M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story movie is a 2016 Bollywood Hindi-language Biopic sports-Drama film writer and directer is Neeraj Pandey. It is based on the life of former Test, ODI and T20I captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This film leading stars cast are Sushant Singh Rajput as Dhoni with Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, and Anupam Kher. The film chronicles the life of Mahendra Singh from a young age through a series of life events.
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 started two years later, with the consent of Mahendra Singh. Neeraj Pandey was later approached to helm the film while he was working on Baby. Neeraj recruited a number of people for researching into Mahendrasingh’s background and his life events. Mahendrasingh finally became a consultant on the film.
The film was released on 30th September, 2016 by Fox Star Studios and received the widest worldwide 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. After release, the film became a critical and commercial success. It is currently the fifth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2016 in India with 216 Crore INR (US$16 million).
- Directer : Neeraj Pandey
- Producer : Arun Pandey, Fox Star Studios
- Writer : Neeraj Pandey (dialogues)
- Screenplay : Neeraj Pandey,Dilip Jha
- Story : Neeraj Pandey, Dilip Jha
- Starring : Sushant Singh Rajput, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Bhumika Chawla
- Music : Sanjoy Chowdhury Amaal Mallik
- Cinematography : Santosh Thundiyil
- Editor : Shree Narayan Singh
- Production company : Fox Star Studios, Inspired Entertainment, Friday FilmWorks
- Distributor : Fox Star Studios
- Release date : 30 September 2016
- Running time : 190 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
- Budget : 104 crore
- Box office : 216 crore INR
M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story movie Trailer :
M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story movie Star Cast :
- Sushant Singh Rajput as a M. S. Dhoni
- Kiara Advani as a Sakshi Singh Dhoni nee Rawat
- Anupam Kher as a Pan Singh Dhoni
- Disha Patani as a Priyanka Jha
- Bhoomika Chawla as a Jayanti Gupta
- Sanjay Dadich as a Satya Prakash Krishna (as Sanjay Dadhich)
- Kali Prasad Mukherjee as a A K Ganguly (as K P Ji)
- Zeeshaan as a Young Dhoni
- Mithu Chakraborty as a Mrs. Banerjee
- Kranti Prakash Jha as a Santosh Lal
- Ashrut Jain as a Shabbir
- Brijendra Kala as a Commentator Tiwari Ji
- Mukesh Bhatt as a Commentator Shukla Ji (as Mukesh S. Bhatt)
- Jitin Gulati as a Gautam Gupta
- Sahil Gyan as a Akash – Jvm school team captain)
- Sushil Kumar Dutta as a Das Babu
- Sarvadaman Banerjee as a Chanchal
- Deepak Dutta as a Dilip Vengsarkar
- Mayur Bansiwal as a Office staff
- Rajendra Chawla as a Dhoni’s Sponsor
- Santilal Mukherjee as a Sarkar (as Shanti Lal)
- Sandeep Nahar as a Chottu Bhaiya
- Herry Tangiri as a Yuvraj Singh (as Herry Tangri)
- Alok Pandey as a Chittu
- Rajesh Sharma as a Keshav Ranjan Banerjee
- Kumud Mishra as a Mr. Deval
- Mayur Bansiwal as a Hotel Manager
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a Self (archive footage)
- Vijay Kumar Dogra as a Railway Team Selecter
- Aamir Khan as a Spectator (archive footage)
- Swini Khara as a Young Jayanti
- Virat Kohli as a Self (archive footage)
- Anish Kuruvilla
- Ravindra Mankani as a Jagmohan Dalmiya
- Kiran More as a Self
- Muttiah Muralitharan as a Self (archive footage)
- Suraj Naagar as a Monil
- Virender Sehwag as a Self (archive footage)
- Joginder Sharma as a Self (archive footage)
- Rhea Sharma as a Ritu (Sakshi’s Friend)
- Sachin Tendulkar as a Self (archive footage)
M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story movie Songs / Music :
This film Music Composer is Amaal Mallik . Rochak Kohli composed one song as a guest composer, While Lyrics writer is Manoj Muntashir.The 10 song album features Playback singers are Armaan Malik, Arijit Singh, Siddharth Basrur, Rochak Kohli and Palak Muchhal; it was released in three different language versions: Tamil, Telugu and Marathi.
Music album released Under T-Series Banner.
Tamil lyricist is P. Vijay, Telugu by Chaitanya Prasad and Marathi by Guru Thakur. The background score composer is Sanjoy Chowdhury.
- “Besabriyaan”………………Armaan Malik.
- “Kaun Tujhe”………………………..Palak Muchhal.
- “Jab Tak”………………………Armaan Malik.
- “Phir Kabhi”……………………Arijit Singh.
- “Parwah Nahin”……………..Siddharth Basrur .
- “Jab Tak (Redux)”…………….Armaan Malik.
- “Padhoge Likhoge”………………..Ananya Nanda and Adithyan A Prithviraj.
- “Har Gully Mein Dhoni Hai”……….Rochak Kohli.
- “Phir Kabhi (Reprise)”……………………….Arijit Singh.
