Omkar Singh
Omkar Singh (Hindi: ओमकार सिंह, born 8 August 1984) is an Indian sports shooter. He won three gold medals and a silver medal in shooting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi. He hails from Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh and is currently serving the Indian Navy.
On 5 October 2010, Omkar Singh and Deepak Sharma won a silver medal in the Men's 50 metre pistol pairs at the Commonwealth games. Omkar Singh won his first gold medal in the Men's 50 metre pistol singles on 6 October 2010. The next day, he paired up with Gurpreet Singh to win the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs). On 8 October 2010, he won a gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol (Single).
Omkar Singh belongs to the Kotma Colliery in the Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. His father was a teacher in the South Eastern Coal Fields Limited (SECL) School.
In 2012, he was given the Arjuna Award.
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'Omkar Singh' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Eklavya (2007)
Actors: Adhir Bhatt (actor), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Boman Irani (actor), Saif Ali Khan (actor), Swanand Kirkire (actor), Parikshat Sahni (actor), Jimmy Shergill (actor), Jackie Shroff (actor), Vidya Balan (actress), Vidya Balan (actress), Raima Sen (actress), Sharmila Tagore (actress), Mita Vasisht (actress), Vidhu Vinod Chopra (producer), Amitabh Bachchan (actor),
Plot: It has been chronicled in the Geeta that Eklavya wanted to be Sage Dronacharya's disciple in order to excel at bow and arrow shooting, but was refused because of his low caste. He decided to teach himself, and did excel to such an extent that Dronacharya felt threatened that he would beat his ace disciple, Arjun, so he asked Eklavya for his fee - his right thumb, which Eklavya dutifully cut off and presented it to his Guru. Now in modern India, Nishab, whose father was Eklavya, who gave his life trying to protect his master, has now been re-named Eklavya himself, and has been entrusted to guard the lives of Rana Jaywardhan, Ranimaa Suhasinidevi, and their children, Harsh and Nandini, will be called upon to pay the ultimate price, after he learns that his master, the Rana, has been killed. Eklavya, who also carries a dark family secret, slays the two assailants of the Rana, but then in the process also finds out that th! e one who hired them is his very own son. What will prevail - duty or the love of his son?
Keywords: blindfold, bodyguard, camel, character-name-in-title, dharma, duty, fort, gun, helicopter, jump-cutGenres: Action, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: The Royal Guard
Quotes:
[Eklavya escapes the King's attack on his life]::Rana Jaywardhan: [screaming in rage] EKLAVYA![the Prince walks in on Eklavya holding the Inspector at gunpoint]::Harshwardhan: Give me the gun.
Eklavya: [narrating the epic of Eklavya] Eklavya was a low caste warrior of unsurpassable skills. When Eklavya outclassed the royal princes in the art of archery, the man he had idolized as his mentor, the great guru Dronacharya, asked of him a terrible gift in return for his tutelage: his right thumb. The reason behind this macabre act was simple: Dronacharya did not wish to have his royal pupils be surpassed in archery by a person from the lower caste. Eklavya, confronted by this manifestly unjust demand, did not cringe. Believing that his mentor's command was his dharma and sacred duty, he severed his right thumb and offered it at the feet of his guru.
Eklavya: Then I, the Royal Guard of this fort... and your father... must perform my sacred duty. Prepare to die.::Harshwardhan: My own father here to kill me... what better preparation for death. I'm ready.
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