New Delhi: Fifty-three years ago, he was the track and field king, but now he is ruling the roost on the silver screen. Bollywood blockbusterBhaag Milkha Bhaag has crossed the 100-crore mark.
The Farhan Akhtar-starrer biopic, based on the life on legendary quarter-miler Milkha Singh, has joined the illustrious club of movies that have grossed Rs 100 crore or more.
But the fact that BMB did it in just 24 days adds weight to its accomplishment.
No wonder Flying Singh, as Milkha Singh is famously called, is setting a different kind of track ablaze with his heroics.
In the first week the film amassed Rs 53.49 crore. In the second week it was Rs 27.98 crore, while in the third week it garnered Rs 14.70 crore. In the final week, the figures touched Rs eight crore.
Clearly, the figures point to the fact that a biopic can go down well with the audience if it has all the ingredients to make it a potboiler. That is also the reason why Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has been rendered tax free in five states.
Kudos to the pre-release publicity, one can convincingly say that the audiences were eagerly waiting for Raykesh Omprakash Mehra’s movie even before it was released.
What’s more the flick was produced on a shoestring budget. Incidentally, Milkha Singh sold the right to make the biopic on his life for just Rs 1. Lead actress Sonam too had charged just Rs 11 for the film.
With financial intricacies dealt with, it was time for Farhan to get into the skin of the character with his impressive acting skills. The man went a step further, in a bid to get the physique just right he trained for 18 months, devoting four to five hours each day on the muscular look that Milkha Singh had possessed.
Farhan’s love for Soman’s character and the magic of his athleticism left everyone awestruck and the end result – a biopic par excellence.
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