Milkha Singh – Flying Sikh Coming Soon On Silver Screen

20 March 2010 No Comment

Bollywood filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has revealed plans to make a biographical film on the life of Indian ace athlete Milkha Singh ( The Flying Sikh ) .

According to Mehra, Mr.Singh iis providing full cooperation and is involved in the ground work of Film. Milkha Singh has also confirmed the news and is happy that Bollywood is doing efforts to inspire the younger generation.

“There is so much darkness in today’s society. The youngsters today are looking for too much and, here in our backyard, we have something. There are some examples, which were burning once, but for me, burning even brighter today,” Mehra said.

Milkha Singh , whose parents were brutally murdered in front of him during partition in 1947 is the only Indian athlete till date who has broken an Olympic record.

Milkha Singh won Gold medals in both 200m and 400m events at the Tokyo Asian Games in 1958. At the Cardiff Commonwealth Games held the same year, he improved his 400m timing to 46.16 seconds, and grabbed a Gold medal again.

Ad filmmaker and lyricist Prasoon Joshi would team up with Mehra in ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, which is the first biographical film to be made on a sports icon.

“It is not a eulogy, it is not an attempt to make a documentary on him; this is an attempt to really see what goes behind the making of a great person,” said Joshi.

The duo had worked earlier in Bollywood film ‘Dilli 6′ and the National Award-winning movie ‘Rang De Basanti’.

“I would be happy when India will produces more Milkha Singhs from its soil…I want that parents should watch the movie and inspire their kids to become more great players and make their country proud,” said Singh.