Superheroes In Real Life! Bollywood Biopics Bring Real Life Heroes Into The Masterpieces

In recent years, the breakthrough of Bollywood biopics has been witnessed through many films such as Neerja, Mary Kon, and Manjhi: The Mountain Man. They have been a magical recipe for Indian filmmakers to achieve success in their careers.

On the basis of real-life superheroes, such Bollywood biopics have won the high grossing and honored the taste of praises. From Super 30 to Chhapaak, check out the list of big movies portraying the real-life heroes on the silver screen.

Chhapaak

Even though Chhapaak is set to release in January 2020 but some months ago, the project did the buzz as a biopic of an acid attack survivor named Laxmi Agarwal. Deepika Padukone will be the one who essays the main role of the victim in the film. Right from the first look and trailer of the much-expected movie, Chhapaak has been showered with attention and positive welcomes.

Super 30

One of Hrithik Roshan’s hits in 2019 is a story of mathematician Anand Kumar with his teaching career for the underprivileged students to help them in the IIT-JEE exams. Featuring the Greek God, the movie won many fans’ hearts for performing the superhero’s struggles before gaining success.

Saand Ki Aankh

With Taapsee Pannu in the role of Chandro Tomar and Bhumi Pednekar as Prakashi Tomar, Saand Ki Aankh was the talk of the town for being a sensation at that time. It told a story of two women who originated from a small village to the town and then inspiring the other people.

Padman

One of Akshay Kumar’s most-talked hits over the years, Padman is no doubt a successful Bollywood biopic about Arunachalam Muruganantham. The entrepreneur holds the business of making sanitary pads for all the women in his hometown. It drew a lot of attention when raising the topic of female hygiene.

Mission Mangal

The multi-starrer movie with Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu in the cast retold the story of reaching Mars of the Indian team. The shattering movie became Akshay’s first movie to achieve Rs 200 crore club.

Neerja

Neerja (2016) featuring Sonam Kapoor was one of the most touching Bollywood biopics throughout the time. It took inspiration from a true story of 23-year-old Neerja Bhanot, an air stewardess sacrificing to save the passengers’ lives in the hijacked airplane Pan Am Flight 73.

Manjhi – The Mountain Man

Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer-film is the biopic of Dashrath Manjhi’s life when he used only a chisel and a hammer to create a road through a hill. Ketan Mehta’s directorial got a lot of good critical reviews.