Every art form has a muse. From imagination to real-life events, anything can be an inspiration for artwork. While other works inspired by different muses have the touch of lavishness and astonishment, the work based on the real-life event has the essence of rawness and realism that directly touches the heart of the audience. The Bollywood industry is often seen producing movies based on real-life events. The cinema based on real-life events always manages to impress the audience the most and makes them feel like part of the storyline. Here is the list of Top 10 Bollywood movies based on real-life events:
1. URI- The Surgical Strike: Based on the true event of the surgical strike conducted in Pakistan by India, the movie gave us goosebumps with the marvelous portrayal of patriotism. Starring Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam the film was directed by Aditya Dhar.
2. Kesari: This was an easy guess as many of you have already heard the story of 21 Sikh soldiers taking on the army of Afghan and nearly making their knee down.
3. Raazi: A Kashmiri girl entering the enemy nation and digging out the top-secret information sounds pretty imaginary and made-up story to you but you will be surprised to know that this was the movie was based on a true story of militant.
4. Padman: Akshay Kumar starred in this social message-oriented film that was based on the real-life and inventions of Arunachalam Muruganantham who invented inexpensive sanitary napkins for the women in his village.
5. Gold: Starring Akshay Kumar this was a historical sports drama film written by Reema Kagti. Based on the struggle of NN Mukherjee, the movie explored the story of the Indian Hockey team making their way to the gold medal.
6. Kedarnath: Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput star in this love story which is centered around the floods of Uttarakhand floods in 2013.
7. The Ghazi attack: This film was based on the mysterious sinking of an Indian submarine PNS Ghazi. The film starred Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu and Kay Kay Menon.
8. Secret Superstar: Writer Advait Chandan had come across many cases during the seasons of Satyamev Jayate where he saw women who had become heroes in their own lives. The story of the film was borne out of the many stories Chandan had seen and heard.
9. Toilet – Ek Prem Katha: A 19-year-old girl had fled her home due to the lack of a toilet in the home. The film mentions that it is based on the life of Aditya Narre from Madhya Pradesh who left her home due to this reason.
10. Lucknow Central: Ranjit Tiwari, the director of the film, had read the story of ‘Healing Hearts’ who performed in Lucknow Central Jail.
