In a brunch of regular commercial movies, it's a relief to watch biopics like "Bhaag Milkha Bhag." Such movies tend to educate viewers about the forgotten heroes. Such is Milkha Singh, who gave fame to his country as an athlete. The film chronicles the hardship of Milkha Singh to rise to fame from the dark childhood to hardships in the training. Though remarkable in its content and the numerous awards the film bagged last year, the film somehow lacks a coherent pacing and becomes overlong. The performance of Farhan Akhtar as Milkha Singh is remarkable. Sonam Kapoor's role gets wasted. Music is pretty nice though the songs feel a bit numerous in the film. Overall, the film is nice and inspirational as a sincere biopic on an athlete with a remarkable central character; but it somewhat lacks a coherent pacing to grip you. On the matter, "Mary Kom" is more preferable.

Rating: 2 stars out of 4