Almost all the films that have been shot at Rewari steam
locomotive shed, namely Gadar, Veer Zara, Guru, Love Aajkal, and Rang De Basanti,
have been runaway hits. The latest movie, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, also gets off to
a good start.
The yard at Rewari (Haryana) is the only steam loco shed
that remains in the country. A number of block busters have had it in the
backdrop and used the Akbar (Shahanshah) loco engine, a WP model steam engine
that served the Delhi-Kolkata main line.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was filmed in October 2012 at Rewari, and
the adjoining railway colony served as an apt setting for Milkha’s childhood
scenes, reports Times of India, July 17, 2013 (picture by Anindya
Chattopadhyay).
Rewari is my birth-place; it was once called the metal city
known for quality brass utensils; stainless steel utensils were introduced here
way back in 1950s by Aggarwal Metal Works; and the district town is still known
for its mouth-watering sweets, `barfi’.
All my schooling was completed at Rewari, and even my
optometric career started at this place (prior to joining Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital, New Delhi, I used to visit Shree Komal Hospital, now known as Dr. S.
N. Saxena’s Nursing Home). My father, Lala Chandu Lal, was a self-made,
hard-working, and respectable Petition Writer.
Dr. Narendra Kumar
OptometryToday@gmail.com
