Sardars of the Silver Screen
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Ranbir Kapoor He is touted as the ‘Next Big thing’ in Bollywood and after an impressive debut in Saawariya and a cool performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno, Read More">Ranbir Kapoor is all set to try something completely different in his next film. Yes…Ranbir would be seen as a ‘Sardar’ in Yash Raj Films’ forthcoming flick RocketRead More
Ranbir Kapoor
He is touted as the 'Next Big thing' in Bollywood and after an impressive debut in Saawariya and a cool performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno, Ranbir Kapoor is all set to try something completely different in his next film. Yes...Ranbir would be seen as a 'Sardar' in Yash Raj Films' forthcoming flick Rocket Singh- Salesman of the Year, directed by Shimit Amin. While not much is known about this movie, going by the looks of it one can safely say that this Punjabi munda does look like a pucca sardar in this get-up. Way to go Ranbir! -
Sunny Deol Sunny Deol’s name figures first in this list for the Deadly Deol has effectively portrayed the role of a sardar in not one or two but three popular films namely Border, Read More">Gadar-Ek Prem Katha and Jo Bole So Nihaal. While his role as the bumbling cop Nihaal Singh in Jo Bole So NihaalRead More
Sunny Deol
Sunny Deol's name figures first in this list for the Deadly Deol has effectively portrayed the role of a sardar in not one or two but three popular films namely Border, Gadar-Ek Prem Katha and Jo Bole So Nihaal. While his role as the bumbling cop Nihaal Singh in Jo Bole So Nihaal didn't find many takers and also created some unwanted controversy, his acts as the stern Major Kuldeep Singh in Border and as the immensely patriotic Sardar Tara Singh in Gadar- Ek Prem Katha received a thunderous applause from one and all. -
Read More">This Friday’s release Love Aaj Kal has two special ‘firsts’ for Saif Ali Khan. It’s the first film produced by Saif under his banner Illuminati Films and secondly it’s the first time that the suave actor would be seen as a ‘Sardar‘ in a Hindi film. Saif who would be seen in a double roleRead More
This Friday's release Love Aaj Kal has two special 'firsts' for Saif Ali Khan. It's the first film produced by Saif under his banner Illuminati Films and secondly it's the first time that the suave actor would be seen as a 'Sardar' in a Hindi film. Saif who would be seen in a double role in Love Aaj Kal, plays Jai the uber-cool dude of the present era and Veer Singh a passionate sardar who would do anything for the love of his life. While this is a first time experience for Saif playing a sardar, many of Bollywood's top actors have donned the pagdi and portrayed the role of a sardar with elan. Bollywood Hungama takes a trip down memory lane and looks at some of the best on-screen sardars of Bollywood in recent times.
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Read More">Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar may have starred in many films with a Punjabi flavor but he got a chance to portray a full-fledged sardar character for the first time in Vipul Shah’s Singh Is Kinng. Akki played the bumbling village idiot ‘Happy Singh’ who in a twist of fate becomes the Kingpin of a MafiaRead More
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar may have starred in many films with a Punjabi flavor but he got a chance to portray a full-fledged sardar character for the first time in Vipul Shah's Singh Is Kinng. Akki played the bumbling village idiot 'Happy Singh' who in a twist of fate becomes the Kingpin of a Mafia gang. The makers had even designed a special designer pagdi embedded with diamonds for Akshay's character of Happy Singh. The character was loved by one and all and it surely made Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah 'Happy' as they laughed all the way to the bank -
Amitabh Bachchan Big B is one actor who is always known to experiment with his looks in film after film. So when he was required to play a ‘Sardar‘ in Anil Sharma’s Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Big B left no stone unturned in getting into the skin of the character. The turban, Read More">the beardRead More
Amitabh Bachchan
Big B is one actor who is always known to experiment with his looks in film after film. So when he was required to play a 'Sardar' in Anil Sharma's Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Big B left no stone unturned in getting into the skin of the character. The turban, the beard all looked just perfect on Big B as he played the role Major General Amarjeet Singh with elan. What's more he even did the bhangra with as much as ease as a true Punjabi would do. However, this was not the first time that Big B played a sardar. Few years back Amitabh even played a sardar in the forgettable flick Kohraam alongside Nana Patekar. That portrayal however is best forgotten