Well-made film on the great MS Dhoni!

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2016)

I really enjoyed watching the biopic of one of the greatest ODI players that India has produced – Mahendra Singh Dhoni (lovingly called as Mahi). Since it is biopic one should not expect it to be presented in the same manner as a conventional film. I wasn't aware of a few things in his life which I got to see in the film.
The film captures Mahi's life from his childhood onwards. But it does not show anything on the goings-on in the dressing room or his relationship with team mates or his growth as a cricketer in the Indian team.
MERITS OF M. S. Dhoni:The Untold Story
1 – The pacing of the film & plot development is very good.
2 – The background music is thrilling.
3 – The special effects look absolutely real! Especially the special make-up effect of Sushant Singh Rajput who is shown to have a very thin physique (including a thin face) while depicting Dhoni during his school days.
More spectacular is Sushant's presence in real cricket footage shaking hands and embracing other members of the cricket team, after winning the 2011 ODI Cricket World Cup.
That to me looked totally real!
4 - Sushant Singh Rajput batting looked very convincing, esp. the Helicopter shot (originally called the "thapad shot"). In addition, his imitation of the Dhoni walk and body language was perfect.
5 – The film has maintained authenticity in terms of the kind of locations in which Mahi has grown up in.
6 – Bhumika Chawla (played sister of Mahi), Kiara Advani (played Sakshi Malik) and Disha Patani are good actresses.
Interestingly, Disha Patani looks very much like Shradha Kapoor! Loved her gorgeous & infectious smile!
7 – Actor Herry Tangri who played Yuviraj Singh looks almost like Yuvi.
DEMERITS OF M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
1 – For some strange reason the special make-up effect was not applied on Anupam Kher to make him look a young father during Mahi's childhood days.
All that he had was a black wig. But with heavy eye-bags he looked very old.
2 – The ad shoots of Mahi were shown arbitrarily without any link with the normal flow of the story. This did not look right.
3 – MSD was never shown to kiss or properly embrace the 2 girls he had fallen in love with. Very strange!
4 – May be the film was a bit too long (3 hrs 10 mins).
On second thoughts, may be it has to be; otherwise it will miss out on important things in Mahi's life.
PS: Sad thing is that I saw 8 people leave the cinema hall after 2 hours. I guess they got bored and left.
What were they expecting - Mahi bulldozing several villains and doing bike stunts?