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Released
2013 · FILM

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

A determined young athlete fights his haunted past and a war‑torn nation's turmoil to become India's fastest runner, racing against time and doubt to claim Olympic greatness.

“You know him as 'The Flying Sikh'. Now you will see his Real Story.”

Directed by
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Krishna Anaberi
Written by
Prasoon Joshi
Rated
FSK · FSK 12
Runtime
186 min
Language
HI
BiographyDramaSport

Synopsis

The true story of "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh, who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 346+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by P S BharathiShot by Manoj KumarScored by Shankar MahadevanDesigned by AcropolisSound by Debajit ChangmaiCostumes by Dolly AhluwaliaVFX by Vishal Anand

Box Office

2013 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$25.0M

Budget$4.6M
Worldwide gross$25.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $862K

Peak 140 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Lauf seines Lebens - The Flying Sikhde
  • Run Milkha Runde

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