Akshay Kumar: Writing and directing a historical is not an easy job

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is gearing up for the release of his historical film PrithvirajGiven the subject director Chandraprakash Dwivedi wanted the film to be the most authentic representation of Samrat Prithviraj Chauhans life and for that Yash Raj Films head honcho Aditya Chopra converted an entire floor of YRF into a research wing for the filmAkshay shared When I was narrated the film by Dr Saab I was taken aback by the amount of research that he has done while writing this film Writing and directing a historical is not an easy job and I was deeply impressed that he has left no stone unturned to ensure that we are paying the most glorious tribute to Samrat Prithviraj Chauhans life and valourThe film is based on the life and valour of the fearless and mighty Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan Akshay is essaying the role of the legendary warrior who fought valiantly against the merciless invader Muhammad of GhorThe actor said He waited for 18 years of his life nurturing and making Prithviraj the most glorious retelling of the Samrats life I hope that people love this film and it becomes the most authentic reference point for the mighty kings lifeThe films director shared that they wanted to pay the biggest and the most glorious tribute to Samrat PrithvirajWe did everything necessary to ensure that we were making the most authentic retelling of the life and times of the mighty Hindu warrior Step one to attempt such an extravagant historical is always research and we wanted to be absolutely thorough and accurateDwivedi had personally worked on the script from 2004 to 2019 updating the script every yearSo naturally I had a lot of material that could be used as reference points to write the final draft of the film and it could also be used as additional literature for us and the actors to revisit during the course of its making the filmThere were several books a variety of costumes that were being used as references armour and weapons etc that were brought into YRF before the filming startedHe added There were so many items that Aditya Chopra converted an entire floor of YRF into a research wing for PrithvirajWe kept the research bay fully operational till the last day of shoot Now we are exploring a plan to showcase all this research work to people and the teams are working to see how best they can display this research so that people understand the magnitude of work that was undertaken to give the best possible salute to the glorious king PrithvirajDebutante Manushi Chhillar will be seen playing the role of King Prithvirajs beloved Sanyogita and is marking her debut with the moviePrithviraj is set to release on June 3 in Hindi Tamil and TeluguThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever