Where is budhia singh now

But I am not training now. F our-year-old Budhia Singh made history when he ran from Bhubaneswar to Puri, a distance of 65 km, in seven hours and two minutes. He may be one of India's youngest celebrities , but Budhia continues to live in the slums of Bhubaneswar, 10 years later. His coach is played by Manoj Bajpayee. The film will release on August 5. An extremely shy boy, Budhia recently made a trip to Mumbai to promote the film, and he seemed very uncomfortable with all the attention.

I had come after I became popular. All I can remember is going to a stadium in Mumbai, and then to Marine Drive to see the sea. I was here for two days," Budhia says in broken Hindi. Budhia is accompanied by his mother Sukanti. Before settling down for the interview in a restaurant, the duo grab some lunch. The youngster chose chicken, avoided the fish, and had a surprisingly large helping of salad. He finishes quickly, and we start the interview.

B udhia says he doesn't remember his childhood much but he remembers his famous run. But it was Limca. After drinking it, I got a throbbing headache and fainted. On Sundays, he would make me run on the roads. I had a proper routine and proper diet," he says. The routine included waking up at 4am, and running for two hours. From 6 am to 10am, he would attend school. At am, he would start his training again, and run up to 3 pm, sometimes an hour later.

After that, he would get a massage. There have been stories that Budhia's mother sold him to a travelling salesman, who would harass the boy. Biranchi Das, on the request of Budhia's mother, paid the salesman off and bought Budhia. Budhia never quite got the confirmation he needed. Biranchi's wife and Budhia's mother chose silence whenever he asked them what really happened.

On one occasion, after much persuasion, Budhia's mother finally said, "We did not have anything but yet, I never sold you. Budhia's mother waits patiently, as we continue chatting. His coach seemingly forgot about the punishment and came back after 5 hours to find him still running. It was this turning point that led him to begin training as a long-distance runner. A documentary was made on his life in and a Bollywood movie in As per the Limca Book of Records in , he ran from Puri to Bhubaneshwar in the span of seven hours and two minutes thereby making him the world's youngest marathon runner at the age of five.

This was followed by the Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in the same year. He continued to rack up and finish national-level marathons over the next few years and even stayed at the SAI hostel for 9 years as a part of his training. However, his career began to spiral due to some unfortunate events.

Biranchi Das was shot dead in as a result of a personal altercation. It also has links to a fundraising page which aims to help him raise cash to keep his dream alive, yet so far it has raised just 3, rupees of his 1. And with Budhia still training six days a week, who would bet against him achieving his ambition of winning gold at the Olympics? Running is all he has ever known.

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