Singh Is Kinng seems to be in the news for more reasons than one. Not only has it allegedly replaced Shah Rukh Khan from the position of being the King of Bollywood, but it has also set a new trend here. Now, playing a sardar will no longer mean being portrayed as a comic character. Akshay Kumar’s character of Happy Singh seems to have made such an impact on filmmakers.
In the recent release, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kunal Kapoor plays a romantic sardar, madly in love with Minissha Lamba’s character. Now, reports are that the blue eyed, Ranbir Kapoor will be playing a sardar in his forthcoming film. He’ll be playing the lead role in the film titled Rocket Singh Salesman Of The Year. Even Salman Khan is touted to play a Sikh military officer in Heroes, co-starring Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol.
In mainstream films, only a handful of actors have played lead roles as a Sikh. Typically, apart from laughing and being laughed at, Sikh characters also play intense patriotic roles. Sunny Deol for instance has played some intense roles in films like Border, Gadar and Jo Bole So Nihaal. Now, with the trend changing looks like, we’ll have more of Sikh characters running around trees and romancing the heroine.
