Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is as much a salute to them as it is to the man himself. Taking nothing away from how special Milkha Singh's achievements were to the country, especially in those times, almost any athlete will have stories of his roots and hardwork worth narrating. The non-linear narration also keeps you absorbed.Īs you stay engaged, you realise that this is not about one athlete or one victim of the partition. Again, if that's what it takes to keep more people interested, so be it. The editing, the transitions, the interspersing are all pretty slick and thus end up giving those bits a contemporary feel. The sequences are a little too over-stylized for the era that they are set in. Milkha Singh gets long and strenuous training sessions from the director, enough for you to beg for his mercy on Milkha Singh's behalf.Īnother huge section of the film is the flashbacks into Milkha Singh's childhood and especially the partition of 1947. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is more than satisfying in that respect. I've always had a problem with the little time spent on the athlete's training in a sports film, or for that matter the minimal time that any underdog takes to come up to speed in a film.
The little time spent on Milkha Singh's transition from one woman to another tell's you about the makers' focus too - Milkha Singh and his training. Anyway, as discomforting as that was, from Neeru to Stella to Perizad ( Meesha Shafi) they all exist to show Milkha Singh's priority - his work. If there is one thing you can tell about Indian men from what was going on, on screen and in the audience is that it takes as little as either a few bikini-clad or non-Indian women to excite them. Similarly, Prakash Raj as the comic relief didn't work for me either, as in he acted well, but the comedy seemed a little off for the film. She has such little impact that you feel you have seen a lead lady in the film for the first time when Rebecca Breeds comes on screen as Stella. She's stiff and looks like she's making a style statement with her salwar suits and hair curls. On the other hand, Sonam Kapoor does her usual do as Neeru. Jabtej Singh as young Milkha too gets you to feel his pain, despair and courage. Divya Dutta is easily one of the most under-rated actors in Hindi films. Their characters' aspirations and pride show through in the couple of emotional scenes between each one of them and Milkha Singh. And you want him to win.ĭivya Dutta and Pawan Malhotra add the much needed layers to Milkha Singh's personality than Milkha Singh himself. You want him to go easy on himself when he heaves and pants. You sense Milkha's pain and determination. The upper teeth jutting forward give it, what I assume, a Milkha touch. But, Farhan Akhtar smiles his charming smile to endear Milkha Singh to you. His diction is slightly distracting - as it is when he speaks Hindi or English too. Yeah, his accent doesn't flow naturally, it comes across as trained. It took away from the otherwise gripping performance.
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From having seen him as himself on TV shows, the jokes instantly reminded me it was Farhan Akhtar I am watching. It is a shame that typical Farhan Akhtar-style PJs (Poor Joke) found their way in. I am sure writer, Prasoon Joshi must have thought long and hard over what was left out of Milkha Singh's story and what was added. But, would the risk of Milkha Singh's spirit reaching out to a smaller audience been worth it? So, this once, if having Milkha Singh dance while tapping his buttocks is what it takes, so be it. He conquered." story, it might have made for better cinema. Sure, if Bhaag Mllkha Bhaag were told as a "He came. With the number of slow motion scenes and choreographed, lip-sync songs the makers might have gone a little overboard in trying to keep things interesting. Milliblog - "The Amar-Akbar-Antony of Indian music open their 2013 account in style!"īhaag Milkha Bhaag makes a deliberate effort to balance between telling an inspirational story and not making it a boring History lesson. The music itself has received mixed reactions.
But, I'll wait to see how they flow in and out of the story.
I'm not sure that I like the idea that it has song and dance. Now, with the dances and after hearing more dialogue from him, I am really looking forward to hearing his Punjabi accent. Other than that, I was impressed with how Farhan Akhtar has molded into the character from the first time I saw the trailer. I am sure the initial part of the story line is very similar. It does have a resemblance to Paan Singh Tomar, in a good way. You can only hope that it will prove that it's a special film. It is about a hero of his times, who kids of today know very little about.
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