Pros
Truly Inspiring stuff, sugar coated to get todays' generation eyeballs. A good addition to the adrenaline loaded films' genre like Rang De Basanti, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara etc. Farhan Akhtar lives the title role. The physicalty apart, he truly gets the emotions perfectly. What's it that this guy cannot do, he sings, dances, acts, directs ...Art Malik is nice to see on ages, as Farhan's father. Pavan Malhotra is his competent self, but Sonam is getting typecast. Great music from Shankar Ehsan Loy, they have perfected this genre, like Lakshya etc. The title track would be used on running enthusiasts mp3 players/phones i guess, and if this can inspire runners on the track, it surely is a positive. The movie keeps the viewers engaged through light moments.
Cons
I didn't like the highlighting of the Rome Olympics medal loss and putting it in the beginning of the film, and ending with the Pakistan Run victory (this was hardly a run like the Olympics/ Asians/Commonwealths. This was pretty cliched. And is getting 4th position in the Olympica a mean achievement, even if he was the favourite to win there. the film could have shown his marriage in 1962, which would have rounded off the story after his lost first love. Also, i dont understand why romance is shown to be something athletes must avoid to concentrate on training! The partition images that haunt Milkha could have been handled better.
Overall rating
8.5/10
Truly Inspiring stuff, sugar coated to get todays' generation eyeballs. A good addition to the adrenaline loaded films' genre like Rang De Basanti, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara etc. Farhan Akhtar lives the title role. The physicalty apart, he truly gets the emotions perfectly. What's it that this guy cannot do, he sings, dances, acts, directs ...Art Malik is nice to see on ages, as Farhan's father. Pavan Malhotra is his competent self, but Sonam is getting typecast. Great music from Shankar Ehsan Loy, they have perfected this genre, like Lakshya etc. The title track would be used on running enthusiasts mp3 players/phones i guess, and if this can inspire runners on the track, it surely is a positive. The movie keeps the viewers engaged through light moments.
Cons
I didn't like the highlighting of the Rome Olympics medal loss and putting it in the beginning of the film, and ending with the Pakistan Run victory (this was hardly a run like the Olympics/ Asians/Commonwealths. This was pretty cliched. And is getting 4th position in the Olympica a mean achievement, even if he was the favourite to win there. the film could have shown his marriage in 1962, which would have rounded off the story after his lost first love. Also, i dont understand why romance is shown to be something athletes must avoid to concentrate on training! The partition images that haunt Milkha could have been handled better.
Overall rating
8.5/10
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