Apr 8, 2024, 04:01 PM IST

Before Maidaan, 6 times Ajay Devgn portrayed real-life people on screen

Aman Wadhwa

Ajay Devgn portrayed the revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in the 2002 film The Legend of Bhagat Singh

Ajay Devgn's character in the 2003 film Gangaajal is inspired from the Bihar cop Shashi Bhushan Sharma

In the 2002 film Company, Ajay Devgn played the character of mafia don Malik, which was inspired from Dawood Ibrahim

Ajay Devgn's character of the crime gang leader Sultan Mirza in the 2010 film Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai was inpsired from Haji Mastan

Ajay Devgn portrayed the Maratha warrior and Chhatrapati Shivaji's commander Tanaji Malusare in the 2020 film Tanhaji

In the 2022 film Gangubai Kathiawadi, Ajay Devgn played mafia don Rahim Lala, which was inspired from the real-life Mumbai don Karim Lala

Ajay Devgn will be seen portraying the former Indian football coach Syed Abdul Rahim in the upcoming sports drama Maidaan

Maidaan releases in cinemas on April 11 on the occasion of Eid with limited paid preview shows on April 10

Maidaan will clash at the box office with Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff-starrer action thriller Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, which also releases on April 11

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