![]() Both of them looked forward to live and enjoy life more. He was talking about Fauja Singh (British marathon runner) who is 110. He was 91 but he was still looking forward to life. “It just happened that just two months back, he was in Delhi and I spent a lot of time with him and his wife, Nirmal ji. ![]() Prasoon Joshi with Milkha Singh and his wife, Nirmal Kaur. The writer says not just Milkha Singh, he was also close to his wife, Nirmal Kaur, who had passed away on June 13 from Covid. It is sad that I will not feel that way again,” Joshi says. Whenever I would call him, he would always have something positive to say which used to fill me with energy. I consider myself fortunate that I could explore his life and his entire journey and revisit those years with him during the making of the film,” Joshi shares, while adding that they kept in touch till the very end. ![]() Also professionally, one of the pieces of work I am very fond of is Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. The legendary athlete died on Friday night with Covid-19 related issues in a Chandigarh hospital. As the writer of the biopic on Milkha Singh, Prasoon Joshi has fond memories of working with him for more than two years while scripting the story of his life for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra-directed Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013), in which Farhan Akhtar played the titular role.
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