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‘Milkha Singh’- for some the name evokes a faint memory from the pages of history. All that is most remembered is that Milkha Singh, hailed as the Flying Sikh, was a famous athlete who infamously lost the penultimate race of his life. “The one who lost the 400 meters finals at the Rome Olympics” is an involuntary response when the name Milkha Singh is mentioned. The film attempts to understand a catastrophic loss that was deemed a sure victory and explores through the darkness of disgrace Milkha’s redemption, the redemption and catharsis that come when he confronts his past.
Milkha ironically finds himself in a place wherein he had lost his all – Pakistan - a place where he witnessed the bloody massacre of his entire family. The demons hidden in some dark corner of his consciousness come alive. This iridescent tale winds through the plagues of a bloody civil war, a lost childhood, homelessness and petty crime to victories hard won and easily lost. It draws an intricate image of human trials, setbacks and fate leveraged against the sheer power of will. He evocatively illustrates that true victory lies in racing with one’s troubles and not in running away from them. Milkha flies, falls and rises, bruising his soul but not his will to survive. Milkha Singh the world champion in 400 meters lost the most important race of his life - the 1960 Rome Olympics - but won in LIFE.
Original Release
07/11/2013
US Release
07/12/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Farhan Akhtar | Milkha Singh |
Kousi Orfahli | Ameer Singh (cousin of Milkha Singh) |
Deepak Singh Rawat | Chander (Friend of Milkha Singh) |
Japtej Singh | Milkha Singh (Childhood) |
Divya Dutta | Ishri Kaur / Isri Kaur (Milkha's elder sister) |
Pawan Malhotra | Hawaldar (Constable) Gurudev Singh / Gurudev Singh (Milkha's Coach) |
Yograj Singh | Ranveer Singh / Ranveer Singh (Indian Coach) |
Art Malik | Sampooran Singh / Sampuran Singh (Milkha Singh's father) |
Sonam Kapoor | Biro |
Saurabh Agnihotri | Meeru |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Farhan Akhtar | Milkha Singh |
Kousi Orfahli | Ameer Singh (cousin of Milkha Singh) |
Deepak Singh Rawat | Chander (Friend of Milkha Singh) |
Japtej Singh | Milkha Singh (Childhood) |
Divya Dutta | Ishri Kaur / Isri Kaur (Milkha's elder sister) |
Pawan Malhotra | Hawaldar (Constable) Gurudev Singh / Gurudev Singh (Milkha's Coach) |
Yograj Singh | Ranveer Singh / Ranveer Singh (Indian Coach) |
Art Malik | Sampooran Singh / Sampuran Singh (Milkha Singh's father) |
Sonam Kapoor | Biro |
Saurabh Agnihotri | Meeru |
Siddharth Bhardwaj | Constable Phool Singh |
Jass Bhatia | Mahinder |
Rebecca Breeds | Stella |
Divjot Singh Chandhok | Colonel |
Chinmay Chandraunshuh | Sampreet / Milkha Singh's friend |
Chandan Gill | Sampreet Singh |
Dev Gill | Abdul Khaliq |
Shveta Grover | |
Sumit Gulati | Suresh kumar |
Pankaj Gupta | Trilok ( Milkha's Friend ) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Shivaji Dasgupta | Executive Producer |
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Producer |
Jyoti Kapur Das | Producer |
Maitreyee Dasgupta | Producer |
Madhav Roy Kapur | Producer |
Vikram Malhotra | Producer |
Rachvin Narula | Producer |
Shyam P.S. | Producer |
Harjit Singh Rai | Producer |
Sandeep Sharma | Producer |
Navmeet Singh | Producer |
Pawandeep Singh | Producer |
Rajiv Tandon | Producer |
P.S. Bharathi | Producer |
Rukshana Tabassum | Producer |