Vijender Singh giving up Olympic dream for Bollywood?

There was a time when Bollywood was looked upon as a sanctuary for the multi talented. Women, who were beautiful, graceful and could dance like apsaras and men who were suave and could sing. Then came the time when Bollywood became all about the unconventional – in terms of scripts, actor and actresses. Bollywood ever since has seen many different phases. The one with the Sunil Shettys and the Ajay Devgans taking on hordes of men with a single punch and then another phase which saw the induction of models into the industry. In yet another, more recent phase, only sons and daughters of people established in Bollywood were allowed.

Today, a new era has dawned in Bollywood. An era where you do not have to be talented to be in the movies. Today, all you need to do is to be famous.

Don’t believe me? You will, when you see an action packed thriller starring Olympic boxing champion Vijender Singh. Yup, you heard it right. Vijender Singh, who just yesterday topped rankings and became the best middle weight boxer of the world is now pushing his forte and his dreams of tasting Olympic gold away to join the Bollywood bandwagon.

A few years from now Vijender, when no one will know your name because you would neither be a successful boxer, nor a good actor, I hope you still have your sense of purpose and if not that, a sense of humor. Bollywood has been known to deliver some brutal TKO’s — total knock outs — to young idealists who made bad choices chasing money and fame instead of their natural calling in life.