MOVIE REVIEW – M. S. DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY (2016)

Today we are here with the review of one of the most anticipated biopic of the year namely M.S. DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY (2016) featuring Sushant Singh Rajput, Anupam Kher, Kiara Advani & Disha Patani in lead roles. The movie is directed by A WEDNESDAY, SPECIAL 26 & BABY fame NEERAJ PANDEY & co-produced by Dhoni’s close aide Arun Pandey. As its name suggests, the movie is based on the untold life history of the Indian Cricket Team captain M. S. Dhoni. Sushant Singh Rajput has taken a big leap in acting by portraying Dhoni: the living legend and has succeeded to a great extent in his marathon effort.

From the opening scene of the big World Cup Final through the streets of Ranchi where M. S. Dhoni is brought up, the movie grips up well and the filmmaker beautiful portrays the life of a middle class family living in small towns, their small dreams of getting Govt. Job. Till the half time, we never loose interest but after interval there are some unnecessary things such as exaggeration of romance and love songs, honeymoon etc.

The movie starts with the big World Cup final and from there we go to flashback to Dhoni’s childhood where we are shown that he had no interest in cricket earlier instead he was a football goalkeeper. The movie shows how he toiled hard to become cricketer despite all odds including his father’s aspiration to get the govt. Job.  We are shown his focus, his commitment and his love for cricket when he left his Railways Ticket Collector’s job. We are also introduced to his friends who helped him alot during his early days.

Pandey has made a glorifying image of Dhoni in the movie and it is all right by one way but a biopic shouldn’t be biased we should be told other side of the story too. There should be references to the controversies that were revolving around Dhoni such as his giving up Test captaincy in the middle of a difficult away series and Chennai Super Kings betting scandals.

Anyways this is expected from Mr. Arun Pandey, who is long time friend and business partner of MS Dhoni.

What’s Good:

Sushant Singh Rajput efficiently played his act as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and dialogues such as ‘Hume Bhi Ek Chance Dijiye Naa” and “Naukri ke liye out thodi na honge” are awesome.

Loop holes in the movie:

A three hours run time could have been avoided by cutting the love songs and the honeymoon tour. Second half should have been curtailed.

The movie should have some negative shade of MSD also to balance a biopic. Give a break yaar! No one is so perfect.

Some scenes are silly e.g. when his school coach leaves the keys of his scooter after parking in front of gate. Another such scene happens when team-mates lift Dhoni to celebrate win even when Dhoni has scored a century in the first inning as told in earlier scene and match has not been concluded.

Star Peformance:-

Sushant Singh Rajput gives his best ever performance for this movie. He has been completely transformed as Dhoni not only by his body language but he also has learnt to play cricket especially the helicopter shot.

Anupam Kher played good as Pan Singh Dhoni, the father. He played brilliantly in emotional scenes where he is full of pride for his son.

Bhumika Chawla plays Dhoni’s sister and played her part fairly well.

Kumud Mishra’s character is the one that holds importance in giving Dhoni the big break.

Kiara Advani and Disha Patani have also played their part well as per the requirement of the script.

Herry Tangri, who played Yuvraj Singh has ordinary role. Only thing which was his saviour was his face and his body language like real Yuvraj Singh.

Final words:

If you are a big fan of M. S. Dhoni or you are a cricket lover you should watch this movie. Otherwise you may skip it.

My ratings for this movie is 3 out of 5 stars.

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