There is a cricketer who not only made the batsman sweat on the field but also worked very hard in films. His son is also a famous batsman who rules the cricket world. His daughter-in-law also has a connection with Bollywood. If you haven't recognized him yet, then this is Yograj Singh whose birthday is on March 25. Let us introduce you to his film journey and controversies along with cricket.
This is none other than the father of former Indian team cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Yograj Singh, who is now in the news less for his game and films and more for his foul language. Sometimes he got angry at former captain Kapil Dev and sometimes at Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Not only this, his own son Yuvi had said that his father has some mental problem. Of course, he will not accept this.
Yuvraj Singh's father
Yograj Singh was born on 25 March 1958 in India. He is a former Indian cricketer and a big star of Punjabi films. He has also worked in many hit films of Hindi cinema. He has played one Test match and six ODI matches for India. Yograj once suffered a serious injury and due to this his cricket career ended early. After this he entered the Bollywood world.
Yograj Singh's film career
After leaving cricket, Yograj Singh turned to Punjabi and Hindi films. He appeared in most films in negative and supporting roles. The year 1983 was the first time when he turned to Punjabi films. He debuted with the film Bantwara and then he worked in many films including Yaar Gariba Da, Qurbani Jatt Di, Subedar to Mehndi Shagna Di.
Talking about his top
films, he appeared in the role of coach Randhir Singh in "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" (2013), while films like "Tera Mera Ki Rishta" (2009), "Manje Bistre" (2017), "Hard Kaur" (2017) and "Yaara Ve" (2019) were well liked. '25 Kille' was also a popular film in which he appeared as a dreaded villain. He has also appeared in Akshay Kumar's Sing is Bling and Kamal Haasan's Indian 2.
When Yograj Singh got angry about Dhoni and Kapil Dev,
he was in the most controversy when he accused MS Dhoni of ruining his son Yuvraj Singh's career. Regarding Kapil Dev, he said that I will make you such that the world will spit on you. Today Yuvraj has 13 trophies while you have only one World Cup.
Son does not support
However, Yuvraj Singh never supported his father's controversial statement. He has always said that he neither agrees nor supports his father's statement. He even said in an interview that his father has some mental problem.
He had said that he would shoot his own son.
Another famous incident is when Yograj had said about Yuvraj that if his son ever got involved in the fixing controversy, he would have shot him in the head. He had given this statement when the fixing controversy took place in IPL 2013 and three players from Rajasthan Royals including S Sreesanth were arrested.
Yograj Singh's marriage and children
Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj had two marriages. He first married Shabnam Kaur but they both got divorced. This marriage produced two sons, Yuvraj Singh and Zorawar Singh. Then when this marriage broke up, Yograj married Satbir Kaur for the second time. He has a son and a daughter from this marriage.
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