| M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | |
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| Directed by | Neeraj Pandey |
| Written by | Neeraj Pandey Dilip Jha |
| Produced by | Arun Pandey Fox Star Studios |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sudheer Palsane |
| Edited by | Shree Narayan Singh |
| Music by | Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury Songs: Amaal Mallik Rochak Kohli (1 song) |
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| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
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Running time | 190 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | est. ₹216 crore (US$26 million)[2] |
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed and co-written by Neeraj Pandey. It is based on the life of former Test, ODI and T20I captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The film stars the late Sushant Singh Rajput as MS Dhoni, along with Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, and Anupam Kher. The film chronicles the life of Dhoni from a young age through a series of life events.
The idea of the biopic was put forward by Dhoni's manager, Arun Pandey, after encountering an incident at an airport after the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final. Development began two years later, with the consent of Dhoni. Neeraj Pandey was later approached to helm the film while he was working on Baby. Pandey recruited a number of people for researching into Dhoni's background and his life events. Dhoni eventually became a consultant on the film.
The film was released on 30 September 2016 by Fox Star Studios and received the widest release ever for a Bollywood film across 61 countries. In addition to being released in Hindi language, it was also dubbed in Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi languages, although the Marathi release was later cancelled due to opposition. Upon release, the film became a critical and commercial success. It is the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2016 and sixth highest grossing Indian film of 2016 worldwide ₹215.48 crore (US$26 million).[3]
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- ^ Hungama, Bollywood (October 2016). "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "MS Dhoni: The Untold Story 12-day box office collection: Will Sushant-starrer beat Akshay's Rustom lifetime record?". International Business Times. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.