Sardars of the Silver Screen


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    Rani Mukherjee In case you are wondering that it’s only the men folk in B-town who have portrayed a ‘Sardar‘ in Hindi films, Read More">you couldn’t be further from the truth. The latest person to don a pagdi and get into the character of a sardar is none other than Rani Mukerjee. The actress will beRead More

    Rani Mukherjee

    In case you are wondering that it's only the men folk in B-town who have portrayed a 'Sardar' in Hindi films, you couldn't be further from the truth. The latest person to don a pagdi and get into the character of a sardar is none other than Rani Mukerjee. The actress will be seen as a cricket obsessed girl who dresses up as a sardar to play the game in YRF's forthcoming flick Dil Bole Hadippa alongside Shahid Kapur. Whether the movie will click at the box office or no, one will have to wait and watch. However, we do give it to Rani for trying out something drastically different this time around.

    Besides the above mentioned names, there are quite a few other actors too who have portrayed a sardar in Hindi films in recent times such as Kunal Kapoor (Bachna Ae Haseeno), Jackie Shroff , and Sohail Khan (in the forthcoming flick Kisaan).

    We would like you to tell us who you think portrayed the sardar most effectively? Post your views in the comments section below.


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    Sunny Deol Sunny Deol’s name figures first in this list for the Deadly Deol has effectively portrayed the role of a sardar in not one or two but three popular films namely Border, Read More">Gadar-Ek Prem Katha and Jo Bole So Nihaal. While his role as the bumbling cop Nihaal Singh in Jo Bole So NihaalRead More

    Sunny Deol

    Sunny Deol's name figures first in this list for the Deadly Deol has effectively portrayed the role of a sardar in not one or two but three popular films namely Border, Gadar-Ek Prem Katha and Jo Bole So Nihaal. While his role as the bumbling cop Nihaal Singh in Jo Bole So Nihaal didn't find many takers and also created some unwanted controversy, his acts as the stern Major Kuldeep Singh in Border and as the immensely patriotic Sardar Tara Singh in Gadar- Ek Prem Katha received a thunderous applause from one and all.


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    Read More">This Friday’s release Love Aaj Kal has two special ‘firsts’ for Saif Ali Khan. It’s the first film produced by Saif under his banner Illuminati Films and secondly it’s the first time that the suave actor would be seen as a ‘Sardar‘ in a Hindi film. Saif who would be seen in a double roleRead More

    This Friday's release Love Aaj Kal has two special 'firsts' for Saif Ali Khan. It's the first film produced by Saif under his banner Illuminati Films and secondly it's the first time that the suave actor would be seen as a 'Sardar' in a Hindi film. Saif who would be seen in a double role in Love Aaj Kal, plays Jai the uber-cool dude of the present era and Veer Singh a passionate sardar who would do anything for the love of his life. While this is a first time experience for Saif playing a sardar, many of Bollywood's top actors have donned the pagdi and portrayed the role of a sardar with elan. Bollywood Hungama takes a trip down memory lane and looks at some of the best on-screen sardars of Bollywood in recent times.


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    Read More">Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar may have starred in many films with a Punjabi flavor but he got a chance to portray a full-fledged sardar character for the first time in Vipul Shah’s Singh Is Kinng. Akki played the bumbling village idiot ‘Happy Singh’ who in a twist of fate becomes the Kingpin of a MafiaRead More

    Akshay Kumar

    Akshay Kumar may have starred in many films with a Punjabi flavor but he got a chance to portray a full-fledged sardar character for the first time in Vipul Shah's Singh Is Kinng. Akki played the bumbling village idiot 'Happy Singh' who in a twist of fate becomes the Kingpin of a Mafia gang. The makers had even designed a special designer pagdi embedded with diamonds for Akshay's character of Happy Singh. The character was loved by one and all and it surely made Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah 'Happy' as they laughed all the way to the bank


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    Amitabh Bachchan Big B is one actor who is always known to experiment with his looks in film after film. So when he was required to play a ‘Sardar‘ in Anil Sharma’s Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Big B left no stone unturned in getting into the skin of the character. The turban, Read More">the beardRead More

    Amitabh Bachchan

    Big B is one actor who is always known to experiment with his looks in film after film. So when he was required to play a 'Sardar' in Anil Sharma's Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo, Big B left no stone unturned in getting into the skin of the character. The turban, the beard all looked just perfect on Big B as he played the role Major General Amarjeet Singh with elan. What's more he even did the bhangra with as much as ease as a true Punjabi would do. However, this was not the first time that Big B played a sardar. Few years back Amitabh even played a sardar in the forgettable flick Kohraam alongside Nana Patekar. That portrayal however is best forgotten



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