Bhaag Milkha Bhaag stills: Will Farhan Akhtar win gold with the biopic?

The film, based on the life of the Flying Sikh, Milkha Singh, will hit theatres this Friday
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra‘s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – the story of a Sikh boy who went down in India’s sports history as a champion athlete – is set to release this Friday, July 12, 2013. The buzz about this biopic is positive and industry insiders who saw the film at a special screening held on Monday had some great things to say about it.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag title song: Farhan Akhtar’s enthusiasm oozes through the motivational track

With the release of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag just around the corner, the makers have released another song from the inspired biopic
The Farhan Akhtar-Sonam Kapoor starrer has already created a lot of buzz and expectations from the film are quite high. And now that the title track of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is out, the curiosity quotient in the audience will surely be raised a notch. The song has a patriotic feel to it and the lyrics are quite powerful. And not to forget singer Arif Lohar – he is an absolute delight to the ears!

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag banned in Pakistan

The Pakistan Censor Board has disallowed the release because in the film Milkha refuses to go to Pakistan
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Farhan Akhtar starrer Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has been banned from releasing in Pakistan after the trailer of the film showed the lead character of the film refusing to move to Pakistan. The dialogue “Mujhse nahi hoga. Main Pakistan nahi jaonga” is said to be the main reason for disallowing the release of the film.

Why does Farhan Akhtar think ghosts will be crying?

We won’t be surprised if the song Maston ka jhund from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag turns out to be the next ultimate dance number. The fun track, in spite of crazy lyrics like Oye jeev jantu sab sore honge, Bhoot-pret sab rore honge will get you grooving no matter what your mood is!

Delhi rape case: Farhan Akhtar writes a poem, Akshay Kumar pens an emotional note

The stars expressed their pain and anguish at the news of the rape of a five year old girl in Delhi
Farhan Akhtar, who had written a poem after the Nirbhaya rape incident a few months ago, wrote another poem today after reading the news about the latest Delhi rape case, where a five year old girl was raped by her neighbour and subsequently tortured. Here’s what the actor-filmmaker-singer, who recently started a campaign called MARD – Men Against Rape and Discrimination that aims to sensitise men and create awareness about the safety of women, wrote:

Imran Khan and Vir Das to host MTV Video Music Awards, India!

The musical night (MTV Video Music Awards, India) is going to be the first ever and with the who’s who of celebville attending it, it sure will be an exciting night…
This year MTV India is bringing its first ever awards show, VMAI (Video and Music Awards, India) hosted by Imran Khan (who hosted the Filmfare Awards in 2011 with Ranbir Kapoor) and Vir Das (stand-up comedian and actor) to this country.

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra: Milkha Singh adopted me for two years

The Flying Sikh’s national records were not the prime attraction for the Delhi 6 director, who has helmed Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a movie on the legendary athlete’s life
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who lived with the athlete to know more about him insists that it was Milkha’s undying spirit that inspired him to make the movie.

Farhan Akhtar expresses his anguish at the Delhi gang-rape!

The actor-filmmaker jotted down his feelings about the ghastly rape and torture of a young woman in Delhi, saying the culprits should be treated as terrorists
Farhan Akhtar could not control feelings of deep sadness at the brutal gang-rape and attempted murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi. The Bhaag Milkha Bhaag actor and B-town producer expressed his anguish through a poem that he shared on Twitter this morning.

Farhan wrote:

What is this country that I live in?

With no equality

And the quality of life

Differs from husband to wife

Boy to girl, brother to sister

Hey Mister, are you the same?

Contributing to the national shame

Replacing your mothers

With the bent ideology of another’s

perception that women have a particular role in society

Fills my heart with anxiety

Where is all of this going?

What will emerge from these seeds that we’re sowing?

It makes my head spin

But I’m not giving in

Will keep asking the question

What is this country that I live in?



What is this country that I live in?

That takes away her right to love

Brutalises her with an iron glove

Rapes her without fear

of there being justice for her tear

We’ve demeaned our goddesses

Gone back on all our promises

Become a gender distorted nation

Given our conscience a permanent vacation

what do I tell my daughter?

That she’s growing up to be lamb for the slaughter

we’ve got to make a change

Reboot, reformat, rearrange,

and never give in

no matter how much our head may spin

Just keep asking the question

What is this country that I live in?

Here to help. Love. Farhan.

He also tweeted yesterday, saying: “Yes we can stoop lower as a people. The Delhi bus gang rape is proof of that. Is justice asleep? I believe swift and severe punishment is the only deterrent. These deviants are not afraid of consequence as it comes too little too late. Everything has a tipping point and r nation just crossed it with the Delhi gangrape case. we demand a new, faster system of justice 4 Rape. The guilty should be treated as terrorists. Just because they target one woman and not a nation, doesn’t mean that’s not their crime.”

Farhan Akhtar, Sanjay Dutt, Malaika Arora Khan attend the Guns N’ Roses concert: View pics

B-towners flocked to watch the rock band in action in Mumbai
Self-confessed rock and roll fans Farhan Akhtar and wife Adhuna Akhtar, Sanjay Dutt-Manyata Dutt, Lara Dutta Bhupathi-Mahesh Bhupathi and Sunny Leone and hubby Daniel Webber attended the Guns N Roses concert that took place at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai last night.