Paan Singh Tomar

Paan Singh Tomar is an upcoming Hindi-language film is based on the true story of a runner who turned into a rebel It is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and produced by UTV Motion Pictures Irrfan Khan plays the lead character Paan Singh Tomar premiered at the 2010 British Film Institute London Film Festival The film will release in theatres on March 2 2012

From a small town of Madhya Pradesh Paan Singh Tomar joins the Bengal Engineers to escape poverty He then becomes a runner and wins the steeplechase event at the Indian National Games for seven years in a row He gives up running and his post as a subedar in the Army and goes on to become a baaghi who wreaks havoc in the Chambal Valley