A superb biopic onlything could be shorter

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2013)

Rakesh Omprakash Mehra debutted with the flop AKS and redeemed himself with RDB(2006) and then again gave a flop Delhi 6(2009) and now again he comes back with Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The film also marks the comeback of Farhan Akhtar who was last seen on screen in Zindagi na Milegi Dobara(2011). The film is more talked about being a biopic of Milkha Singh and in that respect it's commendable. The film starts off superbly, the initial scenes between Prakash Raj, Farhan Akhtar are superb, the scenes between Farhan and Pawan Malhotra are fantastic, Also the entire partition angle, Farhan- Divya's reunion is superbly handled. However some things seemed to have been left incomplete, like what happened to Divya's husband, but perhaps it was intentional to keep the focus on the story, however the film does wander in between The film also suffers due to unwarranted length(3 hours 7 minutes) but yet the film keeps you involved, the running scenes are superb while the romantic interludes do seem stretched in between, the songs too sometimes slow the pace but nothing seems out of place.
Direction by ROM is superb Music by SEL is superb, the title song is the best song, while Hawan Karenge is superb too, The songs mostly play in the background but sometimes they do slacken the pace. Camera-work is superb, lot of attention is given to detail and recreating the old 1940-1960 period.
Farhan Akhtar in a new look lives the part, he is superb he conveys a lot through expressions and portrays the part effectively and he is flawless. This is his most demanding character of the 4-5 film old and he lives up to it, from his hair, body and all he suits the character perfectly Sonam Kapoor in a small role is good in her part, Amongst rest Divya Dutta proves yet again her mettle, she is flawless Master Jabtej Singh as young Milkha is fabulous Yograj Singh(Father of Yuvraj Singh) is fabulous in his role, Pavan Malhotra is simply outstanding and is sure to win laurels Prakash Raj for once in a positive role in a Hindi film does a superb job,though the length of his role is small Rebecca Breeds and Meesha Shafi are okay in their roles Art Malik is adequate, Dalip Tahil as Jawaharlal Nehru isn't too convincing