I was moved by it and also inspired at the same time and I felt it was a story that needed to be told,” Farhan Akhtar, who plays Milkha Singh in the film, told the “I could also sense Rakeysh’s palpable excitement for the film and knew that he would be passionately involved in the project,” said Akhtar.Farhan Akhtar, who won best actor for the movie, was also a natural fit to play the role, having been a runner at school himself.After winning several hearts, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has been announced the Best Film of 2013. "Akshaye, who was praised for playing Sid in the film also took to Twitter to walk down the memory lane. Online shopping from a great selection at Prime Video Store. Ltd., a production company he established along with Ritesh Sidhwani in 1999. It’s why the story of Milkha Singh’s life was brought forth in the 2013 Bollywood biopic, ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’.Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and starring Farhan Akhtar in the lead role, the movie traced the journey of the champion runner; from a 12-year-old escaping the horrors of partition to the star athlete he eventually became.The Bollywood movie, one of the highest-grossing films at the box office that year, also starred Sonam Kapoor, Divya Dutta and Pavan Malhotra as some of the integral characters in the life of the Indian athlete.The Bhaag Milkha Bhaag cast also includes Yograj Singh, father of former Indian cricketer The movie is based on Milkha Singh’s autobiography, ‘The Race of my Life’.Biopics may be the rage in Bollywood now, with several stars like London 2012 bronze-medallist However, in 2013, it was a fairly novel concept and the success of ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ set the tone for biopics.The fascinating story was one of the primary reasons for it.“The story itself was an incredible journey. You have to be determined and if you want to do something, you have to work hard for it.”- Jeev Milkha SinghIt also portrayed the early part of Milkha Singh’s life in a realistic lens.“The partition part was also very good. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and starring Farhan Akhtar in the lead role, the movie traced the journey of the champion runner; from a 12-year-old escaping the horrors of partition to the star athlete he eventually became. All his friends claimed that it was exactly what had happened during partition,” the Indian golfer added.“I think the whole team, Rakeysh, Farhan, and (writer) Prasoon Joshi did a fantastic job in making it a very motivational movie.”As is the case with any adaptation to the silver screen, ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ also took some cinematic liberty while dealing with certain facets.The soundtrack, composed by famed music trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, narrates Milkha Singh’s story at various points in a dramatic manner – his romantic tryst at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and his subsequent steely determination to succeed– for example.During the latter sequence, the movie shows Milkha walking up to his coach, played by former cricketer Yograj Singh, demanding to know what the 400m world record was.The coach writes ‘45.9 seconds’ on a piece of paper, which becomes the legend’s sole target for the following year, and he eventually ends up running 45.73 seconds.However, in reality, the world record at that point was 45.2 seconds, set by The aspect of love was something that Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra believes was important to bring out the story in its true form.“We capture his brush with romance - it is pivotal to what Milkha Singh told us about how he wanted to establish himself as a man of integrity so that he could deserve love,” the director said.The cinematic liberties aside, the only verdict that mattered was of the legend himself, and Milkha Singh, who initially wanted Akshay Kumar to play him, was rendered emotional when he saw the movie.“The direction and dialogues made me cry,” Milkha Singh had admitted to “I congratulated Farhan Akhtar, who was sitting next to me, and told him, ‘Son, you are a duplicate copy of Milkha Singh.” © Copyright Network18 Media and Investments Ltd 2020. Farhan's production venture, the Zoya Akhtar-directed Gully Boy also found itself caught in this controversy. CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable News Network, LP LLLP, displayed with permission. Movies Directed By Farhan Akhtar That We Love To Binge On Too Spread the love Farhan Akhtar entered Bollywood as an assistant director and launched himself as a director with Dil Chahta Hai in 2001 which was produced by Excel Entertainment Pvt.

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