The film Dangal loosely based on the story of her and her sister which released on 23 December 2016. Babita was portrayed by Sanya Malhotra and her younger self by Suhani Bhatnagar.
Babita Kumari Phogat is an Indian female wrestler, who won the gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games. She also won silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships.
Younger sister of Geeta Phogat and elder sister of Ritu, Sangeeta, and Dushyant.