The Race of My Life
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The Race of My Life: An Autobiography is the autobiography of Indian athlete Milkha Singh, coauthored with daughter Sonia Sanwalka.[1][2] The film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is based on it.
Summary
Milkha Singh, a
Ayub Khan. However, he loses the bronze medal by fraction of a second at the 1960 Summer Olympics, due to a judgement error on the race track. In 1963, he marries his longtime love Nirmal Kaur, former captain of India's women's volleyball team. In 1971, their son Jeev Milkha Singh
is born. Jeev, also a sportsman, became a world class golfer.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Singh said that after reading his autobiography, a few
Bollywood directors approached him, asking to make a film on his life. Singh's son, Jeev Milkha Singh, decided that the film rights be given to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Singh sold the rights for ₹1, with a clause that 10-15% of the film's profits would be donated to his charitable trust.[3]
highest grossing 2013 Bollywood films.[5]
Of the film and Akhtar's portrayal of him, Singh said "Farhan Akhtar has done a brilliant job. He looked like my duplicate in the movie. The director, too, did a great a job. Also, the dialogues and the lyrics by Prasoon Joshi are brilliant. There was nothing which I felt should be changed in the movie, it was perfect."[3]
Reception
IBN Live panned The Race of My Life as disappointing, as they felt that it was "nothing but part of a deal for the movie's production."[6]
References
Notes
- ^ There are different records for his birth date. Records in Pakistan note it as November 20, 1929. Other records note it as October 17, 1935 and November 20, 1935. The birthdate is written November 20, 1932, on his passport.
Citations
- ^ "THE RACE OF MY LIFE: An Autobiography". Rupa Publications. Archived from the original on 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ^ "Milkha Singh: 'My God, my religion, my beloved'". Mint, Lounge. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Farhan Akhtar looked like my duplicate in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: Milkha Singh". Indian Express. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ^ "UTV pulls out of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' for 'Paan Singh Tomar'". Ibnlive.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "Worldwide TOP TEN 2013". Box Office India. 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ^ Sahni, Jaspreet. "Milkha Singh's 'The Race of My Life' is a disappointing package deal". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