- “Kaun Tujhe (Armaan Malik Version)”………Armaan Malik
“Besabriyaan” full video song :
- Music : Amaal Mallik
- Singer : Armaan Malik
- Lyrics : Manoj Muntashir
- Music Label : T- Series
“Kaun Tujhe” full video song :
- Singer : Palak Muchhal
- Music : Amaal Mallik
- Lyrics : Manoj Muntashir
- Banner : T-Series
Pre -Post Production :
Pre-Production :
Development of a Dhoni biopic started after the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final Won and the discussion about the idea went on over the following years but remained sleeping. Then, after a few years, Dhoni was at an airport when a child approached him and asked him a question on motivation. Dhoni sat down with the young boy and spent 5 minutes answering the question.
His manager, Arun Pandey, asked why he spent that much time and Dhoni replied how his answer was pivotal in benefiting and motivating the boy. This incident then prompted Pandey to make a film about him saying that his story has the power to motivate millions of children like him.
After the idea combine, Pandey started to convince Dhoni himself in order to adapt his life into a full-length feature film. 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.” It took Dhoni two years to finally agree. According to International Business Times, the film carries a production budget of around 104 crore INR.
Director Neeraj 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 (Struggle) the person he is today. Dhoni wasn’t involved in writing the script. Neeraj made a team of researchers who collated data and background information while the director was busy directing Baby (2015).
The filmmakers decided that they would only green-light the film once they had a convincing story to tell after the research. Neeraj met with Dhoni numerous times over a span of eight months and by the eighth month of their meetings, in 2014, the main arc of the story started to form. Their first meeting took place in Delhi during a cricket match. During their sporadic meetings, Neeraj chose not to record and tape their conversations which prompted Dhoni to open up more.
Manager 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. Neeraj says “such authenticity would be hard to find even in Hollywood.” Pandey revealed several prominent aspects of Dhoni’s life that were hidden before including the fact that Dhoni initially disdained cricket and had a predilection for football instead, his signature “helicopter shot” was taught to him by 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 Dhoni 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 that cricketers.
Neeraj 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.
Sushant Singh Rajput Training As a M S Dhoni :
M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story movie Shooting :
This film was shot mainly in authentic and real-life locations where Dhoni spent much of his childhood and teenage years, with Pandey saying that 95% of the locations in the film were authentic. In an effort to stay true to the crux of the biopic, Neeraj also shot scenes from the film in Dhoni’s real home in Ranchi, Jharkhand where his parents and brother Narendra currently live. Shooting also took place at Kharagpur railway station where Dhoni once worked as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE), his old school, Jawahar Vidya Mandir and at the quarter number 142 of Mecon Limited he shared with his four roommates while studying engineering. The filmmakers were also shown his former social hangout as well as introduced to the food he liked eating whilst growing up. Dhoni’s real school teacher was cast in the film.
Film shooting also took place in Jamshedpur with shots filmed at Keenan Stadium, and Aurangabad.
Sushant learned Dhoni’s signature ‘helicopter’ shot by the end of the first day, but suffered a hairline fracture and had to leave for two weeks.
Review of the film :
Critics Review : Anupama Chopra :
Public Review : First Day First Show :
Box office Collection :
- Day 1- Friday…………………..21.40 Cr –
- Day 2-Saturday……………….20.50 Cr -4.21%
- Day 3-Sunday………………….24.10 Cr +17.56%
- Day 4-Monday…………………8.50 Cr -64.73%
- Day 5-Tuesday……………….7.52 Cr -11.53%
- Day 6-Wednesday………….6.60 Cr -12.23%
- Day 7-Thursday……………….5.50 Cr -16.67%
- Week 1 Collection……………94.12 Cr –
- Day 8-Friday……………………4.10 Cr -25.45%
- Day 9-Saturday………………..5.20 Cr +26.83%
- Day 10-Sunday…………………5.80 Cr +11.53%
- Day 11-Monday………………..3.50 Cr -39.66%
- Day 12-Tuesday……………….4.20 Cr +20.00%
- Day 13-Wednesday………….2.40 Cr -42.86%
- Day 14-Thursday………………2.20 Cr -8.33%
- Week 2 Collection………………27.40 Cr -70.89%
- Day 15-Friday…………………….1.50 Cr -31.82%
- Day 16-Saturday…………………2.00 Cr +33.33%
- Day 17-Sunday……………………2.10 Cr +5.00%
- Day 18-Monday………………….0.70 Cr -66.67%
- Day 19-Tuesday………………….0.60 Cr -13.29%
- Day 20-Wednesday…………….0.60 Cr -%
- Day 21-Thursday…………………0.55 Cr -8.33%
- Week 3 Collection……………….8.05 Cr -70.62%
- Week 4 Collection……………….3.30 Cr -59.01%
- Week 5 Collection……………….0.15 Cr -95.45%
- Week 6 Collection……………….0.07 Cr -53.33%
- India Net Collection……………….133.09 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross…….215.50 Cr
- Overseas Collection Gross……….30.82 Cr
- India Collection Gross……………….184.68 Cr
- M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story Budget : ……..104.00 Cr
- M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story Verdict :—- HIT
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