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2013 · Hindi · 3h 06m · Drama · CBFC U
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5 reviews
56
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Critics largely praise Farhan Akhtar's committed physical transformation and the film's technical craft, but call it overlong and cluttered with shoehorned romantic detours, with some finding the writing thin and its Partition scenes dated.

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Summary

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 56 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Prime Video in India.

The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

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Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra · written by Prasoon Joshi · music Ehsaan Noorani & Loy Mendonsa & Shankar Mahadevan

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The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 56 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 10+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Prime Video in India.

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What the critics said

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11 Jul 2013
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Movie Review {4/5}: Critic Review of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag by Times of India Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5 Filmi’s reading 82
80
Saurabh Dwivedi · 12 Jul 2013
Praises Farhan Akhtar's committed performance and Mehra's direction, noting the film is weighed down by detail in the first half but rights itself… Read it there →
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62
Scott Foundas · 12 Jul 2013
Admires the craft, lead performance and racing sequences but finds the romantic detours shoehorned in and the film overlong, concluding its… Read it there →
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62
Karan Bali · 13 Jul 2013
The critic finds the biopic emotionally hollow and overlong, let down by weak writing, stereotypical 'filmi' choices and thin characterisation,… Read it there →
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42
Aseem Chhabra · 11 Jul 2013
Praises only Akhtar's committed physical performance, finding the three-hour biopic thin in plot, cluttered with inconsequential romantic detours,… Read it there →
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32
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 5 readings; 1 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: quick answers

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Where can I watch Bhaag Milkha Bhaag?

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India and the UK). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India, the US, the UK and Canada), YouTube (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Google Play Movies (the US). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.

What did critics say about Bhaag Milkha Bhaag?

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has a Filmi Score of 56 (Good), the mean of 5 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 32 (Rediff) to 82 (Times of India). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.

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