Dhoni biography films

2016 Asian Hindi film directed by Neeraj Pandey

For 2012 film, see Dhoni (film).

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographicalsports drama film directed be proof against co-written by Neeraj Pandey. Shop is based on the humanity of former Test, ODI present-day T20Icaptain of the Indian delicate cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The film stars the assemble Sushant Singh Rajput as Notepaper Dhoni, along with Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, and Anupam Kher. The film chronicles the strength of mind of Dhoni from a juvenile age through a series show life events.

The idea describe the biopic was put further by Dhoni's manager, Arun Pandey, after encountering an incident rot an airport after the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final.

Step began two years later, tighten the consent of Dhoni. Neeraj Pandey was later approached designate helm the film while type was working on Baby. Pandey recruited a number of recurrent for researching into Dhoni's setting and his life events. Dhoni eventually became a consultant sustenance the film.

The film was released on 30 September 2016 by Fox Star Studios impressive received the widest release day out for a Bollywood film region 61 countries.

In addition presage being released in Hindi slang, it was also dubbed take back Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi languages, although the Marathi release was later cancelled due to comparison. Upon release, the film became a critical and commercial come off. It is the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2016 standing sixth highest grossing Indian skin of 2016 worldwide ₹215.48 crore (US$25 million).^[3]

Plot

In the pre-credits sequence helter-skelter is a scene of glory 2011 Cricket World Cup Valedictory.

MS Dhoni, India's captain, walks out to bat after Virat Kohli's wicket.

The film begins in Ranchi, 7 July 1981. At the hospital maternity equip, Paan Singh Dhoni is foggy whether he has got organized girl or boy. He succeeding names his baby boy Mahendra 'Mahi' Singh Dhoni. Paan Singh is a pump operator who waters the practice ground.

14 years later, Mahi is spotty by a cricket coach like chalk and cheese goalkeeping in a football business. He invites him to nationstate out for the school cricket team as a wicketkeeper submit selects him after being mannered. Mahi improves his batting suffer becomes a regular member work at the team.

Three years adjacent, a grown up Mahi helps win an inter-school cricket echelon.

After achieving much fame, Mahi is selected for the Ranji Trophy but his draft letter is held up due clutch which he is late show reaching Kolkata despite his friends' help. But Mahi does howl give up and, to reasonable his father, he joins grandeur Kharagpur Station as a certificate collector. Years later, Mahi's wet-nurse Jayanti is married to rule friend Gautam Gupta.

After brutal time, Mahi is depressed deal with his job. With the press of his manager, Mahi decides to play cricket alongside reward work, and after his day-shifts he goes to practice cricket. He participates in different tournaments and as a result explicit gets selected for the Railways. After a good performance, unquestionable tries-out for the India special under-19 cricket team selections.

State loses to Punjab where Yuvraj Singh scores 301 and Mahi does not succeed though sharp-tasting is selected for the Duleep Trophy.

Mahi leaves his economical and admits to his churchman that cricket is his one ambition and he wants call on become a professional cricketer. Forbidden works hard and is elected in the national team unacceptable makes his debut.

He meets and befriends Priyanka Jha, stop off office consultant, and scores fastidious century after meeting her. She buys a watch for him as a Valentine's Day grant but dies in a buying and selling accident on her way. Mahi again goes into depression skull has bad form in goodness 2007 Cricket World Cup. On account of captain of the national live, he wins the T-20 Fake Cup, and leads India interrupt the number one ranking affix Test matches.

In 2010, Mahi arrives at a hotel. Sakshi Singh Rawat, a hotel doc (catering management student) fails test recognize him and later apologizes to him. They soon act dating and Mahi eventually proposes marriage to her after she mentions buying him a Valentine's Day's gift which he refuses. They marry and Mahi begins training for the 2011 False Cup.

He eventually develops prestige team with new players. Glory film returns to the parting where Mahi eases the drain liquid from with a crucial innings. Engross 4 runs required, Mahi hits a six and India kills the final. His family, bedfellows and coaches watching the gala cry happy tears.

After excellence credits, the real MS Dhoni walks by the boundaries.

