastava.

    #11. Mary Kom (2014)

    Mary Kom

    Rating: 6.8/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Biography, Action

    Available on: YouTube

    Mary Kom is an Indian Hindi language biographical sports movie that was released on 5th September 2014. It is among the Bollywood movies based on true stories of Indian boxer Mary Kom, who goes through several hardships to fulfill her biggest dream. This movie received many awards such as the International Indian Film Academy (2015), National Film Awards (2015), and more. 

    Directed by: Omung Kumar

    Written by: Saiwyn Quadras, Karan Singh Rathore

    Produced by: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

    Cast: Sunil Thapa, Priyanka Chopra, Robin Das, Darshan Kumar.

    #12. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

    Rating: 8.2/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Sport, Biography

    Available on: Disney+ Hotstar

    Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is another true story based Bollywood movies that was released on 12th July 2013. It is an Indian Hindi language biographical sports drama movie that is based on the life of Milkha Singh. This movie got many awards such as International Film Academy (2014), Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards (2014), Big Star Entertainment Awards (2013), Filmfare Awards (2014), and many more. 

    Directed by: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

    Written by: Prasoon Joshi

    Produced by: Raghav Bahi, Rajiv Tandon, P.S.Bharathi, Sudhanshu Vats, Maitrayee Dasgupta.

    Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Meesha Shafi, Farhan Akhtar, Divya Dutta.

    #13. Special 26 (2013)

    real story based movie

    Rating: 8.0/10 IMDb

    Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama

    Available on: YouTube

    Special 26 is among the Bollywood movies based on true stories. It is based on an opera heist in 1987, when a group disguised as CBI agents launched a tax raid on a jewelry shop in Bombay (now Mumbai). The film premiered on 8th February 2013. 

    Directed by: Neeraj Pandey

    Written by: Neeraj Pandey

    Produced by: Kumar Mangat Pathak, Shital Bhatia.

    Cast: Divya Dutta, Kajal Agarwal, Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee, Kishor Kadam, Jimmy Sheirgill. 

    #14. Madras Cafe (2013)

    Rating: 7.6/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller

    Available on: YouTube

    Madras Cafe is an Indian Hindi language political action thriller movie that was released on 23rd August 2013. This is a Bollywood movie inspired by the true stories of the late 1980s and early 1990s of the last century, during India’s intervention in the civil war in Sri Lanka and the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The movie is about a special officer in the Indian Army who is appointed head of covert operations in Jaffna by intelligence agency R&AW shortly after the forced withdrawal of Indian peace-keepers. This is a real story based movie in the Bollywood industry.

    Directed by: Shoojit Sircar

    Written by: Shubhendu Bhattacharya, Somanath Dey

    Produced by: Sheel Kumar, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri, Sudhanshu Vats.

    Cast: Siddharth Basu, John Abraham, Prakash Belawadi, Nargis Fekhri.

    #15. Shahid (2013)

    Shahid

    Rating: 8.2/10 IMDb

    Genre: Biography, Drama

    Available on: YouTube

    Shahid is an Indian movies based on true stories of the life of human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi who was assassinated in 2010. The movie got many awards such as Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards (2014), Bombay International Film Award (2012) and more. 

    Directed by: Hansal Mehta

    Written by: Apurva Asrani, Sameer Gautam Singh

    Produced by: Sunil Bohra, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Anurag Kashyap, Ronnie Screwvala.

    Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Rajkummar Rao, Prabhleen Sandhu, Tigmanshu Dhulia.

    #16. Dangal (2016)

    Rating: 8.3/10 IMDb

    Genre: Drama, Biography, Action

    Available on: Netflix

    Dangal is another Bollywood movie inspired by the true stories of the former wrestler Mahavir Singh Fogat and his two wrestling daughters battle it out for victory at the British Community Games amid public repression. 

    Directed by: Nitesh Tiwari

    Written by: Piyush Gupta, Nikhil Meharotra, Nitesh Tiwari, Shreyas Jain

    Produced by: Kiran Rao, Aamir Khan, Siddharth Roy Kapur

    Cast: Zaira Wasim, Sanya Malhotra, Sakhi Tanwar, Aamir Khan. 

    #17. Pad Man (2018)

    bollywood movie inspired by the true stories

     Rating: 7.9/10 IMDb

    Genre: Comedy, Biography, Drama

    Available on: Netflix

    Pad Man is another Bollywood movie inspired by the true stories of the life of social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham from Tamil Nadu. The story is based on sanitary napkins. After realizing how badly women were affected by their menstrual periods, a man started building a sanitary napkin machine and supplying cheap sanitary napkins to women in rural India. 

    Directed by: R. Balki

    Written by: Swanand Kirkire, R. Balki

    Produced by: SPE Films India, Twinkle Khanna

    Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte.

    #18. Chhapaak (2020)

    Chhapaak 

     Rating: 5.3/10 IMDb

    Genre: Biography, Drama

    Available on: Disney+ Hotstar

    Chhapaak is one of the best true story-based Bollywood movies that aired on 10th January 2020. It is an Indian Hindi language drama movie that revolves around the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. 

    Directed by: Meghna Gulzar

    Written by: Meghna Gulzar, Atika Chohan

    Produced by: Govind Singh Sandhu, Fox. Star Studios, Meghna Gulzar

    Cast: Vikrant Massey, Deepika Padukone

    Conclusion

    There are various Bollywood movies inspired by the true stories. In the above section, we have listed the top 18 best Bollywood movies based on true stories that you must watch.


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