Powerful

Absolutely the worst movie.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

One of the best sports biopic ever made in Bollywood and what a stellar performance by Irrfan ( Award Winning Performance)...For me everything worked in this one and the proper research was done about the athlete making it descriptive as well as entertaining alongside...A year after Bhaag Milkha Bhaag released and must say enjoyed that as well though I cried a lot in the latter but what matters to me is an urge to watch again when on TV which is the case with former, ie, Paan Singh Tomar is a much better movie...Farhan Akhtar was no where an inch closer to what Irrfan was...Now let's talk about the main aspects in the movie, ie, dialogues, direction and screenplay...All these things are incredible but the screenplay falls a bit in the second half but it picks up afterwards of Paan Singh Tomar whereas Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was a bit overdramatised which was a plus point for the foremost...Lastly, would say that after watching Paan Singh, everybody will come to know what they were about to miss, if not seen they would regret and Bhaag Milkhas cons...A must visit!!

Made as a competently good biopic, the acting is well top notch. It is worth a watch just for Irfan Khan.I have not heard of this man, till I knew of this movie, its good to know of such sportsman and sad to know the tragedy. The fate of the country is such that a national champion is forgotten but a dacoit is made news easily. This is an ironic story and is told really very well. Dialogues are written extremely well. The dialect is just great, It brings out rawness to character and a flavor of its own to the whole script. The cinematography is done well, and the director sure has an eye for detail the way he has shown a few things, like a steeplechase race, dacoit's backdrop and the feuds in villages. Mind you this is a biopic and has to be handled in way to tell a real life character, there is no much added drama, at few places, it might have fallen bland too of course life is not so very interesting all times either. But all are pu together effectively to bring out a story that has a heart. We may not be in favor of Paan Singh by the end for what he has done, but fir sure he shall live on in the minds long after the movie is over.Watch it for Dialect/Dialogues and yes for Irfan Khan who may be sweeping many best actor awards for reprising this role and living it in a way thats so tough to do in terms of controlling emotions and thus exhibiting them at rare times.Liked it and I recommend such biopics be watched to know India and its diversity in a better way too. My rating is 4/5 for a movie that has been dared to be made and executed really well.

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill and Nawazuddin Siddiqui Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia This past weekend, I saw the movie Paan Singh Tomar. As it is based on a real incident happened in the life of national athlete, it was definitely a film to remember. Being from the Chambal region helped me a lot to understand the director's research work on local culture.This story is based on the life of famous and seven time's steeplechase national champion who became one of the most wanted Dacoits in Chambal Valley. The first half of the movie is a conversation between a journalist and Paan Singh Tomar while the other half depicts real frame. This interview of Paan led the government to take him seriously and get him to surrender as soon as possible.Overall this movie sends a great message that sportsmen aren't getting enough attention on and off the field which they deserve for bringing so many laurels to the nation. Same thing happened with Paan Singh when police denied his identity even when he showed his medals and said that they can't interfere in between until someone dies. Tigmanshu has succeeded in showing every aspect of the story. Making film in same Chambal valley has added a real touch to the film.Irfan has done justice to the character by showing excellent and professional acting skills. He depicted role of a guy from Chambal. Dialogues were very good. Mahie gill too has done some great work as a co star. Here Nawazuddin hasn't performed up to the mark. Since it is a biopic, the writer didn't have much work to do but he could have made it better by adding some important things to it.Cinematography is something very professional, the way they have used lighting in scene where journalist comes to interview Paan Singh is laudable. Other than that folk music has also added some reality to it, I noticed folk music playing in a loudspeaker at many places which you will commonly encounter these days in those kind of villages(though not in 1970's).

I loved the film,as it was really meant to give tribute to the unsung heroes of Indian sports history.Moreover Irfan Khan could portray the role of Paan Singh with his acting talent,which brought an overall originality to the character.Along with that the cinematographer is appreciated for snapping the scenes with a real artistic view. On one hand the film is truly recommended for the action loving movie fans. On the other hand,the film continued the trend of narration of the past with the help of a co-star(in this case the newspaper reporter),like Irfan Khan's hit movies like Life Of Pie.Also i couldn't get the reason ,why the film was awarded national award in the category of best film.Overall I suggest it as above average.