Haq (2025): Starring Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi, the film is inspired by the landmark Shah Bano case. (Image: IMDb)

Raazi (2018): Starring Alia Bhatt, the film is loosely based on the book Calling Sehmat by Harinder Sikka. The novel is inspired by the real-life story of a woman, an army officer’s mother, a Kashmiri Muslim, who married a Pakistani officer to spy and provide classified information to Indian Intelligence during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. (Image: IMDb)

Chak De India! (2007): Shah Rukh Khan’s role in the film was reportedly inspired by former Hockey captain Mir Ranjan Negi. The man who led the Indian women’s hockey team to the gold in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. (Image: IMDb)

Neerja (2016): Sonam Kapoor portrayed the role of Neerja Bhanot, the flight attendant who sacrificed her life to save passengers during a hijacking in 1986. (Image: IMDb)

Talvar (2015): The film is reportedly based on the real-life 2008 Noida double murder case, in which 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar and the family’s domestic help, Hemraj Banjade, were found murdered. (Image: IMDb)

Airlift (2016): It is inspired by the life of Kuwait-based businessman Mathunny Mathews who was instrumental in coordinating the massive evacuation effort, where more than 170,000 Indians were evacuated from Kuwait during the 1990 Iraqi invasion. (Image: IMDb)

Special 26: Set in 1987, the film is based on a true incident when a person posed as a fake CBI officer and robbed a famous jeweller at the Opera House in Mumbai. (Image: IMDb)