Monday, July 15, 2013

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: The Legend of the Flying Sikh!

 Well it's Monday evening, and I have a day off. Monday's are off now, as I work on Saturday. It feels really good, Saturday is not that hectic, so it's like 3 days of off every week. Life is going good.


 Yes, so back to the subject. I saw this much awaited movie today. The movie is really good. Nice music, wonderful acting by Farhan Akhtar. Also, the way, the story was told, is a bit similar to it was in Rang De Basanti, it's wonderful direction, by the same director: Rakeysh Mehra. Also Farhan Akhtar, has really worked hard to get the fadu body, which he shows off, ever so often in the film.


 The best part of the movie was, Milkha Singh, beating the Pakistan competitor in Pakistan by a big margin in the end of movie. We always love to beat Pakistan in sports, don't we?


 I just went through the wiki page of Milkha Singh, and everything in the movie is written there, in the same sequence. I was looking for some extra information. I din't get much, apart from the fact that, he was 1 of 15 siblings.


 Achievements of Milkha Singh include, winning the gold medal in the Common Wealth Games and the Asian Games. That is really a moment of proud for us. He was a top contender in the Olympics of 1960 as well, he did a mistake and came fourth. He slowed down in the final parts of the race. He was in fact leading the race at one point. Ne ways, he had went through a lot in life, and he has done us proud. He is still, the only Indian athlete, to have won and individual gold medal in the Common Wealth Games, and yes...wonderful movie, must watch!