MS Dhoni review: Sushant’s film entertains, but stays away from controversies

MS Dhoni: The Untold Story Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Disha Patani, Kiara Advani Director: Neeraj Pandey Rating: 3/5

When India is reeling at 114 for 3 against Sri Lanka in the cricket world cup final of 2011, a man decides to take charge of the situation. It helps that he is also the captain of the team. He silently walks past the crowd, enters the ground and creates history.

The cricketer’s image of rotating the bat as if he is wielding the sword is etched in our memory.

On April 2, 2011, India reaffirms its faith in the hero who was selected into the team through BCCI’s tier-two city programme.

Here, director Neeraj Pandey takes us 15 years earlier when Pan Singh Dhoni (Anupam Kher) is a pump operator in Ranchi. The local stadium needs water and that requires him to wake up at eleven in the night. He waters the stadium in a hazy winter night. Pan’s little son watches him from the balcony of his government quarter, and probably this is the moment when the kid decides to make it big in life.

It’s the story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Sushant Singh Rajput), the current India captain and one of the game’s most popular exponents ever.