There is a short version: As a child, Milkha’s family was killed in front of him after the 1947 partition landed his Sikh village on the Pakistani side of the border. ![]() Naturally, the government official asks for further explanation. ![]() One of the organizers can’t comprehend why Milkha would quit, but the runner’s coach explains (complete with sorrowful music) that the young man has personal reasons. Despondent, he tries to withdraw from a government-orchestrated race in Pakistan. The movie begins in 1960 with Milkha’s failed attempt at securing a medal during the Rome Olympics. ![]() A biopic gets the Bollywood treatment in “ Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” (“Run Milkha Run”), which dramatizes the life of record-breaking Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, played by the talented Farhan Akhtar.
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