Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a biopic on the the great Milkha Singh also known as the 'Flying Sikh' starring Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor and Divya Dutta among others. For a biopic, you can't really argue for the story. It's based on a true story and even a bit of tinkering would lead to many people making noise. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has, in my opinion, done justice to the the legendary Indian athlete. Shows the class which he displayed in Rang De Basanti. Great directing and cinematography. Really loved the scene of training after the Melbourne Olympics, I believe it is 'Leh-Ladakh'. Both, the beauty of the location and the way the movie has been shot was admirable. Kudos to Farhan Akhtar, acted as brilliantly as ever. Farhan, has never dissapointed me with his acting, be it in Rock On!!, Luck By Chance, Karthik Calling Karthil or Zindagi Na Mile Dobara. He's the true all rounder of Indian Cinema. Director, producer, actor, singer, lyricist and screenwriter. Bloody talented.
I must also give credit to Farhan for the hell of transformation he has gone through. From a lanky fellow in ZNMD he has transformed into this hunk with muscles bursting and washboards abs.
I really like Divya Dutta too and even though she had a short role, it was fulfilled aptly.
A few points that dragged the film back were.
1.Too many songs. WHY? why do all Bollywood movies need songs? Half of them are unnecessary like the 'Maston ka Jhund' was ...... - Words cant explain my level of disappointment.
2.The Flashback scenes were a tad bit too violent and gory. Too many special effects takes the essence go away.
3.The film was stretched. Remove half the songs, remove some more scenes like with Sonam Kapoor and the Australian chick and the movie time could have been reduced to 2.30 hours. That is perfect for a movie.
Inspiring story nonetheless.
My rating for the movie would be 7.7/10. Go watch it in theater. Just for Farhan and the cinematography.
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