Budhia Singh: Born to Run

2016

1h 52m

Biography

Drama

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11 Reviews

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Born into poverty and sold by his mother to a street vendor, a 5-year-old boy goes on to become India's first marathon-running champion despite his youth.

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Awful direction and screenplay. Extremely poor acting by Manoj Bajpayee.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Awful movie. Glorifies child abuse. Do not watch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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This movie is sheer beauty in terms of direction, acting, story, music and detail. A must watch especially for those who run.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Soumendra Padhi

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Manoj Bajpayee

Biranchi Das

Mayur Mahendra Patole

Budhia

Gajraj Rao

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Tillotama Shome

Sukanti

Shruti Marathe

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

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The drama builds nicely.

Dec 6, 2017

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Anupama Chopra

Hindustan Times

Budhia Singh's story stays with you. The anguish is authentic. Which makes the film worth your time.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2017

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Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

The best bit about the film is how it looks at these grey zones (right down to the rapaciousness of the real mother) without being judgmental.

Dec 6, 2017

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Anna M.M. Vetticad

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... [circumvents] uncomfortable questions about the ethics of training a little child so rigorously for marathons, even while making a show of addressing those questions.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 11, 2021

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Sukanya Verma

Rediff.com

From fame to obscurity, hunger to heartbreak, Budhia's story is both sensational and sad. But, most of all, it's incomplete with no finishing line in sight.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2017

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Nandini Ramnath

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This sports biopic wants to be black and white, but it's actually a nice shade of grey.

Dec 6, 2017

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Synopsis

Born into poverty and sold by his mother to a street vendor, a 5-year-old boy goes on to become India's first marathon-running champion despite his youth.

Director: Soumendra Padhi
Screenwriter: Soumendra Padhi
Production Co: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 52m

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