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TV actress Sakshi Tanwar to play Aamir Khan’s wife in ‘Dangal’

Sakshi Tanwar
Sakshi Tanwar

Popular television actress, Sakshi Tanwar will be playing the role of Aamir Khan’s wife in his much talked about next movie ‘Dangal’.

According to reports, Tanwar will play the character of Mrs Mahavir Phogat. ‘Dangal’ is a sports biopic where Khan plays wrestler, Mahavir Phogat – father of female wrestlers Geeta and Babita. NDTV reports that the four actresses playing the younger and older versions of Mahavir’s daughters – Fatima Shaikh and Zaira Wasim as Geeta, Sanya Malhotra and Suhani Bhatnagar as Babita – are already training hard for their roles.

Apparently, Tanwar beat other actresses to bag the lead role. Mallika Sherawat had also auditioned, along with other big names.

Tanwar shot to fame for her part in Balaji Telefilms’ TV show ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Kii’ as Parvati.

Rajkummar Rao and Vikram Singh are also other actors that play pivotal parts in the film.