Feeling of turban on head ‘gratifying’, says Ben Kingsley
Saturday, 22/08/2015
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NEW YORK: Playing a softspoken Sikh cab driver in his latest movie, Sir Ben Kingsley has described the feeling of the turban on his head as “really gratifying” and termed the discrimination and racial abuse faced by the community in the US as “totally regrettable.”
Kingsley plays Darwan Singh Tur in the movie ‘Learning to Drive’ which also features Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning actress Patricia Clarkson and ‘Mississippi Masala’ actress Sarita Choudhury.
Kingsley plays a softspoken and righteous cab driver, proud of his Sikh identity, who settles in New York after getting political asylum in the country. Apart from working as a cab driver, Tur is also a driving instructor.
Kingsley said citybased social activist Harpreet Singh Toor provided valuable help during the shooting of the movie, telling him about the minute mannerisms of a Sikh and helping him tie the turban. “To feel the tightness of (the turban) on my head was really gratifying. As Sikhs are warriors, I felt I was putting on my armour, which is a glorious feeling,” Kingsley told media persons.
