New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Actor Kartik Aaryan congratulated Paralympic Gold medalist Murlikant Petkar arsenic helium received the Arjuna Award connected Friday.
Kartik shared a video connected Instagram featuring a country from the movie 'Chandu Champion' and Murlikant Petkar receiving the grant successful real.
He wrote a agelong enactment that read, "From surviving your unthinkable beingness connected the large surface to witnessing you receive, Arjuna Lifetime Achievement Award, astatine Rashtrapati Bhawan today, It felt surreal."
"Every infinitesimal was similar a dream. Now our movie #ChanduChampion, seems to person recovered its cleanable ending (it started with you warring for The Arjuna award) but knowing you, an unstoppable champion, this can't beryllium the climax... Keep inspiring Sir," helium added.
He besides felt arrogant and wrote, "Feeling truthful arrogant to beryllium contiguous successful this infinitesimal framed successful past with you and the honourable president of India.... Salute to you and congratulations to each the Arjuna awardees..."
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As soon arsenic the 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' histrion dropped the post, netizens chimed successful the remark conception with congratulatory messages.
A idiosyncratic wrote, "Congratulations sir deity bless u..."
Another instrumentality commented, "More powerfulness to Murli Sir and to you excessively Kartik.."
Murlikant Petkar has received his grant from President Droupadi Murmu astatine a peculiar relation astatine Rashtrapati Bhavan connected Friday.
Kartik was contiguous with filmmaker Kabir Khan successful the event.
Earlier, Murlikant Petkar connected Thursday expressed his feelings astir getting designation aft the merchandise of the movie 'Chandu Champion'.
As helium is each acceptable to person the Arjuna Award, the legendary sportsperson gave afloat recognition to shaper Sajid Nadiadwala
"These awards are declared owed to Sajid Nadiadwala due to the fact that nary 1 gives specified a large honour to handicaps. I americium getting recognised successful the satellite due to the fact that of Sajid Nadiadwala," Murlikant Petkar told ANI.
He besides shared that it's designation that helium "longed for passim his travel arsenic an Olympic golden medalist and a arrogant subordinate of the Indian Army."
"This grant is simply a testament to the enactment I received from the Government of India, Maharashtra State, Rotary Clubs and galore others who believed successful maine and helped maine elevate the designation of athletes with disabilities. The movie astir my journey, directed by Kabir Khan and starring Kartik Aaryan, is the archetypal of its benignant to item the beingness of a handicapped athlete, and I americium profoundly grateful for their efforts. This movie has brought designation to the struggles and achievements of athletes with disabilities, making it a milestone successful raising awareness," Murlikant Petkar told ANI.
Earlier, filmmaker Kabir Khan, who directed Chandu Champion, expressed happiness implicit the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports' determination to grant the Arjuna Award (Lifetime) to para-swimmer Murlikant Rajaram Petkar.
Speaking to ANI, Kabir Khan, who brought Murlikant Petkar's communicative to the large surface with the movie 'Chandu Champion', said helium is gladsome for the designation of the athlete.
"I americium conscionable really, truly blessed that this is happening with Murlikant Petkar due to the fact that the 1 happening that I did consciousness which successful a definite mode I besides represented astatine the opening of the movie is that helium kinda felt fto down by the country. You know, erstwhile I met him, helium was not the benignant of idiosyncratic who would complain. But you could marque retired that there's a antheral who's feeling wherefore didn't I get the designation that was owed to me? And I'm truthful gladsome that aft implicit 50 years he's getting that designation which helium deserved," Kabir Khan said
During the 1965 warfare with Pakistan, Murlikant Petkar suffered 9 slug wounds. However, helium opted not to springiness up erstwhile his injuries healed and began participating successful swimming and different sports again. Despite setbacks, helium ne'er discontinue and ever remained focused connected achieving his goals and making India proud. In 1972, helium created past by becoming India's archetypal Paralympic golden medalist.
The 'never springiness up' cognition of Murlikant Petkar, which resonated with the viewers of 'Chandu Champion', has added to the popularity of the para-swimmer.
Kartik Aaryan, who played the relation of Murlikant Petkar successful the movie Chandu Champion, besides expressed his happiness astir the para-swimmer being conferred for Arjuna Award.
"So, so, truthful blessed to perceive this news! While moving connected his biopic, I came to cognize astir his beingness successful specified large item and up adjacent and idiosyncratic that his triumph feels profoundly personal. He has remained unbreakable and coagulated passim his life, contempt each the challenges destiny threw astatine him," the histrion said.
Kartik Aaryan further called the quality the "best mode to commencement the year."
"I person met galore sports personalities, but Murlikant sir's sportsmanship and headstrong cognition are unmatched. Hearing astir this honour is the champion mode to commencement the year. Murlikant sir, you are our country's finest champion - genuinely 1 of a kind," helium added. (ANI)
