Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) on Netflix
NR20133h 6mActionBiographyDrama
Milkha Singh escapes the violence of the 1947 Partition and arrives in Delhi. He survives the camps by petty theft until he joins the Indian Army, where a race reveals his speed.
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- Rotten Tomatoes72%
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Plot summary
Milkha Singh is a boy in Punjab when the sectarian violence of the 1947 Partition tears his family apart. He reaches Delhi alone and penniless, and there he finds his sister, Isri Kaur. He lives in refugee camps, where he and a group of friends get by on petty theft. As a grown man he loves Biro, who asks him to give up that life and live honestly. He joins the Indian Army for a steady livelihood. In a training run, the first ten men to finish are promised milk, eggs and release from fatigue duties, and Milkha's speed brings him to the notice of Havaldar Gurudev Singh, who begins to train him. His fast rise stirs resentment among the senior athletes.
Cast
- Herry Tangirias Taran Singh
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
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- In 2010, Abhishek Bachchan and Akshay Kumar were early contenders for the lead in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, with director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra preferring Bachchan and Milkha Singh preferring Kumar; Mehra then offered the role to Hrithik Roshan, Aamir Khan and Ranveer Singh, all of whom turned it down.
- Milkha Singh sold his film rights for the token sum of one rupee and inserted a clause giving a share of the profits to the Milkha Singh Charitable Trust, which was founded in 2003 to assist poor and needy sportspeople.
- Pakistan's Central Board of Film Censors banned Bhaag Milkha Bhaag for showing the country's sports governing bodies, including the Pakistan Sports Board and Athletics Federation of Pakistan, using unfair means.
- Writer Prasoon Joshi said the title cry "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" was never actually spoken by Milkha Singh's father: Joshi coined the phrase himself and used it liberally throughout the film's narrative.
- Farhan Akhtar travelled to Punjab to meet Milkha Singh and his family, then agreed to play the athlete after a single story session with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra; the part was his first appearance outside a home production, and he trained extensively for it.
- Some members of the Central Board of Film Certification boycotted a workshop over the U certificate given to Bhaag Milkha Bhaag despite its sex scene and violence, criticising censor examining member Sharmila Tagore and accusing CEO Pankaja Thakur of being a puppet of directors promoting vulgarity; the Delhi High Court then sought an explanation.
