Neetu Chandra carried the flame

What Akshay Kumar did for the Winter Olympics in Canada, our Bollywood siren Neetu Chandra has donet for the Commonwealth Games. She ran with the Queen’s torch in her hometown Patna last week.

“Neetu became one of the few privileged Bollywood celebrities to have the honour of running with the Commonwealth Games’ torch in her hometown Patna. Neetu was selected for the relay, popularly known as Queen’s Baton relay, owing to her active association with sports,” says a source. The news was also confirmed by Neetu’s spokesperson.

“Apart from being a regular basketball player, the actress is a Black Belt and has participated in various martial arts tournaments at the national and international level,” the source adds.

The actor is excited that she got an opportunity that very few Bollywood celebs have got so far.

“The Commonwealth Games promote international integration, so it was a huge honour for me to sprint with the torch. I got goose bumps in excitement,” she says.

Neetu says that she feels that the Queen’s baton is a symbol of power. “The Queen’s Baton felt like a power baton and gave me a different kind of high. It was a mix of pride and responsibility,” she adds.

The baton will arrive at the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on October 3, 2010, in New Delhi after visiting the other 70 nations of the Commonwealth and travelling throughout India, reaching millions of people to join in the celebrations for the Games.