The life story of legendary runner Milkha Singh is one of the most inspiring tales from our country. And incidentally, Milkha charged only Rs 1 to let Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra base his next film starring Farhan Akhtar on him. <img alt="Rs One Note" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/feb/Rs-One-Note.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 323px;" /> Our sources say that in return Mehra went an extra mile to source a special Rs 1 currency note that was printed in 1958. The year was when the Flying Sikh got back medals from both Commonwealth and the Asian Games. <img alt="Farhan Akhtar with Milkha Singh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/feb/milkha.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 380px;" /> A source says, &ldquo;Milkhaji was not interested in money. All he wanted was that Rakeyshji should make the film.&rdquo; <img alt="Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/feb/Rakeysh-Omprakash-Mehra.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 707px;" /> Rajiv Tandon, the CEO of Rakeysh&rsquo;s production house says, &ldquo;From my childhood days I remember when elders came home, they would present Rs 1 notes to the children. It was like gifting a blessing. We wanted to do the same for our film too and started out to source this special currency note.&rdquo; Interestingly, Rajiv&rsquo;s brother who works in a bank helped the film&rsquo;s team to lay their hands on this &lsquo;precious&rsquo; Rs 1 note. Sources say on receiving the special gift, the legend was extremely moved. &ldquo;It was a like a souvenir for him,&rdquo; adds an insider. u00a0

A Re 1 currency note printed in 1958 was the fee Milkha Singh accepted to let Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra base his next film on the Flying Sikh

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