To understand his character in the forthcoming film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag',Farhan Akhtar has been spending time with the film's eponymous hero,athlete Milkha Singh. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' is inspired by the life of Milkha Singh,one of the earliest sports icons of post-1947 India. The film will trace Milkha's childhood in today's Pakistan,the Partition,and his achievements as an athlete in the independent India. Farhan will be playing the role of the athlete. Singh also gave a lot of inputs during the scripting stage to writer Prasoon Joshi. We (Farhan and Singh) will meet again.probably within a week. I want every child in this country to draw inspirationfrom this film and do what I did..They should make it to Olympics one day, Singh said in a statement. Twenty per cent of the film's profits would go to Milkha Singh Trust,which helps poor and needy sportsmen,statement said.
