First 20 Minutes of the Movie, I Was Blank: Dhoni on His Biopic

“One thing that I had told the director is that this movie should not be about glorifying me,” said MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni spoke to the media in New York on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

He wanted the biopic on him to show his journey, the inherent struggles in “decision making processes” rather than “glorify him”. And that’s precisely what Mahendra Singh Dhoni told film’s director Neeraj Pandey during the conceptual phase of MS Dhoni – The Untold Story.

In the United States, along with wife Sakshi and producer Arun Pandey (whose firm manages Dhoni) to promote his film, which is releases worldwide on September 30, Dhoni spoke about his life and the transformation from a talented small town boy to one of India’s most respected captain.

“One thing I told Pandey (director Neeraj) is that this movie should not be about glorifying me. It’s about the journey of a professional sportsperson and that’s what it should depict,” Dhoni told reporters here during film’s promotional event.

MS Dhoni with Sushant Singh Rajput, who plays the protagonist in MS Dhoni – The Untold Story. (Photo: PTI)

He said the first time he saw the movie, an unedited version, he relived his past again as memories of his childhood, where he lived and how he played flooded his mind. “All those things that had happened became fresh in my memory – from where I lived, how my school was, where we played. I went blank,” said Dhoni, who normally does not show much emotions on the field. “It was nice to be in the past for a moment and you get a view of what others think about me. I have never talked to my parents about cricket and it was nice to get a glimpse of what they really thought about me,” he said.