Mumbai: Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is really looking forward to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' that features his son, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar in the lead role.
In the film, Farhan plays the 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh, the legendary athlete.
Javed says the film will be good as it has been helmed by a good director and good writer.
"I loved the promos (of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag') very much and I hope it will be a very good film," Akhtar said here Sunday during the celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema at Whistling Woods International....
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04:29 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Athlete Milkha Singh's wife Nirmal Kaur is impressed by actor Farhan Akhtar, who plays the Flying Sikh in forthcoming film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'. The movie is inspired by Milkha Singh, known for his brilliant running. Nirmal Kaur, the former captain of the national women's volleyball team, is impressed by the way Akhtar changed his appearance for the character and went through rigorous physical training. According to sources, Nirmal...
01:01 PM, May 01, 2013
Kolkata: Flying Sikh Milkha Singh on Saturday lashed out against the authorities for giving Arjuna Awards to undeserving sportspersons and rapped athetes for taking banned drugs to enhance their performance. The 77-year-old Milkha, who gave the country four gold medals from the Asiad and one from the Commonwealth Games, said the Arjuna should be given to the best of athletes. "I returned the Arjuna Award (in 2001) because they gave...
10:45 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Seoul: Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar will be making his 100th start on the Asian Tour when he tees off at the Ballantine's Championship, starting here Thursday. One of the growing stars of Asian golf, the 24-year-old has come a long way from the time he had made his debut on the Tour in 2007. Six years on, the four time Asian Tour winner is now getting ready for the Euro...
07:01 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Chandauli: A strange case of superstition was seen in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli. A man poured and massaged his body with hot milk in front of a huge crowd which included many children. After massaging his body with the hot milk, the man caught hold of child and poured hot milk on his body too. Surprisingly, the entire incident was also witnessed by Uttar Pradesh Transportation Minister Durga Prasad Yadav but...
02:55 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Washington: An Indian scientist and his Taiwanese colleague have discovered a blue super-giant star located in the constellation Virgo, far beyond our Milky Way Galaxy. Over 55 million years ago, the star emerged in an extremely wild environment, surrounded by intensely hot plasma (a million degrees centigrade) and amidst raging cyclone winds blowing at four million kilometres per hour. Research using the Subaru Telescope, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's...
09:40 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan president Vasundhara Raje on Monday demanded apology from RBI Governor D Subbarao for his comment on the rise in food inflation. The RBI Governor by saying that rural people's shift to protein and eating more of egg, milk and fruits is causing food inflation is an insult of the poor, she said. Subbarao should visit Rajasthan to see the ground reality she said. "He should come and...
12:25 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Singapore's Lam Chi Bing grabbed a share of the lead at the Panasonic Open India on Thursday as he bids to revive his career after losing his Asian Tour card last year. Lam birdied the last hole to join the Australian duo of Kieran Pratt and Wade Ormsby in a three-way tie at the top of the first-round leaderboard with a bogey at the 12th the only blot...
10:05 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Wilson is looking forward to testing himself against the best golfers from the Asian Tour at the Delhi Golf Club. ...
05:18 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Jeev says that he has never won at the Delhi Golf Club so he wants to get this monkey off his back by winning the tournament. ...
03:38 PM, Apr 03, 2013
As many as 2000 black holes kicked away from their homes are now living on the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, used new computer simulations to look at how our galaxy grew through mergers with smaller galaxies. ...
05:55 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Shiv Kapur, who was even par through seven holes on Saturday, did well to pick up five birdies against no bogeys in the remaining 11 holes and finished with a 67 that saw him finish tied 22nd. ...
07:36 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Six-time winner on Asian tour and Four-time winner on European Tour, Jeev charged from three-under through two rounds to eight under after just 11 holes in the third round. ...
06:21 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Gaganjeet Bhullar is now the top Indian golfer in world rankings as he achieved a career-best ranking of 85 after his runner-up finish at the Avantha Masters. ...
07:41 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Jeev Milkha Singh feels that he will continue to live in his father's shadow until he wins a major. ...
12:16 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The South African shot a 10-under 62 to open up a three-stroke lead over China's Wenchong after the third round in Greater Noida. ...
04:53 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Half a dozen Ryder Cup stars will pose an intimidating challenge but India's in-form golfers would be up for it after confidence-boosting starts to the year when the tri-sanctioned Avantha Masters. ...
01:19 PM, Mar 13, 2013
With her last few films tanking at the box office, Sonam Kapoor says she has learnt her lesson and would select only those projects that satisfy her as a performer. ...
04:17 PM, Mar 10, 2013
India holds the record of having produced the most number of Asian Tour Order of Merit champions, through Atwal in 2003, Singh in 2006 and 2008 and Randhawa, the country's first Asian number one in 2002. ...
02:13 PM, Mar 09, 2013
Jeev had four pars before running into a horrible patch with a back-to-back bogeys followed by a triple bogey from fifth to seventh holes. ...
06:02 PM, Mar 03, 2013
