Randeep Hooda, whose streaming show ‘Cat’ releases on Friday, has shared that he apologized to Guru Granth Sahib – the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism. The reason behind the same is that the actor couldn’t live up to his promise of not cutting his hair before his ambitious film ‘Battle of Saragarhi’ released. As of right now, the movie is shelved. Also, Akshay Kumar’s protagonist ‘Kesari’ was made on the same theme as the last battle fought before the Tirah campaign between the British Raj and Afghan tribesmen in 1897.
Talking about the same thing, Randeep Hooda said, “I worked really hard (for the film), I quit smoking and when things didn’t go as we expected, I felt hurt and naked. Even after bearing the losses, I waited for the film for three years just because I had made a promise to the Guru Granth Sahib after visiting the monument.”
However, the actor reluctantly had to move forward as the film didn’t materialize: “Since I had to move on in life, I visited Gurudwara to pray, where all I could do was apologize for having had to do my karma and my karma is to be an actor so I had to keep doing it.
Sharing why he gave his apology to the scriptures, he further said, “I apologized to the Guru Granth Sahib for not being able to fulfill my promise not to cut my hair until the end of the film. But if I stuck, Gurnam would not exist. This sense of entitlement to repay the people who have similarly hurt you is a misguided thought; a negative way of living life”.
He also spoke on the issue of the Indian Armed Forces raid inside the Golden Temple in Amritsar for ‘Operation Blue Star’ on the orders of the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi in 1984 which ultimately resulted in the assassination of Gandhi by his own bodyguards. – Satwant and Beant Singh, who turned the anti-Sikh riots in 1984,
Randeep said. “It was a very unfortunate moment. Whatever happened to Harminder Sahib (Golden Temple) was very unfortunate and should not have happened. Every time I visit the place, it gives me chills just to imagine what must have happened.”
‘Extraction’ star will be seen playing the role of a Sikh mole and police who worked during the 1980s insurgency and engages in espionage to save his brother and infiltrate a drug ring in Punjab 2006, in the OTT show ‘Cat’ out on Netflix December 9th.
“I am very happy that the people of Punjab can see me in a Sikh character. A Sikh is called a Sikh because in literature a Sikh is a student and that’s who I am, a student in life and that’s why I’m a Sikh,” he added.
The Netflix Original Series, produced by Movie Tunnel Productions in association with Jelly Bean Entertainment and Panchali Chakraverty, also stars Suvinder Vicky, Manish Gulati, Hasleen Kaur, Geeta Aggarwal, Daksh Ajit Singh, Sukhwinder Chahal, KP Singh, Kavya Thapar, Danish Sood, and Pramod Pathal.
