I was not aware of that it's made upon a true story. I searched over and over again during my watch-time for those intriguing facts bloomed in the movie. I downloaded the autobiography of this great athlete too.

And Farhan Akhtar, he must deserve a salute for such factual incarnation. It shows how much work he had to do for this casting.

It's good to see that someone has made the it while Mr. Milkha is among us. A posthumous applause doesn't really pay homage to the hero, rather serves for the descendants only. But we need to pay condign tribute to these who deserves it within their physical being among us.

Partition, a permanent ink bruise to our subcontinent is also portrayed with great skill, kudos to the director. A truly inspirational movie.