AdminOscar-Winning Actor Sir Ben Kingsley will now be seen as a soft-spoken Sikh New York cab driver in a upcoming film, which touches upon the issue of discrimination the community faced in a post-9/11 America. He plays Darwan Singh Tur in the movie Learning to Drive, to be released this week. 71-year-old actor plays a […]
Oscar-Winning Actor Sir Ben Kingsley will now be seen as a soft-spoken Sikh New York cab driver in a upcoming film, which touches upon the issue of discrimination the community faced in a post-9/11 America. He plays Darwan Singh Tur in the movie Learning to Drive, to be released this week.
71-year-old actor plays a soft-spoken and righteous cab driver, proud of his Sikh identity, who settles in New York after getting political asylum in the country.
Kingsley praised the Sikh community on the Jimmy Fallon talk show, particularly voicing appreciation for the help extended by them to New Yorkers in after the 9/11 attacks.
“I hope after the film that the wonderful Sikh community or the next Sikh that you see with those great turbans and everything, you just may be give them a second look and think about the past, his exile and where he has come from,” Kingsley said.
“The Sikh drivers after 9/11 turned off all their metres and were slowing down and asking people where is your loved one, I will help you find them. All the Sikh community in New York, beautiful.”
The distinguished actor gets into the skin of his character and looks and behaves every bit the Sikh he portrays.
He has seamlessly adapted the Sikh mannerism when it comes to tying the turban or offering prayers at the Gurdwara.
~ Source: dnaindia.com