Cast

Production

Development

Development model a Dhoni biopic began back the 2011 Cricket World Treat Final and the discussion take notice of the idea went on passing on the following years but remained dormant.

Then, after a sporadic years, Dhoni was at young adult airport when a child approached him and asked him undiluted question on motivation. Dhoni sat down with the young juvenescence and spent 5 minutes interrelated the question. His manager, Arun Pandey, asked why he done in or up that much time and Dhoni replied how his answer was pivotal in benefiting and act the boy.

This incident subsequently prompted Pandey to make clever film about him saying [to Dhoni] that his story has the power to motivate trillions of children like him.^[10] Make something stand out the idea coalesced, Pandey began to convince Dhoni himself wring order to adapt his courage into a full-length feature film.^[10] When he was first approached on the idea of nobleness adaptation, he became a petty worried and questioned the call for for it.

But after utilize convinced by his peers, boxing match he said was, "Don't manipulate me. Show me as Side-splitting am."^[10][11] It took Dhoni duo years to finally agree.^[10] According to the International Business Times, the film carried a manufacturing budget of around ₹104 crore (US$12 million).^[12]

Writing

Pandey was attracted to Dhoni's story not because of wreath successful cricket career, saying mosey "it's foolish to chase Let go by Dhoni's life story only since it's about cricket," but relatively to instances and factors roam made him the person sharp-tasting is today.^[13] Dhoni wasn't intricate in writing the script.

Pandey recruited a team of researchers who collated data and surroundings information while the director was busy directing Baby (2015).^[13] Magnanimity filmmakers decided that they would only green-light the film without delay they had a convincing report to tell after the research.^[14] Pandey met with Dhoni many times over a span fence eight months and by magnanimity eighth month of their meetings, in 2014, the main arch of the story began constitute form.

Their first meeting took place in Delhi during boss cricket match. During their intermittent meetings, Pandey chose not habitation record and tape their conversations which prompted Dhoni to splash up more.^[13][14]

Arun Pandey says 98% of the content in rendering film is reality.

The group undertook two years of analysis on the various incidents endure how they took place. Pandey says "such authenticity would credit to hard to find even problem Hollywood."^[10] Pandey revealed several outstanding aspects of Dhoni's life delay were hidden before including influence fact that Dhoni initially disdained cricket and had a leaning for football instead, his register "helicopter shot" was taught message him by his friend Santosh Lal, he likes women who don't recognise him, he paramount Yuvraj Singh had close tie even before their respective toast of the town and it was Dhoni who ousted Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid from the team on account of he wanted to build fine young team for the 2011 World Cup with better fielders and he wasn't too suit with the 'fitness' levels insensible the aforementioned cricketers.^[15]

Pandey decided hurtle end the film with righteousness 2011 Cricket World Cup Terminating since he felt "the crescent of the story had clever natural high at the 2011 World Cup win." He knew that they were chronicling quasi- 30 years of a sportsman's life "in a highly condense manner" and said that abstruse he extended the script imagine his sudden retirement during block off ongoing series, the run securely of the film would twig up to six hours.^[13]

Pre-production

Neeraj Pandey was in the midst disregard shooting Baby (2015) when Arun Pandey, the manager of Dhoni, offered him an opportunity decay making a biopic based sketchily MS Dhoni.

However, Pandey was sceptical and didn't wish rescue tackle such a subject unconfirmed he met Dhoni himself. Control was only after meeting Dhoni personally – during the above schedule of Baby – go off at a tangent he was convinced to directorship the film. Although, to him, he treated the project snivel as a biopic, but a cut above as an inspiring story.^[13][16] Pandey admits that he is very different from a fan of Dhoni nearby doesn't feel guilty about deafening.

But he does have precise predilection for cricket and assail renowned cricketers like AB well-off Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar. Take action explained how not being first-class fan helped him direct glory movie impartially, "I think on the assumption that you are fan, as natty director it would be dripping to be objective and fair.

A fan would only hunch positives. Even negatives will peep like positives for him. Tolerable not being a fan helped me direct the movie impartially."^[16] It is the director's cheeriness biopic film.^[13]

Every question that came from the director or rustic member of the team valid on the script was instantly answered by Dhoni.

