Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Short description
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag tells the true story of Milkha Singh, an Indian runner whose childhood in a small village is shattered when the violence of the India-Pakistan partition destroys his family. Left with nothing, he makes his way to Delhi, where he survives by petty theft and later joins the army. His speed is noticed during a race, setting him on a path toward international athletics and the nickname "The Flying Sikh". The film follows his struggle to turn a traumatic past into the discipline that carries him to the highest levels of competition, along with the relationships that shape his life.
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the film came after his 2006 release Rang De Basanti, and was written by Prasoon Joshi and produced by P S Bharathi. Farhan Akhtar plays Milkha Singh, with Sonam Kapoor Ahuja as Biro, Divya Dutta as Ishri Kaur, Pavan Malhotra as Constable Gurudev Singh, Rebecca Breeds as Stella and Prakash Raj as an army officer.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag runs 186 minutes and was made on a budget of about 5 million dollars. It has an IMDb rating of 8.2 from roughly 78,000 votes and a TMDB rating of 7.5 from some 291 votes, while a critics' rating stands lower, at 6.2 from 20 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming began in February 2012. Some episodes were filmed in Tokyo, Melbourne, and Rome.
- His personal best time, 45.73 seconds (recorded at the Rome Olympics), was an Indian record for about 40 years.
- In 1956 (at the time of the Melbourne Games), the world record was 45.2 seconds, not 45.9 as his coach writes, and it belonged to Lou Jones.
- Milka never held the world record in the 400-meter race.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
