It’s been a year since the release of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s biopic on Milkha Singh. But the legendary sportsman, who sold the rights to his life story for just one rupee, is yet to receive the sum he was promised after the film’s release. It seems that Mehra had told Milkha Singh that he would give 10 per cent of the film’s profit to the trust run by the sportsman. In fact, the same was reported earlier in hitlist in its July 14 issue, but it has emerged that there has been no progress on this front yet.

Farhan Akhtar played Milkha Singh in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which was directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The filmmaker is said to have promised to share 10 percent of the film’s profit with Milkha Singh’s trust.

When contacted, Milkha Singh said, “They have made a good film but I am still waiting for what I was promised. I do not wish to talk about it now as the makers have told me that once Viacom 18 pays them, they would pay me. In fact, they have promised to come and meet me next week. I will know more then.’’ It may be recalled that last month, Mumbai Congress leader Charanjit Singh Sapra told this paper that Milkha Singh had called him up to speak about Rakeysh Mehra’s broken promise. Sapra tells hitlist, “Milkha Singh called me in the first week of July and he was very hurt and disturbed. He felt cheated by Mehra; he told me that his trust was yet to receive 10 per cent of the film’s profit. It is appalling to see a filmmaker treat a legend like Milkha Singh in such a bad fashion. One can only imagine how regular guys would be treated in the industry.’’