Farhan Akhtar painstakingly transformed himself to portray the life of Milkha Singh and the actor believes the story needed to be told as it talks about a real hero.
"I think here in India we constantly search for heroes. We have made a film on one such hero who made everyone proud. Biopic have the potential of bringing present generation closer to history. I hope many more such films of the biopic nature will be made about people from different fields," Farhan told reporters in Mumbai.