Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Plot Summary

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is a true story based on the life of an Indian athlete Milkha Singh. Milka Sing ran for Indian during the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In this movie Milka Singh (Farhan Akhtar) has a flashback of his childhood days as a young boy which haunted him and resulted in him becoming an athlete. During the Partition of India in 1947, his parents died in the Punjab violence. He makes his way to Delhi and meets his sister there. Living in impoverished refugee camps, Milkha soon makes friends and survives by stealing along with his friends. He falls in love with Biro (Sonam Kapoor) but she asks him to live a life of honesty. He joins the Indian Army and they see his talent as an athlete. Even though he gets harassed by senior players whom he had defeated earlier, he gets selected for the Indian team for Olympics. He manages to win the race and makes it to the Indian Team. During the Indo - Pakistan games, initially the Pakistani favorite is winning, but Milkha takes the lead and wins not only the race but also wins the respect of the two nation's people. The Pakistani commander impressed by his effort gives him the title "The Flying Sikh". Jawaharlal Nehru also declares a day in the name of Milkha as "Bharat Bandh" as desired by Milkha himself.