He asked for one rupee for providing permission to the project. The makers added a touch of symbolism by finding a rupee note printed in 1958 - in many ways, this was a golden and breakthrough year not just for him, but also for Indian athletics because of the Commonwealth and Asian Games.
Who is he, and what did he thus bless?
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Milkha Singh,
who gave the go-ahead for a biopic called
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag". The film stars Farhan Akhtar and is directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Singh won golds at the '58 Commonwealth and Asian Games.
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