Bollywood’s Kings & Singhs

What's happened to Saif and his look isn't a first. Akshay Kumar faced the ire of the Sikh community before Singh Is King released, and so did Sunny Deol before Jo Bole So Nihaal

After the Sikh community had demanded changes in the film Singh Is Kinng, Vipul Shah had reshot several scenes in Mumbai. He had said, "They wanted us to reshoot scenes where Akshay had a trimmed beard. We showed Akshay with a fully-grown beard, the sabot swarup at the end of the film."

Gurbachan Singh Bachan, who was associated with the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) had said, "Vipul told us that it would be very difficult for him to reshoot the entire film. And we understood that it is a film meant to entertain the audience and not to hurt the sentiments of any religious community. So, we asked him to show Akshay going back to his roots at the end of the film wearing a proper beard and turban."
And as if taking his cue from these controversies, producer and actor of the film Kisaan, Sohail Khan hired the services of Giani Singh, to help him portray the role of a sardar without making any room for controversies. He told us, "Giani Singh, who is aware of the dialect, gurbanis and the rules that the Sikh community was present with us on the sets all the time . We do not want to hurt the sentiments of a community."

source: timesofindia.com