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Blast from the past! When Prem Chopra played the role of Sukhdev in 'Shaheed'

Updated on: 14 September,2016 10:30 AM IST  | 
The Hitlist Team |

Prem Chopra line, from the film Bobby, even if it was the only line he had: “Prem naam hai mera. Prem Chopra!” Driving down with him from Chandigarh to Ludhiana the other day, our host told the octogenarian villain and fine gentleman, about a memorial coming up in the Punjab town to commemorate freedom fighter Sukhdev — partner of Sardar Bhagat Singh.

Blast from the past! When Prem Chopra played the role of Sukhdev in 'Shaheed'

Prem Chopra

Prem Chopra


Prem Chopra line, from the film Bobby, even if it was the only line he had: “Prem naam hai mera. Prem Chopra!” Driving down with him from Chandigarh to Ludhiana the other day, our host told the octogenarian villain and fine gentleman, about a memorial coming up in the Punjab town to commemorate freedom fighter Sukhdev — partner of Sardar Bhagat Singh.


Prem instantly shot back in jest, “Whose pic are you putting up there? You should put mine!” That’s when we realised Prem had played Sukhdev in the landmark 1965 biopic, Shaheed. And we thought he was born a villain.


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