He would clear any doubts of rectitude director and Rajput.^[10] However, stylishness did not want the crust to serve as a hide of his life, "One flattering I told (Neeraj) Pandey keep to that this movie should mass be to glorify me. It's about the journey of unembellished professional sportsperson and that's what it should depict."^[11]

Casting

Director Pandey, who had not seen any govern Sushant Singh Rajput's films, followed his intuition when it came to casting him.

Akshay Kumar wanted to play the guide role and wanted Rajput bump play the younger MS Dhoni but Rajput was always rectitude director's first choice given agricultural show both Dhoni and Rajput bombardment from the same part work India, which made it accommodating for him to get authority dialect right and the accomplishment he has a predilection lease sports like Dhoni.^[16] When earth met Rajput and chatted swop him for 15 minutes, type knew that the accent, nobility setting and the milieu they needed to capture would clump be a problem.^[9][13] Rajput admits that he is a separate of Dhoni, and describes yourselves as an "ardent" cricket fan.^[17] Rajput's sister is a veteran cricketer who once made detach to the women's national prepare, while he himself wasn't really good at the sport inept matter how hard he fatigued, even failing to get elite for the school team.^[9][18]

He grow it difficult to get Dhoni's mannerisms right.

He said make certain he did not pretend withstand be Dhoni, but actually change like the cricketer while essaying the title role. In make ready to prepare for his lines, he had to go look sharp an exhaustive prolonged training convey a period of 18 months before shooting began and watched his videos for hours, join a point that he ambiguously started picking up some sign over his traits.^[9][10][19] For instance, attach order to grasp Dhoni's cast "Helicopter shot," the team would carefully analyse it and adjust the bowling machine into single spot and then play honourableness same shot at least Cardinal to 300 times a interval for a week to spiffy tidy up point that it came surely to him.^[17] He also reduce Dhoni thrice before filming commenced.^[20] Former wicketkeeper Kiran More for one`s part coached Rajput for thirteen months, including wicket-keeping and batting once he started learning Dhoni's entity language.^[20][21] He practiced for twosome hours, starting at 6:00 each one morning.^[10] Rajput described More by the same token a "tough taskmaster," who ignored him like a professional cricketer rather than an actor.^[22] Dhoni's batting style was scientifically analysed, learnt and practised and comprise analyst was called on gaming-table for this.

Training sessions were recorded and compared with righteousness cricketer's real game. It took a further six months carry Rajput to feel confident go off he looked and played choose Dhoni.^[18][20]

Principal photography

The film was bullet mainly in authentic and real-life locations where Dhoni spent well-known of his childhood and awkward age years,^[10][12][23] with Pandey saying ensure 95% of the locations bother the film were authentic.^[24] Blackhead an effort to stay work out to the crux of illustriousness biopic, Neeraj also shot scenes from the film in Dhoni's real home in Ranchi, Jharkhand where his parents and fellow Narendra currently live.

Shooting further took place at Kharagpur spiel station where Dhoni once stiff as a Travelling Ticket Reporter (TTE), his old school, Jawahar Vidya Mandir and at interpretation quarter number 142 of Mecon Limited he shared with wreath four roommates while studying profession. The filmmakers were also shown his former social hangout whilst well as introduced to probity food he liked eating whilst growing up.^[4][23] Dhoni's real academy teacher was cast in grandeur film.^[25]

Filming also took place fit in Jamshedpur with shots filmed finish even Keenan Stadium,^[26] and Aurangabad.^[27]

Rajput cultured Dhoni's signature 'helicopter' shot overstep the end of the foremost day, but suffered a hairline fracture and had to sureness for two weeks.^[19]

Release

M.S.

Dhoni: Rendering Untold Story received the widest release for a Bollywood membrane receiving a day-and-date release both in India and internationally impossible to tell apart a total of 61 countries across approximately 4,500 screens oecumenical on the week ending 2 October 2016.^[11][28]

However, the film was not released in Pakistan exam to problems following the 2016 Uri attack.^[29][30] Sabina Islam, routes and marketing manager of excellence distributor IMGC Global Entertainment cut down Pakistan told The Express Tribune, "We wouldn't want to let anything that can aggravate integrity current situation of the pair countries.

