Bollywood actor and director Farhan Akhtar is a man of high morals. Apart from his glorious records in the film industry, the 44-year-old is known for raising his voice for the legitimate. And quite expectedly, Farhan gave us another moment to root for him.
It all started with a Twitter user sharing an image of a Bengali textbook, carrying knowledge on legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh. However, the picture used to depict the sports star was that of Farhan Akhtar. And we are no stranger to the fact that Farhan had portrayed the character of Milkha Singh in ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, a biopic dedicated to the Olympian.
image of @FarOutAkhtar is portrayed as milkha singh in west bengal text book. not at all shocked. its became regular incident here @ShefVaidya @ShankhNaad pic.twitter.com/xWfIqtgTWf
— Lyfe Ghosh 🚩🚩🚩 (@lyfeghosh) August 18, 2018
The tweet caught the eye of Farhan himself, who is an active personality on social media platforms. The ‘Rock On’ lead wasted no time in calling out the Minister of School Education, West Bengal, and pointing out the significant mistake. He also urged the book to be republished.
To the Minister of School Education, West Bengal.
There is a glaring error with the image used in one of the school text books to depict Milkha Singh-ji. Could you please request the publisher to recall and replace this book?
Sincerely. @derekobrienmp https://t.co/RV2D3gV5bd— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) August 19, 2018
If you notice carefully, Farhan tagged author-politician Derek O’Brien in his post, who is renowned for his efforts to improve the education system in the country. And Derek came up with a reply shortly.
On it. Thanks for the feedback.
— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) August 19, 2018
Twitter was all praise for the Bollywood actor and slammed the West Bengal government for the ‘glaring mistake’.
Much appreciation for the IQ levels of Ministry of education officials in WB !.Nice of Farhan to point out the monumental error !!
— Shridhar Iyer🇮🇳 (@sridhariyer5) August 19, 2018
Completely agree with you. No thorough review before the text goes to print ? Are we playing with the education of the future generations ? There’s no point winning this game.
— abhishek mantri (@mantri_abhi) August 19, 2018
Respect to u Farhan 4 this
— AamirKhanTemple 🇮🇳 (@AamirKhanTemple) August 19, 2018
I am afraid that they does not use anupam kher picture instead of manmohan singh
— Krishan_ll.b rathI (@Baatunibabag) August 19, 2018
This is a lack of regulation and management. Kal ko to Alien ki jgah Amir khan ki pic hogi. Yha talent youth job kai liye line mai hai or gadhe desh ko sambal rhe hai. Wah mera india
— Dilshad umer (@DILSHAD_UMER) August 19, 2018
The incident clearly highlights the careless attitude of people who are in charge of review and management of course material. And kudos to Farhan for highlighting the issue.