10. Soorarai Pottru
The film was inspired by events from the life of G. R. Gopinath, founder of Indian low-cost airline Simplifly Deccan. A 2020 Tamil-language autobiographical drama film co-produced by Suriya, Jyothika, and Guneet Monga, Soorarai Pottru is written and directed by Sudha Kongara. In addition to Mohan Babu, Urvashi, and Karunas playing supporting parts, the movie stars Suriya, Aparna Balamurali, and Paresh Rawal. During the 78th Golden Globe Awards, it was chosen as one of 10 Indian films to be shown in the Best Foreign Film category. In the 68th National Film Awards, it took home five honours, including Best Feature Film, Best Actor (Suriya), Best Actress (Aparna), Best Screenplay (Kongara and Nair), and Best Background Score (Prakash Kumar).
9. Meesaya Murukku
Meesaya Murukku is a underrated master piece depicting the biography of a upcoming musiscian, it is a Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy-drama movie written and directed by Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi. Aathmika plays the role of a female lead, and Vivek, RJ Vigneshkanth, and Vijayalakshmi play supporting roles. It is a biography of Adhi's early years with frictionalised elements, was released on July 21, 2017, and mostly recieved favourable reviews. It was a huge success at the box office, earning 15 crores globally, which is a lot considering that the movie had 17 stars making their acting debuts. It was also remade in Kannada.
8. Super 30
A 2019 Hindi-language biographical drama film titled Super 30 was made on a budget of 60 crore by Phantom Productions, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, and HRX Films. The film, which is directed by Vikas Bahl and stars Hrithik Roshan as Anand Kumar, is based on both his life and the educational programme of the real life Anand Kumar. The movie became a significant commercial success and one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2019 with a global total of 208 crore.
7. Rocketry
R. Madhavan is the writer, producer, and director of the 2022 Indian biographical drama film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect. The movie is based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization who was charged with false acusations and then cleared, and who is portrayed by Madhavan. The narrative begins with Narayanan's time at Princeton University as a graduate student before moving on to his career as a scientist and the false accusations levelled against him. Critics gave the movie mostly favourable reviews upon its release, praising Madhavan's acting, his writing, and his admirable goal in making the movie. Rocketry, which cost 25 crores to produce, has raked in 50 crores globally.
6. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Think of a cricket movie master piece the think of M.S. Dhoni. A 2016 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film titled M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. It is based on the life of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a former Test, ODI, and T20I captain for the Indian national cricket team. Together with Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, and Anupam Kher, the movie also features the late Sushant Singh Rajput as MS Dhoni. The movie follows Dhoni's life from an early age via various life experiences. The movie earned the largest distribution of any Bollywood production ever on September 30, 2016, when Fox Star Studios distributed it in 61 nations. The movie gained both critical and financial success after its debut. It is currently the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2016 in India with ₹1.16 billion (US$15 million).
5. Mahanati
Mahanati is a 2018 Indian Telugu biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. Nag Ashwin wrote and directed it, while Priyanka Dutt, presented through Vyjayanthi Pictures and Swapna Cinema, Keerthy Suresh portrays Savitri in the movie, while Dulquer Salmaan, making his Telugu debut, plays Savitri's husband Gemini Ganesan. In addition to Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Akkineni, the movie also has Rajendra Prasad, Prakash Raj, and Bhanupriya in supporting roles.
The movie, which had a budget of 25 crore, made 83 crore in total globally and was the highest-grossing South Indian movie. In the 66th National Film Awards, the movie took home three awards: Best Telugu Feature Film, Best Actress for Keerthy, and Best Costume Design.The film also won four Filmfare. Awards South
4. 83
If winning 2011 world cup is mind blowing then lifting 1983 world cup title feels more than winning the world. The 2021 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film 83 was written and directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Deepika Padukone, Kabir Khan, Vishnu Vardhan Induri, Sajid Nadiadwala, and Reliance Entertainment. It is acknowledged as being an official biopic of Kapil Dev and is based on the India national cricket team, which was captained by Kapil and which conquered the first ever 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Jiiva, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinker Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Harrdy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Ammy Virk, Adinath Kothare, Dhairya Karwa, and R. Badree are among the ensemble cast members in this film. 83 earned 14 nominations for the 67th Filmfare Awards and took up two prizes, including Best Actor (Ranveer Singh) and Best Lyricist (Munir for "Lehra Do").
3. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
A 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film titled Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and written by Prasoon Joshi. based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Olympian from India who won the 400-meter race twice at the Asian Games and twice at the Commonwealth Games. It features Farhan Akhtar in the lead role, along with Divya Dutta, Meesha Shafi, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Art Malik, and Prakash Raj in supporting parts. Sonam Kapoor makes a lengthy cameo appearance.
The movie, which cost 410 million yen (US$5.1 million), was released on July 12, 2013, and both reviewers and viewers praised it. It did exceedingly well at the box office and was finally deemed a "mega hit" both locally and internationally. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, the 21st movie to earn $1 billion (US$13 million), is the sixth-highest earning Bollywood movie of 2013 overall.
2. Dangal
Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, and Siddharth Roy Kapur under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions and The Walt Disney Company India respectively produced the 2016 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film Dangal. It was directed by Nitesh Tiwari. Khan plays Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who teaches his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first top-tier female wrestlers, in the movie. The two Phogat sisters are portrayed as their adult selves by Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra, and as their youthful selves by Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar.
Four honours were given to it at the 62nd Filmfare Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Khan), and Best Action (Shyam). Aamir Khan won the 2017 Best Foreign Film and Top Foreign Actor awards from China's Douban Film Awards, Dangal won the first-ever Best Asian Film prize at Australia's 7th AACTA Awards, two Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards, and was nominated for an Asian Brilliant Stars award at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.
It was a financial triumph, setting records for the highest-grossing Indian film, the 28th-highest-grossing non-English film, and the 19th-highest-grossing sports picture globally. The movie, which cost 70 crore (US$10.42 million) to produce, made between 1,968 and 2,200 crore (US$311-330 million) according to various estimates, including $216.2 million in China, where it was in the top 20 highest-grossing movies and was the highest-grossing non-English foreign picture. It was the one and only Indian movie, according to some estimations, to surpass the milestone of $2,000,000,000 in gross revenue. As of November 2018, the movie had also received more than 400 million views on Chinese streaming services.
1. Gandhi
This is a Old masterpiece but undoubtedly the best in the list and the numbers speak for it. A 1982 period biographical film titled Gandhi is based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who led the nonviolent, non-cooperative Indian independence fight against the British Empire. It is a joint production between India and the UK, and Richard Attenborough is in charge of producing and directing it from a script by John Briley. Ben Kingsley plays the title character in it. The movie follows Gandhi's life from a turning point in 1893 when he is expelled from a South African railway for being in a carriage with only white people until his death and funeral in 1948.
With a $22 million budget and a $127.8 million profit, it was a commercial triumph. At the 55th Academy Awards, the movie got a record-breaking eleven nominations, winning eight of them, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (for Kingsley). The film was retrospectively shown on August 12, 2016, as the opening film at the Independence Day Film Festival, which was organised by the Ministry of Defense and the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence Day. Gandhi was selected as the 34th best British film of the 20th century by the British Film Institute.
Conclusion
May be the south Indian Cinema have a good flavor of movies and vibrant script writing in their works, but the art of making biography or biopics have always been conquered by the bollywood cinema and they are successful. There are still a hand full of bio pics/biography movies in Indian cinema which are not mentioned here, but the above 10 are the best of the bunch and can motivate you and inspire you in any walk of life. The ranking is purely based on the opinion of the author it can be subjected to change based on the individuals view.
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