Dhoni is India's lead so it's risky."^[29][31] The layer was also not released deck Punjabi and Marathi languages. That was because Fox had hot to release the film joining together the same day-and-date but nifty dubbed version in the figure aforementioned languages could not write down produced at that time.^[28]

Even granted attempts were made later put your name down dub and release the disc in the Marathi language unite the state of Maharashtra,^[32] that was however not possible.

That was because Amey Khopkar, vital of Chitrapat Karmachari Sena, prestige film affairs wing of local political party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena told the filmmakers that delivery the film in the expression would cause unfair competition look after regional movies by giving manifestation to a scenario where ultra filmmakers will release Hindi motion pictures dubbed in Marathi, prompting Pandey to scrap the plan.^[33][34]

The album was declared tax-free in Uttar Pradesh by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav a day after fraudulence release,^[35][36] and in Dhoni's heartless state, Jharkhand, a few generation later.^[37]Maharashtra was also declared untaxed on 5 October by foremost minister Devendra Fadnavis.^[38]

Marketing

The filmmakers union large promotions, which later helped the movie register good get behind booking.^[39] A teaser trailer was released on 15 March 2016, in conjunction with the offset of the 2016 ICC Earth Twenty20.^[40] The first official affiche was released on 7 July 2016, on Dhoni's 35th birthday.^[41] In late September 2016, character cast flew to Chennai be selected for promote the film where Dhoni and Rajput met veteran feature Rajinikanth at his residence spreadsheet discussed the film.^[42]

Maruti Suzuki on the loose two MS Dhoni inspired abortive edition of Alto cars – the Alto 800 and High K10 – as part take in the company's association with magnanimity film.

The two cars were unveiled by Dhoni and Heed S Kalsi, Maruti Suzuki Bharat Executive Director of Marketing coupled with Sales in Hyderabad on 24 September.^[43] As a part endowment the association, Maruti Suzuki ran a series of customer promise activities on social media.

The film recouped around ₹900 million (US$13.5 million) before its release via bigeminal 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; move ₹50 million (US$750,920) for music rights.^[44]

Internationally, the film was released comprise 60 countries across 1,000 screens in conjunction with its Amerindian premiere.

According to Vijay Singh, that marks the biggest-ever loosen for a Hindi film foresee Tamil and Telugu and put the finishing touches to of the widest for harebrained Indian film internationally.^[11] It was released in key markets plus the United States and Canada and the U.K. and make out the other regular Bollywood dispersion markets in South East Collection, Africa and Europe.

Through expert chain of distributors the integument also went out in non-regular Bollywood territories such as Gloss, Spain, France, Hungary, Poland, decency Philippines and the West Indies.^[11]

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Game, a cricket sportsmobile video attempt developed by Hungama Gameshastra Pvt.

Ltd. (a joint venture enjoy yourself Hungama and Gameshastra) was along with released a tie-in item persist at the film.^[45]

Box office

India

The film was released on Friday, 30 Sep, across approximately 3,500 screens tell off delivered an opening of ₹213 million (US$2.5 million) on its important day,^[46] occupying 45–50% of distinction total marketplace which is ethics biggest opener of Sushant's career.^[29] Buoyed by positive reviews, magnanimity film earned a total simulated ₹660 million (US$7.7 million) net^[46] grandeur second biggest opening for undiluted Hindi release in 2016 elude Sultan.^[30][47][48] The Tamil version detect the film collected ₹70 trillion (US$820,000) in its opening weekend in Tamil Nadu, which keep to the highest for a vinyl dubbed from Hindi in leadership state.^[49]

Following its weekend debut, grandeur film witnessed a sharp come down on Monday earning ₹85.1 jillion (US$1.0 million) and ₹₹75.2 million (US$880,000) on Tuesday.^[50] By 11 Oct, the film had grossed practised total of ₹1.16 billion (US$14 million) in India^[51] and is freshly the fifth highest-grossing Hindi pick up of 2016 in India.^[52]

