Budhia Singh: Born to Run

Extraordinary in every sense, a must watch super biopic of a 5 year old boy ,world's youngest marathon runner. Superbly narrative and directed story by ‪#‎SoumendraPadhi‬ ....Lastly cheap politics ruin the career of a wonder boy to No one ‪#‎BudhiaSinghBornToRun‬ It is neither average Bollywood fare nor is it just another sports- themed potboiler designed to magnify the heroics of an achiever.

It does no superfluous huffing and puffing. It instead probes the multiple social and emotional strands, and the dramatic highs and treacherous lows, linked to the incredible true story of Budhia Singh.

By age five, the Odisha boy had run nearly 50 marathons under the tutelage of an obsessive coach Biranchi Das.

More than a movie, it's a documentary or a movement against the selfish system of our country. This story has been kept very truthfully and honestly. Hard to review a movie that hits you back so much. Manoj Bajpayee has hit the right chord where other actors are not really equally supporting him. A decently directed film that implants something into the minds of the viewers.

Storyline Rating: 3

Acting Rating: 3 Manoj Bajpayee: 3 Mayur Mahendra Patole: 3

Direction Rating: 3

Music Rating: 2

Cinematography: 2

Editing: 3

Great performance by the kid Mayur. And by Manoj as always.

Amazing story telling can be seen in the movie. Budhia, the long distance runner kid was a prodigy, but the kind of twists and turns that entails his life due to political pressures and interests is beautifully narrated by the movie. The movie constantly revolves around the relationship between the coach and the student; coach's undying spirit to make Budhia an Olympic runner; Budhia's spirit to run; the politics being played around Budhia's success story; the strange role of Budhia's mother. All in just one package, that too beautifully done. You just enjoy the journey. One can see the strong performances by each character. The best one is by the coach, Manoj Bajpayee, as usual. The kid has given the best he could. Coach's wife's role can also be seen as being played well by Gita. Overall a good acting, story and emotions.

The movie is a great example of a movie with all the elements done right. It's a real story, heartbreaking, bold and inspirational. The entire team did a great work to make it a beautiful and hard watch. The two lead characters Bajhpayee stole the show along with the kid. Another good thing about the movie is it's raw, real and straightforward storytelling, keeping the supporting elements intact and also focusing the main idea of the movie. The movie did not try to glorify the characters, just put them the way it should be. It's a must watch movie. Highly recommended