A bunch of bystanders applaud him lustily as he offers the empty cans to the befuddled policeman. In another sequence, in order to save two cans of ghee from a bribe-seeking cop, he polishes them off in a jiffy, doing push-ups while he is at it. The receptacle this time around is a bucket. When he trains, he wrings his vest into a tiny mug and then, as the challenges get bigger and more daunting, he repeats the act with greater emphasis. The focus of the film is understandably on Milkha Singh’s mental and physical prowess. We watch Farhan Akhtar as Milkha Singh run many pulsating races, breaking the pain barrier on one occasion after an envious rival at 1 EME Centre Secunderabad seeks to render him hors de combat by inflicting deep gashes on his feet and legs with the spikes of a running shoe. The cinematography (Binod Pradhan) is outstanding and Bhaag Milkha Singh abounds in striking visual compositions. The latter helped him keep his head above the water even though her own life was a constant battle for survival.
The screenplay attributes the fourth-place finish to the memories of the harrowing Partition violence that haunted the lonely runner who was raised by a spirited elder sister. The film opens with the defining Olympic moment of Milkha Singh’s career – the heartbreak of the Rome race that assured him immortality. This approach robs the story of its immediacy and turns it into a showy, overly theatrical movie. The everyday details of a sprinter’s life are imparted a fictional makeover, accompanied by a surfeit of songs, inspirational anthems and background music. Unfortunately, it is reality that seems to be the biggest casualty in this deeply flawed endeavour. Scenarist Prasoon Joshi and producer-director Mehra attempt to squeeze every ounce of emotion out of the real-life Milkha story. It is amply clear by the end of the three hours of the film’s running time that the song-and-dance Bollywood form does not lend itself to the simple dynamics of a sporting biopic. In the bargain, it reduces the human saga to a loud, melodramatic and over-wrought tale that overstays its welcome.
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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. He just about breasts the tape but doesn’t do so quickly enough to be deserving of a medal. Shouldn’t bringing this inherently dramatic tale have been a cakewalk for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra? He makes rough weather of it. 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. He discovered his métier after years of struggle. Milkha was a Partition refugee who lost his parents in the riots.
His was an unbelievable dregs-to-glory story. The much anticipated Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is anything but the film that Milkha Singh deserves. 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. One 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. Cast:Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Meesha Shafi
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