On the 124th anniversary of the Battle of Saragarhi, actor Randeep Hooda on Sunday remembered his film being halted in honor of the Saragarhi martyrs.
Taking to his Instagram handle, Randeep shared a picture of his character from the film as well as a picture from his visit to the gurdwara that was built as a memorial.
Along with the pictures, Randeep wrote a caption appreciating the “greatest last stand in the armed history of the world”.
“Some movies never get made but the stories live on forever… In 1897 on the Northwest Frontier (present-day #Afghanistan) 21 #Sikhs stood up against 10000 of #Afghanistan tribesmen..It was a certain inevitable death but take The decision of taking a stand against the odds and not showing your back to the enemy marks this fierce battle of 6.5 hours as one of the greatest last stands in the armed history of the world.The Gurudwara has been built in his memorial.. A #goldenttemple is near #amritsar,” he wrote.
Randeep did not reveal the reasons for the film’s closure.
Known for going through drastic transformations for his films, according to reports, Randeep kept his hair uncut for three years for this film, and even after the film’s closure, Randeep kept his Sikh avatar for a long time. retained over time. Eventually he had to cut his hair for his first Hollywood action-thriller ‘Extraction’. However, before getting his haircut, Randeep had apologized for it in the Golden Temple.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Randeep was last seen in Prabhudheva’s ‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’, which starred Salman Khan and Disha Patani in lead roles.
He will soon be seen in the web series ‘Inspector Avinash’ and the film ‘Unfair and Lovely’.
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