Jeev Milkha Singh was torn between two major decisions ahead of the Scottish Open beginning tomorrow -- defending the title he won 12 months ago at the same course or stay back at home to attend the premiere of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' -- the film made on his father, the legendary athlete Milkha Singh.
"It's a big week for the family. Me winning last year and defending this week and the movie on my father's life coming out on Friday," said Jeev.
Jeev would have loved to spend the week with his family, not just because of the premiere but also because of the finger that is still bothering him. If Jeev is successful in defending his title, he will qualify for the British Open at Muirfield next week, otherwise he plans to take five weeks off from competition in order to finally heal his troublesome finger.
Talking of the movie on his father, he said, "It's a movie on his life history. It's an inspirational movie - it's not only for sporting people. It's for people from any area in life. It's a movie on a person who has a struggle in life but he's still come out successful and made it."
"I've seen the movie and I personally feel that it's going to be one of the best movies India produces this year. It's going to get a lot of awards, and it's a message to the youths and everybody out there that has hardships in life, but if you hang in there, you work hard, you still can make it.
"There was a private screening on Friday last week in London for a few people. The director was very happy; even my father was happy, because most of the people cried in the movie. My father was a friend, a very good friend; when he needed to be a father, he was a father. In fact, last week he was talking to me, and I said 'Dad, I'm 42', and he said 'no, for a sportsman, you've got to maintain a standard," he said.
