I’ve passed the stage of working for money, now I aim for a legacy: Sangram Singh

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After a “hectic five city schedule” of his recent marriage with long time girlfriend Payal Rohatgi, wrestler, actor Sangram Singh is back to work. Among the first things he doing is preparing for his return to wrestling. Excerpts from a conversation with Sangram, who was in Chandigarh for an event of the health ministry.

(Laughs) Yes, that agenda (of marriage) is fulfilled now, so I am moving on to other things. Foremost among them is that I am returning to professional wrestling this year and hopefully you will see me in Dubai soon. Thereafter, if physical strength permits, I will try for amateur wrestling too. I was also appointed the anti-tobacco brand ambassador in May this year and have continued commitments as the sports icon under the sports ministry.

Yes, in fact when I was watching Bajrang Punia play on Friday, I knew it he will win. It felt so heartening to see him win a gold for the country again. When I was in active wrestling, Bajrang, Sakshi and their contemporaries had entered as kids and now they are winning medals. Now, I am also in-charge of motivating kids in various under-20 teams.

For one, I am bringing a TV show with Olympic medalists soon. As for the biopic, it has run into some internal issues and is still stranded. Besides, Shyam Benegal ji who was helming the film got busy in another political biopic of Bangladesh. I worked very hard for it, lost a lot of weight too, but I guess everything happens for a reason. If all goes well, I will also be doing a Hindi music video.

Yes, I do. In fact, the Haryana CM has told me twice to do Haryana film projects. I have been getting some offers too, but I’m not getting a good setup. I have passed the stage of working for money, now I am aiming at creating a legacy. If you work good, money comes to you. Honestly, I don’t see myself fitting into the contemporary pop music videos culture of Punjab and Haryana. With age, I’m realizing value of things is not in hoarding them, but in creating an ethical worth that is useful to the nation and its people.

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