1)
Hey
Ram
(2000)
Loosely
based
on
the
sensitive
plot
surrounding
the
murder
of
Mahatma
Gandhi
at
the
hands
of
Nathuram
Godse,
this
Kamal
Hassan
starrer had
actually
created
a
lot
of
controversies
when
it
was
released,
despite
having
a
semi-fictional
plot.
2)
Zubeidaa
(2001)
Shyam
Benegal's
Zubeidaa
was
a
film
on
the
life
and
times
of
a
mistress
of
late
Maharaja
of
Jodhpur,
Hanwant
Singh.
Karisma
Kapoor,
Rekha
and
Manoj
Bajpayee's
performance
was
clean
and
justified.
3)
Shootout
At
Lokhandwala
(2007)
This
movie
was
based
on
the
1991
Lokhandwala
Complex
shootout,
a
gun
battle
between
Mumbai
police
and
criminals,
leading
to
the
encounter
of
gangster
Maya
Dolas
by
ACP
A.A.
Khan.
4)
No
One
Killed
Jessica
(2011)
The
film
was
based
around
the
controversial
Jessica
Lal
murder
case.
Both
Vidya
Balan
(Jessica's
sister
Sabrina
Lal)
and
Rani
Mukerji
(reporter)
shined
in
their
fine
performances.
5)
Gangs
of
Wasseypur
(2012)
A
modern
cult
film
based
on
coal
mafia
of
Dhanbad,
Jharkhand
with
Manoj
Bajpai,
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
Huma
Quereshi
and
Richa
Chadha
in
the
lead
roles.
The
film
was
not
a
huge
hit,
but
was
critically
acclaimed.
6)
Paan
Singh
Tomar
(2012)
A
wonderfully
made
movie
about
an
Indian
Soldier,
an
athlete
and
a
rebel.
Irrfan
Khan
proved
yet
again
what
an
asset
he
is
to
the
industry,
through
his
impeccable
performance
in
this
movie.
7)
Special
26
(2013)
Special
26 was
centred
around
the
1987
Opera
House
robbery,
during
which
a
group
of
thieves
pretending
to
CBI
officials,
executed
an
income
tax
raid
on
a
jeweller
in
Mumbai.
The
case
remains
unsolved
till
now.
The
film
had
Akshay
Kumar
and
Anupam
Kher
in
prominent
roles.
8)
Madras
Café
(2013)
Based
on
Indian
intervention
in
the
Sri
Lankan
civil
war
in
1980s,
and
then
the
subsequent
assassination
of
our
Indian
Prime
Minister
Rajiv
Gandhi,
this
movie
received
tremendous
critical
acclaim
for
its
thought-provoking
storytelling.
9)
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag
(2013)
A
biographical
sports
drama
based
on
the
true
story
of
the
legendary
runner
and
army
man
Milkha
Singh
was
well-made
and
appreciated.
Farhan
Akhtar's
performance
was
breath-taking.
10)
Talvar
(2015)
Talvar
was
based
on
the
2008
double
murder
case
in
Noida,
in
which
a
teenage
girl
Arushi
Talwar
and
her
family
servant
Hemraj
Banjade
were
found
dead.
The
film
saw
stellar
performances
by
Irrfan
Khan,
Konkona
Sen
Sharma
and
Neeraj
Kabi.
11)
Neerja
(2016)
A
true
inspirational
biopic
of
Neerja
Bhanot,
an
airline
purser
who
lost
her
life
saving
passengers
on
the
US-bound
Pan
Am
Flight
73
hijacked
by
Palestinian
terrorists
in
Karachi
in
September
1986.
Sonam
Kapoor's
glam-down
look
won
the
hearts
of
her
fans
for
her
career-best
performance.
12)Airlift
(2016)
Akshay
Kumar's
‘Airlift'
was
inspired
by
events
that
followed
Iraq's
invasion
of
Kuwait
in
1990,
and
the
evacuation
mission
of
Indians
based
in
Kuwait
during
that
time.
The
film
is
one
of
the
biggest
blockbusters
of
2016,
so
far.