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M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is a 2016 Indian biographical sports film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. It based on the life of Indian cricketer and the former Test, ODI and T20I captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput as Dhoni, along with Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, and Anupam Kher. The film chronicles the life of Dhoni from a young age and the series of life events that finally culminates to his stardom in the realm of cricket.
The idea of the biopic was put forward by Dhoni's manager, Arun Pandey, after encountering an incident at an airport after the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final. Development began two years later, with the consent of Dhoni. Neeraj Pandey was later approached to helm the film while he was working on Baby. Pandey recruited a number of people for researching into Dhoni's background and his life events. Dhoni eventually became a consultant on the film
The film was released on 30 September 2016 by Fox Star Studios and received the widest release ever for a Bollywood film across 61 countries. In addition to being released in Hindi language, it was also dubbed in Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi languages, although the Marathi release was later cancelled due to opposition. Upon release, the film became a critical and commercial success. It is currently the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2016 in India with ₹1.16 billion (US$17 million).
Plot
The movie follows the journey of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a budding cricketer from Ranchi becoming the most successful captain of Indian cricket team. The movie begins its screenplay with the ICC Cricket World Cup Final (India vs Sri Lanka) in the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai where Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Sushant Singh Rajput) is watching the match live on screen. He decides to take the stand, and tells the authorities that he would go for batting if the wicket falls down. Dhoni takes up his bat and leads down the stairs amidst the roar of the crowd. The movie then sets to a flashback in Ranchi, set on 7 July 1981, the day on which Dhoni was born.
Cast
- Sushant Singh Rajput as Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Kiara Advani as Sakshi Dhoni, Dhoni's wife
- Disha Patani as Priyanka Jha, Dhoni's girlfriend
- Anupam Kher as Pan Singh, Dhoni's father
- Bhumika Chawla as Jayanti Gupta, Dhoni's sister
- Rajesh Sharma as Dhoni's coach Baneerji[5]
- Mithu Chakrabarty as Coach Banerjee's wife
- Kumud Mishra as Mr. Dowal
- Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Animesh Kumar Ganguly
- Kranti Prakash Jha as Santosh Lal[6]
- Deepak Dutta as Dilip Vengsarkar
- Ravindra Mankani as Jagmohan Dalmiya
- Kiran More as himself (Chief national selector)
- Herry Tangri as Yuvraj Singh (During 1999/00 Cooch Behar Trophy final) [7]
- Rajendra Chawla
- Sanjay Dadhich as SatyaPrakash Krishna (Dhoni's friend at railways)
Production
Development
Since 2003, Dhoni’s life has been chronicled in the media. Nobody knows what happened to him before that; before he made it to the Indian cricket team. So, it was relatively easy to revisit that life. That’s where the story for the film came from.
Development of a Dhoni biopic began after the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final and the discussion about the idea went on over the following years but however remained dormant. Then after a few years, Dhoni was at an airport when a kid approached him and asked him a question on motivation. Dhoni sat down with the young boy and spent 5 minutes answering the kid's question. His manager, Arun Pandey, asked why he spent that much time with the kid and Dhoni replied how his answer was pivotal in benefiting and motivating him. This incident then prompted Pandey to make a movie about him saying [to Dhoni] that his story has the power to motivate millions of kids like him.[9] After the idea coalesced, Pandey began to convince Dhoni himself in order to adapt his life into a full-length feature film.[9] When he was first approached on the idea of the adaptation, he became a little worried and questioned the need for it. But after being convinced by his peers, all he said was, "Don't misrepresent me. Show me as I am."[9][10] It took Dhoni two years to finally agree the decision.[9] According to International Business Times, the film carries a production budget of around ₹1.04 billion (US$15.6 million).[11]
Writing
