Mumbai, May 2 -- Actor Randeep Hooda on Saturday remembered Sarabjit Singh on his death anniversary with an emotional note, saying the story of the late farmer-turned-prisoner continues to stay with him years after the film.

Randeep, who played Sarabjit in the 2016 biopic Sarbjit, shared that what started as work for a role slowly turned into something much deeper for him. In his social media post, the actor spoke about how the journey of playing Sarabjit changed him as a person.

The film 'Sarbjit' told the story of an Indian farmer from Punjab who accidentally crossed the border into Pakistan and spent over two decades in prison. Apart from Randeep, the film also starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Richa Chadha and Darshan Kumar in key rol...