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However, the film has faced criticism for its selective amnesia. By glossing over controversies and internal team politics, the film sanitizes the protagonist. The narrative constructs a "flawless" hero, reducing the complexity of sporting politics to a binary of hard work versus luck. While this compromises historical accuracy, it serves the film’s thematic purpose of establishing Dhoni not just as a player, but as a moral compass for the nation. The film argues that his success was inevitable due to his character, rather than circumstance, thereby reinforcing the mythos of the self-made man.

The public saw the stump mic quotes and the post-match smiles. What they didn't see was the hyper-insomnia. M.S Dhoni - The Untold Story