Pandey was attracted to Dhoni's story not because of his successful cricket career saying that "it's foolish to chase MS Dhoni's life story only because it's about cricket," but rather to instances and factors that made him the person he is today.[12] Dhoni wasn't involved in writing the script. Pandey recruited a team of researchers who collated data and background informations while the director was busy directing Baby (2015).[12] The filmmakers decided that they would only green-lit the film once they find a convincing story to tell after the research.[13] Pandey met with Dhoni numerous times for a span of eight months despite their professional gaps and by the eighth month of their meetings in 2014, the main arc of the story began to form. His first meeting took place in Delhi during a cricket match. During their sporadic meetings, Pandey chose not to record and tape their conversations which prompted Dhoni to open up more.[12][13]
Arun Pandey says 98% of the content in the film is reality. The team undertook two years of research on the various incidents and how they took place. Pandey says "such authenticity would be hard to find even in Hollywood."[9] Pandey revealed several prominent aspects of Dhoni's life that were hidden before that Dhoni initially disdained cricket and had predilection for football instead, his signature "helicopter shot" was taught to him his friend Santosh Lal, he likes women who don't recognise him, he and Yuvraj Singh had close ties even before their respective stardom and it was he who ousted Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid from the team since he wanted to build a young team for the 2011 World Cup with better fielders and he wasn't too happy with the 'fitness' levels of the aforementioned cricketers.[14]
Pandey decided to end the film with the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final since he felt "the arc of the story had a natural high at the 2011 World Cup win." He knew that they were chronicling almost 30 years of a sportsman's life "in a highly compressed manner" and said that had he extended the script to his sudden retirement during an ongoing series, the run time of the film would shoot up to six hours.[12]
Pre-production
Neeraj Pandey was in the midst of shooting Baby (2015) when Arun Pandey, the manager of Dhoni, offered him an opportunity of making a biopic based on Mahendra Singh Dhoni. However, Pandey was sceptical and didn't wish to tackle such subject until he met Dhoni himself. It was only after meeting Dhoni personally – during the second schedule of Baby – that he was convinced to helm the film. Although to him, he treated the project not as a biopic, but more as an inspiring story.[12][15] Pandey admits that he is not a fan of Dhoni and doesn't feel guilty about it. But he does have a predilection for cricket and other renowned cricketers like AB de Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar. He explained how not being a fan helped him direct the movie impartially, "I think if you are fan, as a director it would be difficult to be objective and impartial. A fan would only see positives. Even negatives will look like positives for him. So not being a fan helped me direct the movie impartially."[15] It is the director's first biopic film.[12]
Dhoni was a huge participant in the film's creativity. Every question that came to the director or any member of the team working on the script was directly answered by him. He would clear any doubts of the director and Rajput.[9] However, he did not want the film to serve as a whitewash of his life, "One thing I told (Neeraj) Pandey is that this movie should not be to glorify me. It's about the journey of a professional sportsperson and that's what it should depict."
Marketing
The filmmakers organised massive promotions, which later helped the movie register good advance booking.[37] A teaser trailer was released on March 15, 2016, in conjunction with the commencement of 2016 ICC World Twenty20.[38] The first official poster was released on July 7, 2016, on Dhoni's 35th birthday.[39] A second poster was unveiled on August 6.[40] On September 12, Fox Star Studios released a promotional video entitled "Captain Curious", which shows Dhoni and Sushant Rajput engaging in a conversation. The short clip was written by What Works, shot by Shiraz Bhattacharya and released by Fox.[41] In late September 2016, the cast flew to Chennai to promote the film where Dhoni and Rajput met veteran actor Rajinikanth at his residence and discussed about the film.[42]
Maruti Suzuki released two MS Dhoni inspired special edition of Alto cars – the Alto 800 and Alto K10 – as part of the company’s association with the film. The two cars were unveiled by Dhoni and R S Kalsi, Maruti Suzuki India Executive Director of Marketing and Sales in Hyderabad on September 24.[43] As a part of the association, Maruti Suzuki ran a series of customer engagement activities on social media.
