Claim: Dangal is based on real events.
Evidence: Dangal -LRB- Wrestling competition -RRB- is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari.
A biographical film , or biopic -LRB- -LSB- ˈbaɪəʊpɪk -RSB- abbreviation for biographical motion picture -RRB- , is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people.