Dangal first look: Angry, gritty Aamir Khan plays Indian wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat

For many weeks now, we’ve been seeing Aamir Khan beef up for his role as a wrestler in his upcoming film Dangal. That Aamir Khan invests his mind, body and soul into his characters is a well known fact. Which is why, amid reports of him facing health issues due to immediate weight gain, we were still looking forward to see what was in store with Dangal. On Monday afternoon, film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted the first look of Aamir Khan from the film.

Check out the first look poster of Aamir Khan's #Dangal. Looks incredible! pic.twitter.com/0hq2Oy9Xts

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 21, 2015

The film has reportedly started their shoot schedule, and it is due to release on Christmas 2016. The poster doesn’t reveal much, apart from a gritty, angry looking Aamir Khan superimposed onto an image of mud, seemingly a wrestling pit. There have been rumours about the similarity between Aamir Khan’s film and Salman Khan’s upcoming Yash Raj film Sultan (where Salman plays a wrestler as well) but nothing has been confirmed so far. The film is based on wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat who trained his two daughters to compete in the Olympic games and make India victorious.