The film recouped around ₹900 million (US$13.5 million) even before its release via multiple platforms and ancillary; ₹550 million (US$8.2 million) from satellite rights; ₹200 million (US$3 million) from endorsement brands; ₹100 million (US$1.5 million) for overseas distribution rights; and ₹50 million (US$750,920) for music rights.[44]
Internationally, the film was released in 60 countries across 1,000 screens in conjuncture with its Indian premiere. According to Vijay Singh, that marks the biggest-ever release for a Hindi film in Tamil and Telugu and one of the widest for any Indian film internationally.[10] It was released in key markets including the United States and Canada and the U.K. and in the other regular Bollywood diaspora markets in South East Asia, Africa and Europe. Through a chain of distributors the film also went out in non-regular Bollywood territories such as Japan, Spain, France, Hungary, Poland, the Philippines and the West Indies.[10]
Box office
India
The film was released on Friday, September 30, across approximately 3,500 screens and delivered a strong opening of ₹213 million (US$3.2 million) on its first day,[45] occupying 45–50% of the total marketplace which is the biggest opener of Sushant's career.[27] Buoyed by excellent reviews, the film earned a total of ₹660 million (US$9.8 million) net[45]the second biggest opening for a Hindi release this year behind Sultan and a personal best in the career of Sushant.[28][46][47] The Tamil version of the film collected ₹70 million (US$1.0 million) in its opening weekend in Tamil Nadu, which is the highest for a film dubbed from Hindi in the state.[48]
Following its sturdy weekend debut the film witnessed a sharp fall on Monday earning ₹85.1 million (US$1.3 million) and ₹₹75.2 million (US$1.1 million) on Tuesday.[49] By October 11, the film had grossed a total of ₹1.16 billion (US$17 million) in India[50] and is currently the fifth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2016 in India.[51]
International
Internationally, the film made an estimated ₹219.2 million (US$3.3 million) in its opening weekend from 60 countries.[52] It had stellar debuts in many markets, including $1.1 million in the U.S., $995,000 in the Middle East, $263,000 in the U.K. where it ranked at No. 9, and $194,000 in Australia for tenth spot.[46] Most notably, the film received a limited release in the U.S. and Canada across 256 theaters and earned $1,108,650 at an average of $4,331 per theater, debuting at number 14 at the box office,[53][54] becoming the third Bollywood film of 2016 to debut above $1 million, following Sultan and Fan.[28]
Reception
Critical reception
The film received mainly positive reviews from critics who praised Neeraj Pandey's direction and the performance of Sushant Rajput as Dhoni, but received criticism for the lack of chemistry between the two leads, Pandey’s screenplay which ignored several controversies attached to Dhoni's career and for whitewashing the cricketer.[5][27][46][55][56]
The film was notable for omitting certain aspects of Dhoni's life and in the realm of cricket that were deemed pivotal or noteworthy such as the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 press conference, where Dhoni brought the entire team and read out a statement of unity, the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case and the alleged rift with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. The film also does not put forward Dhoni's take on the two-year ban imposed on Chennai Super Kings from playing in the Twenty20 which he captained at that time, which ultimately led to the Supreme Court asking N. Srinivasan to step aside as BCCI President. Moreover, the film also doesn't provide any explanation to Dhoni's purchase (and eventual sale) of the 15% stake in the player management firm Rhiti Sports, or why he was named the vice-president of India Cements.[5][57]While the film featured his sister Jayanti, there was no mention about his real life elder brother, Narendra Singh Dhoni, who is a politician.[58] Chanchal Bhattacharya, a specialised cricket coach who used to train young cricketers in Dhoni's school campus pinpointed at a pivotal incident during Dhoni's days which was absent in the movie: Dhoni once scored a century for East Zone in a Deodhar Trophy against Central Zone. Karsan Ghavri, who was the coach of East Zone at that time, praised Dhoni's century saying that "this lad will represent the country one day."[59]
The Hindu said, "of course such sanitisation makes the film lose out on interesting layers and complexity, but, curiously, the focused, unwavering eulogising of Dhoni also helps it get an unmistakeable emotional acuity."[5] In a more positive take, Andy Bull of The Guardian said that not every aspect of Dhoni’s life could be included in the three-hour-and-10-minute-long biopic. He quoted John Briley's famous line from the script he wrote for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi: "No man's life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime."[60]
Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor gave a positive of the film, praising the performance of Rajput in particular.[35] Several professional Indian sportsmen and sportswomen such as cricketer Mohammad Kaif,[61] and badminton player Saina Nehwal[62] had high regards for the film.
