Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Original title

भाग मिल्खा भाग

Directed by

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Genre

drama film, biographical film, athletics film

Country

India

Runtime

3h 06m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 285 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Follows the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete who overcame a traumatic childhood to become a world-class runner. The film shows his journey from poverty to winning medals at the Commonwealth and Asian Games.

inspirationaldeterminedemotionalupliftinghigh-energymelancholicpatrioticintense

What happens

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (transl.  Run, Milkha, Run) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi, and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures in association with Rajiv Tandon and editor P.S. Bharathi under the ROMP Pictures banner. Based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who was a champion of the Commonwealth Games and two-time 400m champion of the Asian Games, it stars Farhan Akhtar in the title role alongside Art Malik, Divya Dutta, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Prakash Raj and Meesha Shafi in supporting roles with Sonam Kapoor in a special appearance. Made on a budget of ₹410 million (US$4.3 million), the film was released on 12 July 2013 and garnered acclaim from critics and audiences alike. It performed very well at the box office, eventually being declared a "super hit" domestically as well as a hit overseas. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is the sixth highest-grossing 2013 Bollywood film worldwide and became the 21st film to gross ₹1 billion (US$10 million). Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was inspired by The Race of My Life, an autobiography co-written by Singh and his daughter, Sonia Sanwalka. Singh sold the film rights for one rupee and inserted a clause stating that a share of the profits would be given to the Milkha Singh Charitable Trust, which was founded in 2003 with the aim of assisting poor and needy sportspeople. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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