Bhumika Chawla as Dhoni's Sister is nice & its refreshing to see her on-screen after so long. Rajesh Sharma is wonderful as Banerji, who's the first to realize Dhoni's potential. Performance-Wise: Sushant is great, no two options on that! Of the rest of the cast, Anupam Kher is remarkable as Dhoni's father, delivering a genuinely heartfelt performance from start to end. Definitely, a much stronger Screenplay was the need of the day! Pandey's Direction is decent. Also, the Dialogue are surprisingly weak. It works in parts & works best when it sees its protagonist off the pitch. Despite choosing to tell the story of a real-life euphoric figure, the Writing never soars. Pandey & Dilip Jha's Screenplay is alright. But, 'The Untold Story' has an average Screenplay, that arrests in parts. Of course, Dhoni is a man made of pure merit, who's seen tremendous struggle, before emerging into a phenomenon. The film is too long at 3-hours & the Writing is never remarkable. Dhoni: The Untold Story' explores the life of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right from his journey from being a ticket collector, to a trophy collector and the world-cup-winning captain of the Indian Cricket Team.ĭirector Neeraj Pandey chooses a worthy true-story as his latest project, but succeeds only partially. As the cricket legend, Sushant gives his all in a performance, that comes across as an embodiment, rather than an impersonation. Sushant Singh Rajput's talent comes full circle with 'M.S. Reviewed by namashi_1 5 / 10 Sushant Singh Rajput Delivers His Finest Performance in an Okay Biopic! (Even the song montages are wasted in one we see three versions of the same action, as if the editor ran out of ideas or footage.Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a goalkeeper in school football team.Bannerjee a school cricket coach asks him to join his cricket team and practice daily with him for two hours time passes and he becomes a big state level cricketer but for a long time his luck doesn't favor him to become a member of Indian Cricket team.Dhoni takes up a job in Indian Railways as a ticket checker and plays cricket for the railways after long wait of 4 years he gets selected in Indian Cricket team and turns to be one of the best cricketing captains in history of Indian Cricket. Instead, it’s something of a quiet muddle, with too many squandered or dramatically blurry scenes. The movie, written and directed by Neeraj Pandey, is not hagiographic or overly obvious. What makes him tick? That remains the untold story. He meets setbacks with a pause (a kind of timeout) and a hard-to-read smile. Long (180 minutes) and languid, it takes you through the life of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the unflappable captain of the Indian cricket team that won the 2011 World Cup.ĭhoni (Sushant Singh Rajput), as presented here, is a natural athlete - cricket wasn’t even his sport of choice as a boy - a nice guy and, in the end, something like a national hero. Dhoni: The Untold Story,” you probably do have to be a cricket fan, and an indulgent one at that. It was the rare Bollywood movie to reach across the aisle, as it were, attracting moviegoers beyond the faithful. “Lagaan” (2001), whose centerpiece was a rousing match of underdog (Indian) versus overdog (British colonials), got the heart pounding, even if you couldn’t follow all the ins and outs of the game. You don’t have to understand cricket to enjoy a good cricket movie.
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