A school textbook in West Bengal carried a picture of Farhan Akhtar in a chapter discussing legendary Indian Olympian Milkha Singh. Farhan Akhtar played the role of former Indian athlete Milkha Singh in 2013 Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The film portrayed the life and journey of national champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh.
The mistake was first spotted, as per News18, by a Twitter user Lyfe Ghosh who notified the actor. The user shared the image of the textbook and tweeted: “To the Minister of School Education, West Bengal.
There is a glaring error with the image used in one of the school text books to depict Milkha Singh-ji. Could you please request the publisher to recall and replace this book?
Sincerely. @derekobrienmp”.
To the Minister of School Education, West Bengal.
There is a glaring error with the image used in one of the school text books to depict Milkha Singh-ji. Could you please request the publisher to recall and replace this book?
Sincerely. @derekobrienmp https://t.co/RV2D3gV5bd— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) August 19, 2018
Milkha Singh, known as ‘The Flying Sikh’ was the first Indian to win an individual athletics gold medal at Commonwealth Games in 1958.
The actor-director tagged West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee and Derek O’Brien in his tweet.
Mr Chatterjee yesterday said the government will take necessary steps after finding out the details. The senior TMC leader, however, assured Mr Akhtar that efforts were being made to track the private publishing company that printed the school textbook.
Currently, Farhan Akhtar is busy with Shonali Bose’s upcoming film, The Sky is Pink. The film also stars Priyanka Chopra and Dangal fame Zaira Wasim. The actors have already started shooting for the film in Mumbai.