Shah Rukh Khan has played many excellent roles in his career. Sometimes as a hero, and sometimes as a villain. He has also appeared on the big screen as the coach of women’s hockey players. Now, Bollywood actor Annu Kapoor has raised questions about the character of Kabir Khan. Recently, the actor, who arrived at the special program Satta Sammelan of TV9 Bharatvarsh, said that the character was deliberately shown as Muslim in the film, while the character was that of Mir Ranjan Negi. But what is the truth about the role he has questioned? Find out.
Actually, at the Satta Sammelan, Annu Kapoor said that Mir Ranjan’s character was made Muslim in ‘Chak De India’. He says – I have seen that film, it is a matter of pain that why the role of Mir Ranjan Negi was not shown. These are clever, smart, alert, and miraculous thoughts, on which the Hindu society has also raised questions. This was done in the pursuit of making a commercial film.
What is the truth about the character of Mir Ranjan Negi?
Annu Kapoor said that Hindu-Muslim should come at all because it is the story of Mir Ranjan Negi, who is not a Muslim. Doing so is not a creative freedom. After this statement, let us tell you the truth about making a film about the character of Mir Ranjan Negi. Actually, this film Chak De India came in the year 2007. In which Shah Rukh Khan played the character of Kabir Khan, whose character was said to be similar to Mir Ranjan Negi. The film was directed by Shimit Amin. At the same time, the screen writer Jaideep Sahani also spoke openly about this character. The film’s writer said that he had written this story long ago, after which he got to know about Mir Ranjan Negi. This is the reason that Mir Ranjan Negi later joined the film production as a technical advisor. Also, Mir Ranjan Negi himself had said that this was not a biopic, but a fictional story, whose focus was on the women’s team.
In an interview given to a channel, Sahani had said that “Our script was written one and a half years ago. It was a film written for women players, which later started being made about Negi.”
Later, the screen writer contacted Mir Ranjan Negi. Also, he was asked to train the stars in the team. Initially, he was not excited at all about the film, but after reading the story, he agreed.
Who is Mir Ranjan Negi?
Actually, Mir Ranjan Negi is a former goalkeeper of the Indian men’s hockey team. He has worked together in the development of the 2007 film ‘Chak De India’. He is a resident of Almora. The Asian Games were played in 1982. At that time, Mir Ranjan Negi was the goalkeeper of the team in the last match. When India lost to Pakistan 1-7. Also, many allegations were leveled against Mir Ranjan Negi. Also, he was called a traitor. Some such story was shown in Shah Rukh’s film. But he himself believes that this film was not his biopic. It was made for women players.