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M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Sangeet Sharma@sangeet123
Nov 07, 2016 02:54 PM, 877 Views
TIME PASS MOVIE BUT WATCH TO HAVE BETTR CAREER

HI FRIENDS this movie is good one. The first half is quit lenght but second half is good. songs are also good and suits as the film grows up. the acting by sushant singh rajput is marvellous it resemble like dhoni and disha patani looks charming in the movie. the screen play and direction by neeraj paney is always good as compared with his other movie like baby, A wednesday etc. the film locations are also good . Anupam kher gives a master stroke as a father of dhoni. film is released in many theaters . people will watch the unseen life of mahendra singh dhony. songs lyrics and and background music are developed well. the story can be watch the family as it have no vulger scenes. the language of jharkhand is well suited on every cast in the film. the climax of the film is predictable. The storry narration is also good. all the actors justify their character in the movie. Other players rolls liks youvraj singh virat kohli etc. are presented well . the movie gives goosbumps sometimes and somtimes it gives tears also. MS Dhoni The Untold Story cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anupam Kher, Rajesh Sharma, Bhumika Chawla, Kumud Mishra, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Harry Tangri MS Dhoni The Untold Story director: Neeraj Pandey To create a true, full-blooded biopic, filmmakers need a free-hand: MS Dhoni The Untold Story, which claims to give us Mahendra Singh Dhoni Uncut, is much more generous with details from his childhood and his days of struggle than from his blazing tenure as star wicketkeeper-batsman-captain of the Indian cricket team. The result, with the exception of a few interesting bits and pieces, is bland and predictable. The over-long film cherry-picks the details it wants to serve us, skirting all grey areas and controversies: there are no smart nose-digs, only ingratiating bouquets; only hurrahs(the critique is so muted that we can barely hear it), and loud background music which is used to drum up emotion and drama. It begins with promise. Young Mahi is more interested in football, badminton and tennis, and tries to blow off his first coach(Rajesh Sharma) who spots his potential. The entire ‘bachpan’-adolescence section, featuring the father(Anupam Kher) who thinks a job will take his son much further than sports, the mother who believes in her son, the sister(Bhumika Chawla) who is a solid support to him, his bunch of loyal friends who just know he can do it, has been crafted with heart and feels authentic. We see Mahi(Sushant Singh Rajput) trying and failing and trying again, despite all the roadblocks, to keep his eye on his goal: to be part of the Indian team and play for his country, and we root for him.


Till then, bully for Neeraj Pandey and the film, even if it is already feeling stretched and repetitive. What works for the film in the first half is the lifelike re-creation of life in a small town(Ranchi), a family getting by on slender means and yet being able to find it in themselves to get behind a bright-eyed lad who dreams big, and is willing to work for it.


In the way it shows Mahi’s often herculean attempts to become visible to the powers that be(he can smash the ball all across the ground effortlessly, and wicket-keep beautifully too), the film becomes almost copybook in telling us that strokes may come easy but getting invited into privileged sporting enclaves is exceedingly tough. But, and this is the message that comes through loud and clear, that it can be done. You can be a small town boy, and if you have talent and a little bit of luck, you can be unstoppable.


Up till here, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s story, the mostly untold part for most of us, holds us. It tells us that it is right for us to aspire, and that anyone can do it.


Then the curse of the second half strikes, and it goes into an irreversible slide. Two romances arrive in swift succession(Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, both sparkly, both reduced to sidebars). There are songs. There is a stab at the intrigue that governs selection processes at various cricketing bodies, including the mighty BCCI, but it is laughably feeble.


The entire focus is on Dhoni who is shown as the sole match-winner from the Indian side. His teammates, which include Indian cricketing greats(Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and others), are seen in flashes, either from the back or in profile. There is no dressing room banter with his team-mates. No scenes, in fact, with other players, except for a couple of stray ones with Yuvraj Singh(Harry Tangri).

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