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PIX: When Sunny Deol met Bhagat Singh!

November 22, 2013 12:06 IST

Image: Sunny Deol with the Bhagat Singh statue
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Sunny Deol, whose new film Singh Saab The Great has opened in theatres, unveiled a wax statue of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on his 106th birth anniversary on November 21 in Mumbai.

Incidentally, Deol played freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad in Guddu Dhanoa's 2002 biopic 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, based on Bhagat Singh's life. Bobby Deol had played the main lead.

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Urvashi Rautela

Image: Urvashi Rautela
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Debutante Urvashi Rautela, Deol's costar in Singh Saab The Great, poses for pictures at the event.

Sonu Nigam

Image: Sonu Nigam
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Singer Sonu Nigam turned up in a rather unusual attire.

Anil Sharma

Image: Anil Sharma with Sunny Deol
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Director Anil Sharma, who previously directed Deol in his 2001 blockbuster Gadar: EK Prem Katha, was also present for the unveiling.

A first of its kind, the statue will be installed in Sunil Kandalloor's wax museum in Lonavla.

The museum also houses other waxworks including that of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Shivaji Maharaj among others.

Anand Raj Anand

Image: Anand Raj Anand
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Music composer Anand Raj Anand, who's scored the music for Singh Saab The Great, photographed at the do.

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