Dhoni ( Sushant Singh Rajput) , as presented in this movie, is a natural athlete — cricket wasn’t even his sport of choice as a boy — a nice guy and, in the end, something like a national hero. He meets setbacks with a pause ( a kind of timeout) and a hard-to-read smile. Then he goes on. What makes him tick? That remains the untold story.
The movie, written and directed by Neeraj Pandey, is not hagiographic or overly obvious. Instead, it’s something of a quiet muddle, with too many squandered or dramatically blurry scenes.
