Bollywood actress Nimrat Kaur recently visited her father’s memorial in Kashmir, marking a year since its inauguration in Rajasthan.
On Instagram, the actress shared a series of heartfelt pictures from her father Major Bhupender Singh’s memorial, coinciding with his 73rd birth anniversary on Saturday.
Reflecting on the occasion, she wrote: “A year ago today, on Papa’s birth anniversary, his life’s journey was immortalised at his birthplace, Mohanpura, Rajasthan by the Indian Army in recognition of his service to the nation. What we didn’t know then was that within a year, we would witness a further cementing of that dream on the soil where he was martyred.”
Nimrat expressed that she and her mother had the privilege of visiting both his memorial in Beacon at Srinagar Cantonment and the Titanic View Point on NH 44, dedicated to him. This location holds special significance as it was where Papa last served as an officer, and where they spent their final moments together as a family.
She noted: “Herculean efforts were undertaken by the Border Roads Organization to make this happen — through the recent adversities compounded by floods where I was told an otherwise closed route was opened up especially for transporting his bronze bust that travelled over a thousand kilometres all the way from Jaipur.”
Nimrat shared that the officer in charge remarked, “Just as Bhupender Sir truly merited to journey – like a noble fallen warrior.” She emphasized that the experience of seeing his form and name immortalised was deeply moving, something words could never adequately describe.
Expressing her gratitude, she said: “On behalf of my sister Rubina, Mamma, and our entire family, to the respected DGBR, Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan sir, for driving this initiative from inception to execution with his distinguished team on ground, flawlessly led by Colonel Chirag Ghura, Chief Engineer Beacon Srinagar.”
In her concluding thoughts, she remarked, “Papa’s sacrifice left behind a lifelong legacy of goodwill for our family. A slogan he lived and died by comes to mind, Agrani Ajay — a true Bengal Sapper’s war cry. Happy birthday, Papa.”
On the professional front, Nimrat was last seen in Kaalidhar Laapata, a drama film written and directed by Madhumita. The film features Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role as Kaalidhar, alongside Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and child actor Daivik Bhagela. It serves as the Hindi remake of Madhumita’s 2019 Tamil film K.D.