Ranked #65 of 100
Paan Singh Tomar
पान सिंह तोमर · 2012
A national steeplechase champion becomes a Chambal dacoit because no institution will hear him about his stolen land.
- Director
- Tigmanshu Dhulia
- Year
- 2012
- Genre
- Biography · Drama
- Cast
- Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill
Why it's at number 65
Irrfan's National Award. 'Beehad mein baaghi hote hain, dacait milte hain Parliament mein.'
A national steeplechase champion becomes a Chambal dacoit because no institution will hear him about his stolen land.
Paan Singh Tomar sits in the 2010s alongside Gangs of Wasseypur and Masaan — a decade this canon treats as formative.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia.
- Released in 2012, in the 2010s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Biography, Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — Paan Singh Tomar (2012) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
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