Paan singh tomar and milkha singh biography

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    • Here are 2 films made on athletes in the post-partition era of India. Both Men were part of the Army & came from humble backgrounds. What differs, is the eventual route they take in life. In the case of Milkha Singh, it was a very troubled and harrowing past that hounded as well as motivated him, while Paan Singh Tomar ended up becoming a Dacoit due to circumstances that forced him to take up the gun. Both are fabulous tales to be recited to the audiences through cinema. Each equally gripping, motivating & leaving you a lot to ponder upon. Now that we agree, both were great stories, I would like to look at how these films were eventually made and were they able to justify & serve the purpose for the movie-goer.

    Biopic&#;s are usually boring for most people, unless it involves a lot of action. Few Indian films have actually been really good bio-pics. Bandit Queen was brilliant, Mangal Pandey was bad, The Legend of Bhagat Singh was good & Jodha Akbar was a nicely made love story. Gandhi is a British Movie yet because it involves our nations greatest leader, I would rate it as the best bio pic I have seen, that involves an Indian. On the contrary, Hollywood has always been good at bio pics & most recently Lincoln, was superb.

    Coming back to the 2 films on the athletes, BMB scores ahead of PST only in a few areas which is the music, cinematography & background score of the film. PST has been directed brilliantly and does not involve usual cliches and heroism. It is extremely close to reality and you can sense the ruggedness of the Chambal Valley like in Bandit Queen. The pace of the movie, the detailing, casting & screenplay are pitch perfect. On the other hand, BMB was expected to be the best film of and by that I mean it was riding on great expectations and hype. I am personally a huge fan of Rakeysh Mehra&#;s Rang De Basanti and going by Farhan&#;s transformation to get into the look of Milkha Singh, was really looking forward to it.

    Milkha Singh, Pan Singh's race on silver screen

    The film is only in the pre-production stage, but Farhan Akhtar and Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra have highly publicised their forthcoming venture Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, the story of one of India's greatest athletes - Milkha Singh. But we hear that the filmmakers have been beaten to the race to tell the story of a real life athlete by UTV Motion Pictures.
    A source from the production house revealed that the relatively low-key film Pan Singh Tomar is slated to release on March 2,
    According to the source, Pan Singh Tomar has been ready for sometime now. However, UTV has only recently decided to release the film.
    This decision, however, has caused many in the industry to question the production house's timing for the film's release. A member of the industry told us, "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which has been talked about a lot, is yet to go on floors. It is strange that UTV has decided to release Pan Singh Tomar now, considering it was completed a long time ago.”
    Apparently, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Pan Singh Tomar are inspirational films about two athletes, who went on to create history. “However, Pan Singh Tomar is not as well known as the country's sports icon Milkha Singh. So, only time will tell which film will finally rein victorious,” added the member.
    Despite repeated attempts, UTV remained unavailable for comment.

    Paan Singh Tomar

    Indian soldier, athlete and outlaw (–)

    For the biographical Hindi film, see Paan Singh Tomar (film).

    Paan Singh Tomar (1 January – 1 October ) was an Indian soldier, athlete, and dacoit (Baaghi).

    He served in the Indian Army, where his talent for running was discovered. He was a seven-time national steeplechase champion in the s and s, and represented India at the Asian Games. After a premature retirement from the army, Tomar returned to his native village. He later gained notoriety as a Daku of Chambal Valley, when he resorted to violence after a land feud there. In late , Tomar was killed in a police encounter, in a village of Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh.

    Early life

    Paan Singh Tomar was born in the small village of Bhidosa, near Porsa, in a HinduRajput family, living on banks of the Chambal River, in the erstwhile Tonwarghar district of the princely state of Gwalior, under the rule of the British Raj in India. Tomar's father was Eashwari Singh Tomar, whose younger brother Dayaram Singh Tomar went on to sire a branch of the Tomar family that owns most of the fertile agricultural land in and around the Bhidosa area. Tomar would later go on to murder Babbu Singh Tomar, his nephew and Dayaram Singh Tomar's grandson, in following a shady land dispute in which Tomar was cheated out of land.

    Army career

    Paan Singh Tomar served as a subedar in 51 Engineer Regiment, Bengal Engineer Group, based at Roorkee. He was a champion sportsman, a national-ranking athlete, back in the s and 60s. Legend has it that his initiation into serious running came off a dispute. When Tomar had just enrolled in his regiment, he got into an argument with an instructor. As punishment, Tomar was ordered to run numerous laps of the parade ground. As he ran, he caught the eye of the other officers. What they saw, impressed them and soon Tomar was exempted from his regul

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    • Milkha Singh

    Indian athlete (–)

    For the Indian Test cricketer, see A. G. Milkha Singh.

    Milkha Singh (20 November – 18 June ), also known as "The Flying Sikh", was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He is the only athlete to win gold at metres at the Asian Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. He has won gold medals in the and Asian Games. He represented India in the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the Summer Olympics in Rome and the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Singh was awarded the Padma Shri in , India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in recognition of his sporting achievements.

    The race for which Singh was best remembered is his fourth-place finish in the metres final at the Olympic Games, which he had entered as one of the favourites. He led the race till the m mark before easing off, allowing others to pass him. Various records were broken in the race, which required a photo-finish and saw American Otis Davis being declared the winner by one-hundredth of a second over German Carl Kaufmann. Singh's fourth-place time of seconds was the Indian national record for almost 40 years.

    From beginnings that saw him orphaned and displaced during the Partition of India, Singh has become a sporting icon in his country. In , journalist Rohit Brijnath described Singh as "the finest athlete India has ever produced".

    Singh died from complications of COVID on 18 June , at the age of 91, five days after his wife, Nirmal Saini.

    Early life

    Milkha Singh was born on 20 November , into a SikhRathoreRajput family. His birthplace was Govindpura, a village 10 kilometres (&#;mi) from Muzaffargarh city in Punjab Province, British India (now Kot Adu district, Pakistan). He was one of 15 siblings, eight of whom died before the Partition of India. He was orphaned during the Partition when his parents, a bro