DHONI: THE UNTOLD STORY hits it out of the park with a huge six on the account of its engaging narrative and a brilliant screenplay. The makers would have to really mess it up to take that away from you.
That is the power of your fandom and your love for the game. And yet you have goosebumps when you watch it. In fact, you want it to begin and end so, and no other way. You know how this specific biopic is going to begin. Till then though, we can bank on Bollywood to deliver the predictable. Maybe it is an opening for an untold story - Part 2, when this will all be history. Or maybe the last 8-10 years are too “current” a little risky to have the details open for public scrutiny. The success, once it came, happened all too quickly. Maybe it is intentional, metaphorical even. However, life after success is skimmed through in a rush. M S Dhoni – The Untold Story picks a lot of lovely details from before the man's rise to success and stardom. Biopics could be interesting or not depending on what was left out. When one sets out to make that film, they have lots to pick from. However, when you have achieved a lot in those 35 years, it can warrant a film. Precious screen time spent on setting the mood, and it doesn't really happen.īut hey, for a person who likes to watch test matches more than a T-20, it was worth the wait for me.Īnd yet, when the second half picks pace it sorely lacks detail. Way too many scenes have a character enter a room, open a door, sit, exchange pleasantries and so on. The audience enters almost every scene a little too early. But the movie also begins to annoy with too much detail. The movie fills you with warmth for the hard-working, dedicated working class of India. You can appreciate the simplicity of the clothes that Mahi's family wears, the pains taken to show a true-blue middle-class household, the characters that make small-town India and so on. There is attention to detail and there is detail. There was a slack in pace at the beginning of many sequences. Of course, a reaction shot of a non-believer of Mahi's shot is bound to bring a smile. Sure these elements worked to bring a smile. The occasional use of slow-motion and other dramatic elements. However, there are quite a few things that kept me from enjoying the movie more than I did. Otherwise too, he carries the character and the film well, never once seeming unconvincing. Of course, if it were not for Sushant Singh's cutesy boy-ness, these scenes might not have worked. Not to mention, the couple of romantic scenes in the film do much more than feature length romantic films. One last thing - I loved the romantic flirt in him. Ok, I will stop myself from making this into an essay on Mahendra Singh Dhoni. These tidbits keep him from becoming a superhero and instead show his level-headedness. That Mahi bites his nails, is afraid of commitment, wants to please his father, is a prankster, gets frustated – make him human – like you and me. That I was looking forward to and sorely missed. They even tease the audience with an instance of how he took his teammates in confidence but they never tell us exactly what he thought or said.
Unfortunately though, we are not made privy to his strategy, his thought process. The writers also give us these philosophies that he had, developed and lived by. It almost feels like Dhoni chose this medium to thank the people who helped him reach where he is now and told the filmmakers only about those situations and moments. Not only because Dhoni had to fight a lot of odds. But as it stands, the film is cute, refreshing, surprising and inspiring. Had this been a fictional story, the details might or might not have been as interesting. In fact, the makers might have taken advantage of the reverence his fans have for him. And a lot of the first half's charm comes from those little details. Of course, they promised us things we didn't already know. Milliblog - "In his first solo soundtrack, Amaal hits a century." Even if the music isn't all that enticing. I surely hope the background music doesn't add too much drama. Unfortunately, the number of songs in the film indicate that that's unlikely. Interestingly, even the romantic in me, is hoping that not much time is spent on his love life. Sushant Singh seems to be geared up well, alright! Maybe a glimpse of his thoughts when he lost his first match or he hit that sixer to win India the world cup. But, we don't really want to see what we already know, do we? I am very keen on what is not very well known through newspapers and interviews.Ī better peek into the man who fought it through. That too one whose career is not closing in, just yet. The idea of watching the beginnings and struggles of one of India's most successful cricket captains is extremely exciting.
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