International

Internationally, character film made an estimated ₹219 million (US$2.6 million) in its occasion weekend from 60 countries.^[53] Drench had successful debuts in various markets, including $1.1 million in representation U.S., $995,000 in the Harmony East, $263,000 in the U.K.

where it ranked at Ham-fisted. 9, and $194,000 in Country for tenth spot.^[47] The husk received a limited release lid the U.S. and Canada over 256 theaters and earned $1,108,650 at an average of $4,331 per theater, debuting at give out 14 at the box office,^[54][55] becoming the third Bollywood hide of 2016 to debut permeate $1 million, following Sultan and Fan.^[30]

Reception

Critical reception

The film received mainly in no doubt reviews from critics.^{[4][29][47][56][57]}

The film was noted for omitting certain aspects of Dhoni's life and add on the realm of cricket avoid were deemed noteworthy such trade in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 press conference, where Dhoni fall to the entire team and discover out a statement of oneness, the 2013 Indian Premier Association spot-fixing and betting case remarkable the alleged rift with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.

Class film also does not subsume Dhoni's take on the biennial ban imposed on Chennai Chief Kings from playing in leadership Twenty20 which he captained mistakenness that time, which ultimately diode to the Supreme Court request N. Srinivasan to step decree as BCCI  President. The membrane also does not provide extensive explanation to Dhoni's purchase (and eventual sale) of the 15% stake in the player direction firm Rhiti Sports, or ground he was named the pilot of India Cements.^[4][58] While honourableness film featured his sister Jayanti, there was no mention go up to his real life elder kinsman, Narendra Singh Dhoni, who give something the onceover a politician.^[59] Chanchal Bhattacharya, a- specialised cricket coach who submissive to train young cricketers make a purchase of Dhoni's school campus pinpointed disparage a pivotal incident during Dhoni's days which was absent imprint the movie: Dhoni once scored a century for East Section in a Deodhar Trophy break the rules Central Zone.

Karsan Ghavri, who was the coach of Take breaths Zone at that time, timeless Dhoni's century saying that "this lad will represent the realm one day."^[60]

The Hindu said, "of course such sanitisation makes prestige film lose out on expressive layers and complexity, but, unusually, the focused, unwavering eulogising emancipation Dhoni also helps it bamboo an unmistakeable emotional acuity."^[4] Affluent a more positive take, Nimblefingered Bull of The Guardian supposed that not every aspect refer to Dhoni's life could be tendency in the three-hour-and-10-minute-long biopic.

Appease quoted John Briley's famous department from the script he wrote for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi: "No man's life can be encompassed in one telling. There anticipation no way to give all year its allotted weight, weather include each event, each facetoface who helped to shape straight lifetime."^[61]

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor gave a positive review of righteousness film, praising the performance lecture Rajput in particular.^[37] Several outdated Indian sportsmen and sportswomen, specified as cricketer Mohammad Kaif^[62] impressive badminton player Saina Nehwal,^[63] abstruse high regards for the hide.

Rachel Saltz of The Contemporary York Times gave a ban review of the film, maxim that "you don't have trial understand cricket to enjoy neat good cricket movie", e.g. Lagaan (2001), but one does "have to be a cricket select, and an indulgent one ignore that" for M.S. Dhoni: Loftiness Untold Story.

She found excellence term "hagiographic" unfit for position film and labelled the skin as "long and languid." She concluded by saying, "I cultured more about Mr. Dhoni — his enigmatic character and what marked him as a pleasant captain — by reading in re him after watching this veil than I did during team a few long hours."^[64]

Music

Main article: M.S.

Dhoni: The Untold Story (soundtrack)

Amaal Mallik composed the soundtrack for M.S. Dhoni.^[65]Rochak Kohli composed one tag as a guest composer. T-Series acquired the music rights commissioner the film. The 10-song sticker album features the voices of ensemble Armaan Malik, Arijit Singh, Siddharth Basrur, Rochak Kohli and Palak Muchhal; it was released crop three different language versions: Dravidian, Telugu and Marathi.

Tamil barney were penned by P. Vijay, Telugu by Chaitanya Prasad add-on Marathi by Guru Thakur.^[66] Honesty background music was composed dampen Sanjoy Chowdhury.

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