Fact vs Fiction - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) Discussion

[–] yourbikash 11 years ago

Also, the body of Farhan was not at all atheletic or like Milkha's. All that hard work goes not to look like Milkha but to woo audience. That's a sad part.

I am not nitpicking here. I liked the movie but when you say it's a real story and go on to mix fiction, it's just betraying. It's like saying an athletic body is same as body-builder's. Wrong message.

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[–] TejasNair 11 years ago

Welcome to Bollywood, but most of the things are true. Don;t know about the race-win with wounded leg, but I actually loved Farhan's performance.

Unorthodox Cinema Critic Since 2009.

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[–] iamsherlocked 11 years ago

It says INSPIRED by real story, and makers did explicitly say that it's an interpretation of his life story.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdkx4hrpAt1qd0183.jpg

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/Popup/2012/4/farhan-milkha.jpg
Farhan was obviously more muscular, but it's not as if Milkha wasn't either. It's really not that much of an issue. And minor gimmicks are fine anyways, "the greater good" and all that

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[–] a_o874 11 years ago

They didn't go out and say each scene in the film is 100% real. They even claimed at the end of the film that it is "inspired" by a true life. Any true biopic today , whether Bollywood or Hollywood, will include fictional scenes. That's just how the movie-making process works.

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[–] aashkaran2006 11 years ago

There was so much fiction.....I felt cheated coz I expected a realistic story...
I think.these were fictional
1. Breaking national record with messed up legs...
2. Milkha loosing Olympic race coz of "flashback".....In reality he lost coz he eased off at 250 m and kept looking back to see other racers
3. That episode where he is drinking ghee

Rest I think were true....but a lot more drama was added....to the normal stuff

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[–] rao-bharat-9 11 years ago

Milkha Singh did win the race with a broken leg as per his biography. Rest seems to be fiction, including the part when he returns to his village to find the dead bodies of his family. However, his story is not limited to the movie. It had more ups and downs, which were not depicted in the movie.

Barring a few fictional elements, the makers have done justice to the real hero. Kudos to the flying Sikh!

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[–] Params7 11 years ago

Its a movie, guys. Not a documentary. Ofcourse it is going to be a glorified with a lot of fantasy thrown in it.

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[–] tintinherge 11 years ago

Fantastic point made by john-upchurch about the world record confusion. It is too big a thing to mess up and shame on the writer and director for that.

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[–] bioskope 11 years ago

I think it was supposed to be the Olympic record there

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[–] bioskope 11 years ago

I did not mean that he broke the OR. I meant that he aimed to better the OR from an earlier time, which he does in his career. 45.9 was what the coach wrote then and his personal best, if I remember correctly, was 45.73

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[–] bhas_purk 11 years ago

Yes most people would be confused by the fact that 45.8 would constitute a WR, but on the time board you do not see a WR in front of the time. I think that should indicate to the audience that it was not a WR, maybe his personal best..

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[–] officialtidings 11 years ago

For starters, you can get a lot of info right here at imdb, goofs and trivia section.

I liked the movie for most parts, only the aspects of setting national record with injured legs and showing how he lost the Olympic race by looking back (which was fictionalized) were poor in my opinion and took the sheen of the movie.

One more thing, for a movie about a fast track athlete, its pace was definitely slow!

We cannot see outside what we are not inside!

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[–] bluefoxniner 11 years ago

it's bollywood. I'd suggest it's 100% inaccurate except for obvious names.

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