Shahid Kapoor’s reply for trollers for playing northeast boxer Dingko Singh!



As per reports, Shahid Kapoor will be playing the role of boxing hero Dingko Singh in Raja Krishna Menon’s biopic movie. But, as soon as the news of Shahid’s casting decision was pronounced, the actor faced a lot of criticism on social media. Although admirers of the actor and Dingko Singh rejoiced, there were others who did not spare the makers of the movie. As a result, Twitter-verse criticized Shahid Kapoor as they felt that an actor hailing from the northeast should have been roped in to play the role of Dingko Singh in his biopic.

Finally, Shahid Kapoor has broken his silence over all the criticism related to him playing the role of northeast boxing champion Dingko Singh. In a chat, Shahid revealed, “I was surprised, we are one country! I was born in Delhi, I live in Mumbai. I’ve played Tommy Singh, a Punjabi (in Udta Punjab; 2017), a Kashmiri boy (in Haider; 2016), now I’m playing Sushil Kumar Pant (Batti Gul Meter Chalu)… No one from these states seemed to have any problem… I think we should rise above all this.”

For the information, Dingko Singh's full name is Ngangom Dingko Singh and he hails from Manipur. Dingko was the first and only Asian gold medalist boxer from India in the Bantamweight category. Also, in 2013, the boxer was honoured with Padma Shri.

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