Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Written byPrasoon Joshi
Based onThe Race of My Life
by Milkha Singh and Sonia Sanwalka
Produced byRajiv Tandon
Sudhanshu Vats
Raghav Bahl
Maitrayee Dasgupta
P. S. Bharathi
StarringFarhan Akhtar
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Edited byP. S. Bharathi
Music bySongs:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Background Score:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Indrajit Sharma (Tubby)
Production
company
ROMP Pictures
Distributed byViacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 12 July 2013 (2013-07-12)
Running time
186 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹410 million[2]
Box officeest. ₹2.1 billion[3]

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag[4][a] (transl.  Run, Milkha, Run) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi, and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures in association with Rajiv Tandon and editor P.S. Bharathi under the ROMP Pictures banner. Based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who was a champion of the Commonwealth Games and two-time 400m champion of the Asian Games, it stars Farhan Akhtar in the title role alongside Divya Dutta, Meesha Shafi, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Art Malik, and Prakash Raj in supporting roles with Sonam Kapoor in a special appearance.

Made on a budget of ₹410 million (US$4.9 million),[2] the film was released on 12 July 2013 and garnered acclaim from critics and audiences alike. It performed very well at the box office, eventually being declared a "super hit" domestically as well as a hit overseas.[6][7][8] Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is the sixth highest-grossing 2013 Bollywood film worldwide and became the 21st film to gross ₹1 billion (US$12 million).

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was inspired by The Race of My Life,[9] an autobiography co-written by Singh and his daughter, Sonia Sanwalka.[10][11][12] Singh sold the film rights for one rupee and inserted a clause stating that a share of the profits would be given to the Milkha Singh Charitable Trust,[13] which was founded in 2003 with the aim of assisting poor and needy sportspeople.[14]

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  2. ^ a b "UTV pulls out of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' for 'Paan Singh Tomar'". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. ^ "IIFA Awards: 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' sweeps the top honours". Mid-Day. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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  6. ^ "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Grosses 96 Crore in Three Weeks". Box Office india. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Overseas". Box Office India. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Milkha Singh: 'My God, my religion, my beloved'". Livemint/Hindustan Times. 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  10. ^ "I don't know how much people know about Milkha Singh: Farhan Akhtar". Hindustan Times. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Picks Up Well On Day One". Box Office India. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  12. ^ Ramnath, Nandini (1 July 2013). "When Milkha Singh ran for his life". Livemint/Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  13. ^ Koshie, Nihal (30 June 2013). "If Milkha Singh was born in present times, no one would be able to break his record in 100 yrs". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  14. ^ "The Race of My Life: An Autobiography". Rupa Publications. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.


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