Bollywood singhs a new tune

[GurSa Singh]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/article...show/384573.cms

Bollywood singhs a new tune

NIKITA DOVAL

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2003 02:20:44 PM ]

Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt & Sunny Deol play Sikhs in their upcoming movies

It's time for a head-turning twist in the tale. After all, Bollywood stars have now taken to playing the sardar of all reel roles. Here's the big picture: Amitabh Bachchan , Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol sport turbans and thick beards to play Sikhs in their forthcoming films.

While the Big B plays Jagjit Singh Arora, a senior Army officer, in Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyon , Sanjay essays the role of Ranjeet Singh, an Army officer who is taken as a prisoner of war (PoW) in Sarhad Paar . Then, Sunny Deol reprises his successful roles as a Sikh in Border and Gadar in director Rahul Rawail's Jo Bole So Nihal.

Interestingly, it seems that the success of Anil Sharma's Gadar , in which Sunny Deol played Tara Singh, has led to this experimentation in characterisation. However, Sharma —now directing Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyon — denies that Amitabh's character is an offshoot of Gadar : "There was a Sikh General in the 1971 and it is on him that I have based Bachchan's character." Gadar's success has made Bollywood appreciate the commercial aspect of casting the hero as a Sikh. But Sarhad Paar director Raman Kumar maintains that "the introduction of a Sikh character in a movie should be required by the script."

According to trade analyst Indu Mirani, "The audienc

e doesn't look at any one character in isolation but a film as a whole... everything has to fall in place." Moreover, industry insiders say that while north India can identify with Sikh characters, the rest of the country might not. "Why not?" counters Sharma, "Sikhs represent India — there is no question of a problem." That's a good enough assurance for the box-office.

[Jaspaul Singh]

Until a sikh is not stared in a movie as a leading role with full bana, and guru sahibans panj kakkar, only then ill start appreciating Bollywood. :wub:

[Karen Kaur]

WJKK WJKF!!

" bollywood singhs in new tune" ... SINGHS hehe its sorta a disgrace cause its not like ther realli into sikhi jus all show... if real SINGHS came in moviesss that would be pimpedd B)

[Yoda]

Until a sikh is not stared in a movie as a leading role with full bana, and guru sahibans panj kakkar, only then ill start appreciating Bollywood. :wub:

Where can they find such people in india. More that 95% of them moved out of india after 1984, 4% are rotting in indian jails, and the rest 1% are too old.

[S1ngh]

I don't care about these gay wearing tight a** pants in which normal person can't even walk <_ .. we don need this kind of fake publicity..>