/> More painful times ahead for Farhan Akhtar. If one thought that all the pain which Farah Akhtar has undertaken to get into the skin body sole and soul of sprinter Milkha Singh's character and personality was over , then there're more trying times coming up for the method actor.

After Farhan finishes shooting the portions pertaining to Milkha's athletic career in the 1960s, the actor would immediately have to recreate another phase going back even earlier than Milkha's athletic days.

This is the time , during the 1950s, when Milkha Singh was a 17-year old in the army.

Says a source close to the project, "Farhan worked really hard to look at least ten years than his actual age to look like Milkha in the 1960s. Farhan would now have to knock off another ten years from his real age to look like the 17-year old Milkha the army-boy in the 1950s. "

Farhan who spent a lot of time researching the army for his war film Lakshya would undertake at least a fortnight of on-the-spot training in an actual army cantonment to get a hang of that particular phase of Milkha's career.

Taking a breather from shooting in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra said, "We're not looking anywhere except at getting the on- screen Milkha as correctly on screen as possible.

It's not about just looking like Milkha Singh or running like him. Farhan got that right once when he trained for the athletes' phase in Milkha's life. I'm sure Farhan would get it right again when we shoot another phase in Milkha's life. "

When persuaded to reveal more on how Farhan intends to look 17 as the army recruit Mehra said, "We've shot the runners' phase. We will be going back further into Milkha's life.

I'm sure Farhan would be be able to pull it off with full conviction. We don't know how much of Milkha Singh's life we'd finally be able to get on screen. We are doing our job to the best of our abilities. "

Incidentally the success of another bio-pic Tigmanshu Dhulia's Paan Singh Tomar on a sprinter's life has put additional pressure on the Milkha project.

We hear the Run Milkha Run producers Viacom 18 are keen to ensure that there are no resemblances between the two films.

Says Rakeysh Mehra nonchalantly, "We aren't looking at anything except Milkha's life and how to put it on screen. We've the real Milkha Singh with us. He is currently out of the country. But the minute he returns he'll be joining us. "