The film garnered mixed response from international critics. Rachel Saltz of The New York Times gave a negative review of the film saying that "you don't have to understand cricket to enjoy a good cricket movie", e.g. Lagaan (2001), but one does "have be a cricket fan, and an indulgent one at that" for M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. She found the term "hagiographic" unfit for the film and labelled the film as "long and languid." She concluded saying "I learned more about Mr. Dhoni — his enigmatic character and what marked him as a great captain — by reading about him after watching this movie than I did during three long hours."[63]
Music
Amaal Mallik composed the soundtrack for M.S. Dhoni.[64] Rochak Kohli composed one song as a guest composer. T-Series acquired the music rights for the film. The 8 song album features the voices of singers Armaan Malik, Arijit Singh, Siddharth Basrur, Rochak Kohli and Palak Muchhal; it was released in three different language versions: Tamil, Telugu & Marathi. Tamil lyrics were penned by P. Vijay, Telugu by Chaitanya Prasad & Marathi by Guru Thakur.[65]
Soundtrack
| M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Soundtrack album by Amaal Mallik Rochak Kohli | |
| Released | 6 September 2016 |
| Genre | Film Soundtrack |
| Length | 30:48 |
| Language | Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu |
| Label | T-Series |
Amaal Mallik composed the soundtrack for M.S. Dhoni.[66] Rochak Kohli composed one song as a guest composer. T-Series acquired the music rights for the film. The 8 song album features the voices of singers Armaan Malik, Arijit Singh, Siddharth Basrur, Rochak Kohli and Palak Muchhal; it was released in three different language versions: Tamil, Telugu & Marathi. Tamil lyrics were penned by P. Vijay, Telugu by Chaitanya Prasad & Marathi by Guru Thakur.[67] All lyrics written by Manoj Muntashir.
| M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story (Original Motion Picture Hindi Soundtracks)[68] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Besabriyaan" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Kaun Tujhe" | Amaal Mallik | Palak Muchhal | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Jab Tak" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Phir Kabhi" | Amaal Mallik | Arijit Singh | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Parwah Nahin" | Amaal Mallik | Siddharth Basrur | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Jab Tak (Redux)" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Padhoge Likhoge" | Amaal Mallik | Ananya Nanda & Adithyan A Prithviraj | 3:07 |
| 8. | "Har Gully Mein Dhoni Hai" | Rochak Kohli | Rochak Kohli | 4:04 |
| Total length: | 30:48 | |||
| M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story (Original Motion Picture Tamil Soundtracks)[69] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Pouraadalaam" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Unnal Unnal Un Ninaival" | Amaal Mallik | Palak Muchhal | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Konjam (Version 1)" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Pougalaam" | Amaal Mallik | Sreerama Chandra | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Bayama Enna" | Amaal Mallik | Siddharth Basrur | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Konjam (Version 2)" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Padichu Kizhichu" | Amaal Mallik | Aparnaa Bhaagwat & Adithyan A Prithviraj | 3:07 |
| 8. | "Ulagam Engum Dhoni Yee" | Rochak Kohli | S. P. B. Charan | 4:04 |
| Total length: | 30:50 | |||
| M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story (Original Motion Picture Marathi Soundtracks)[70] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Ghe Dhyas Ha" | Amaal Mallik | Sangeet Haldipur | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Shravasatun Tu Darvalta" | Amaal Mallik | Palak Muchhal | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Ashich Thaamb Na Jara-1" | Amaal Mallik | Sangeet Haldipur | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Dhundicha Kshan Ha Ola" | Amaal Mallik | Sreerama Chandra | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Parwah Nahi" | Amaal Mallik | Siddharth Basrur | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Ashich Thaamb Na Jara-2" | Amaal Mallik | Sangeet Haldipur | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Hoshil Nawab" | Amaal Mallik | Aparnaa Bhaagwat, Adhityaan A Prithviraj | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 26:47 | |||
| M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story (Original Motion Picture Telugu Soundtracks)[71] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Le Padha Padhaa" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Mallik | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Ninnevarinka Premisthaaru" | Amaal Mallik | Palak Muchhal | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Nuvve Pranayaagni Lo" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Mallik | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Mari Maree" | Amaal Mallik | Sreerama Chandra | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Pharwaaledhu" | Amaal Mallik | Siddharth Basrur | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Ninne Tholi Prema Lo 2" | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Mallik | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Chadhivithe Jagathike" | Amaal Mallik | Aparnaa Bhaagwat, Adhityaan A Prithviraj | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 26:47 | |||
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