the movie gives us the true story behind the flying Sikh Milkha Singh

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2013)

it was an awesome movie which depicts the life of the great flying Sikh an athlete like no other Milkha Singh. the film depicts his struggle against the loss of his father and mother during the partition of India and Pakistan. his life as a small child who lost his home, his family and the closest to family he has is his sister and her husband. as he grows up he starts to fall in love. he enrolls himself in the army to earn a living. soon his talents as a runner emerge in a 6 mile cross country run. he soon becomes better and better resulting in him becoming a runner for India. he returns to his village and finds out that his love has been married. a heart broken Milkha goes to Australia with his coach and team only to get drunk and fall in a small affair with an Australian chick. he loses the race and as a disappointment comes back to India only to train harder to break the world record for 400m running. he breaks in the Tokyo Olympics and soon wins many medals to India but in one Olympics he loses due to his past fears. this causes him to be a source of hatred among Indians and he refuses to lead India i India-Pakistan sports meet.his past and present coach go to Amritsar to convince him but all is in vain as he refuses then the prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru convinces him to leave his past issues and think about his nation. Singh goes to Pakistan and also visits his village where he meets an old friend who restores his courage. he runs the race and wins it only to be awarded by chief general of Pakistan as the flying Sikh. this movies contains all of Milkha Sikh's hardship, love and failure and in the end his winning.