Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Kottayam Anaswara Genre: History, Drama, Sports Direction: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Cast: Farhan Akhthar, Sonam Kapoor, Prakash Raj, Divya Dutta, Master Jabtez, Yograj Singh, Rebecca Breeds IMDb: 8.1/10

A director who takes the best out of all, an actor who performs 101%, a dedicated scenarist (Prasoon Joshi), and other master technicians, the result is Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. In one word, awesome. The movie very beautifully portrays the life of Milkha Singh, commonly known as the Flying Sikh. There could be two negative aspects that you may hear about the movie. First one is that BMB is all about the life of an athlete. But, what's wrong with it? All movies tells us some stories. This particular movie shows us one of our own legends. How many of us know how his life was? If anyone tells you the film is too long with over 3 hours of running time, I could assure you that there is no single scene that is unnecessary. And, never would we feel bored though movie is on a slow pace at times. The direction by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is on an even higher level than where Rang De Basanti was. Though there was risk of repeated visuals of races boring viewers, he has handled all those beautifully. The cinematographer too is to be commended. Coming to our hero, Farhan Akhthar. There has never been such dedicated performance by a protagonist in recent years. Almost all scenes has Farhan in it. Master Jabtez, who shows Milkha's childhood, is also talented. Sonam Kapoor, Prakash Raj and Rebecca Breeds have small roles, and all have done a neat job. Music by Shankar-Ehsaan_Loy is another highlight of the movie. The title track as well as Zinda are chart busters, while Rangrez is soothing. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is not a documentary. It is a class movie while it entertains as well. Viewers cheering the hero, something which is seen in the so-called mass movies, was seen here too. Milkha Singh was a bygone generation's hero. Some of us may think why we should watch that. But after a thirty years or so, if someone directs a movie on Sachin Tendulkar (maybe Bat Sacin Bat), would you not want your children to watch it?