Awesome story, lacking depiction

Rating: 9/10 (10 November 2016)

So finally Bollywood has entered big time in the biopic business with films like Mary Kom, Azhar and MS Dhoni. Clearly, "M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story" stands much higher on the pedestal. The movie unfolds brilliantly in flashback with Dhoni's childhood innocence mixed with ambitiousness. His struggle to get ahead of the crowd in cricket, life's challenges, friendships and emotions beautifully depicted in the first part. The way Dhoni faced several setbacks depicted why he is considered "Captain Cool" in the cricket fraternity because it is not just cricket, it is the way Dhoni has lived his entire life. The way his school sports teacher supported him showed not only his passion but also the vigour with which an average Indian follows cricket.
Although, the second half was a bit of let down. The two love stories were stretched unnecessarily. Our directors need to understand that every movie does not need hero and heroine to sing and dance hand in hand. That part could have been curtailed. First half created a sound base with Dhoni's struggle and entry into national team. But Dhoni's skills, his thinking style, his handling of pressure situations could have been further explored. What goes through Dhoni's mind under crunch situations was not shown. The movie could have gone further in cricket technicalities and shown how Dhoni calculates a particular situation.
Overall, a great movie. Movies like this will help boost sports in India and encourage youngsters to pursue career in sports. But our movie makers need to learn a bit on biopic making. This movie goes for a 8 rating but I have rated it 9 out of my passion for cricket and admiration of MS Dhoni as a player and I want more and more people to watch this movie.