ne can well imagine the huge wave of disappointment that would have assailed the nation when, at the 1960 Rome Olympics, the legendary Milkha Singh missed a medal in a photo-finish.
Over half a century later, the overstuffed cinematic re-enactment of that 400 metres race and the historical and biographical events leading up to it is no less of a downer.
The much anticipated Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is anything but the film that Milkha Singh deserves.
His was an unbelievable dregs-to-glory story. Milkha was a Partition refugee who lost his parents in the riots.
He discovered his métier after years of struggle. His sturdy spirit, forged in the fire of life, found expression on the athletics track in ways that remain unparalleled in India to this day.
Shouldn’t bringing this inherently dramatic tale have been a cakewalk for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra? He makes rough weather of it. He just about breasts the tape but doesn’t do so quickly enough to be deserving of a medal.
The overlong Bhaag Milkha Bhaag seeks to achieve a dramatic heightening of the effect of a champion athlete’s rousing struggle to break free from the traumas of the past and turn adversity to opportunity.
In the bargain, it reduces the human saga to a loud, melodramatic and over-wrought tale that overstays its welcome.
Over half a century later, the overstuffed cinematic re-enactment of that 400 metres race and the historical and biographical events leading up to it is no less of a downer.
The much anticipated Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is anything but the film that Milkha Singh deserves.
His was an unbelievable dregs-to-glory story. Milkha was a Partition refugee who lost his parents in the riots.
He discovered his métier after years of struggle. His sturdy spirit, forged in the fire of life, found expression on the athletics track in ways that remain unparalleled in India to this day.
Shouldn’t bringing this inherently dramatic tale have been a cakewalk for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra? He makes rough weather of it. He just about breasts the tape but doesn’t do so quickly enough to be deserving of a medal.
The overlong Bhaag Milkha Bhaag seeks to achieve a dramatic heightening of the effect of a champion athlete’s rousing struggle to break free from the traumas of the past and turn adversity to opportunity.
In the bargain, it reduces the human saga to a loud, melodramatic and over-wrought tale that overstays its welcome.
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