Sardars of the Silver Screen

Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Dutt is best known for his portrayal of a bhai or a don in countless films but if one takes a closer look at his filmography, Read More">one realizes that even Sanju Baba has played a Sardar in a film. The film in question is a patriotic film Sarhad Paar (2007) which starredRead More

Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt is best known for his portrayal of a bhai or a don in countless films but if one takes a closer look at his filmography, one realizes that even Sanju Baba has played a Sardar in a film. The film in question is a patriotic film Sarhad Paar (2007) which starred Sanju alongwith Tabu, Mahima Choudhary and Chandrachur Singh. Sanjay played the role of Ranjit Singh an army man who returns home after a long time. The film had Sanju sleepwalking through his role and given the fact the film was in the making for a long time, no one really bothered about when the film released and when it was removed from theatres.

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.

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.

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

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