Farhan Akhtar wrote on Twitter: “Hello all. Thank you so much for the positive vibes you're sending re the Milkha Singh look. It's adding more zip to our stride.

” His good friend and Bollywood star Arjun Rampal admired the first look of Farhan Akhtar as Milkha Singh and wrote to Farhan: “that pic of u as Milkha is just outstanding, wow, what a transformation, way to go or shall I say bhag Milkha bhag.Super proud”

However, the response which made Farhan Akhtar’s day was that of Milkha Singh’s daughter Sonia Milkha. She wrote: “Omg u actually look like dad. All the very best.” To which Farhan replied: “Your tweet made my day. Thank you so much”

Sonia even went on to say: “my kids were like why are there two nanas. but really all credit goes to u. great work done.” Well, Farhan Akhtar is really worthy of all the appreciation he is receiving! He has gone through a lot of physical and mental preparations for this role and made sure he’d done his homework correctly to leave no scope for errors!