What are some examples of movies where an actor's personal life closely mirrored the character they played?

 Miss Anara (2007)

You may not even heard of this movie name and there is nothing worthwhile to remember in this film except that it is based on a real life incident. In 2005, Anara Gupta, Miss Jammu 2001, reported abuse of power by the Indian police in a case related to MMS leaked of her. Anara Gupta had acted in a few Bhojpuri shows at that time. A few films producers approached her to make a film on her life and tragedy. And she was cast as the lead in her own biopic.

The film was promoted with taglines “See Miss Jammu Anara Gupta in her own life story”. However the film failed massively and nobody remembers it. But here the reel merged with the real.

UT 69 (2023)

Similarly in 2023, Raj Kundra, husband of Shilpa Shetty appeared in the lead role in a film titled UT69 which was based on his own days spent in the prison in the case of po**nogroahy in 2021. The film titled suggest him as an undertrail prisoner. The film documents his days spent in the prison. The film also failed massively.

There are some films where the film actually turned to reality of the actor. In Yes Boss, SRK bought the house where he was shooting the song “Chand Taare Tod Lau”. Even the song itself acts as a prophecy for everything SRK achieved in life.

In 1960’s Hemant Kumar produced a film Balika Badhu and cast a girl from her neighbour named Maushami Chaterjee (original name Indira Chaterjee). 1967 Balika Badhu released and became a big hit and within 3 years, at the age of 15 and a half Hemant Kumar got his son Jayant married to Mousami chaterjee making her a Balika Badhu in real!!

What inventors had colorful personal lives?

 Ah yes, Albert Einstein.

Him and his first wife.

Then, decades later they got divorced.

Then....he married Elsa Einstein:

Who was his cousin, and not just that, his first cousin! Their mothers were sisters.

Making matters more complicated: their fathers were also cousins.

They did not have any children together, which is probably fortunate as it might have been a bit risky.

Now, Charles Darwin on the other hand.

He also married his first cousin.

Who was, by all accounts, pretty cute.

They ended up having 10 kids together. But there were lots of health problems amongst those kids which required lots of care on her part, in addition to having to care for Charles, whose health failed, at least in part, due to his exposure to parasites during his travels.

But yes—Darwin and Einstein both married their first cousins. You can even see the resemblance a bit….