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KV Vijayendra Prasad: Mid-way into the reading, Ajay said he’d do the film
Updated On: 25 January, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR
Amid rumours that Baahubali writer and Devgn are collaborating, Prasad recalls pitching film set against the 1992 Mumbai riots to superstar in 2018; rues that the ‘national integration’ drama didn’t materialise
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In 2018, rumours were rife that Ajay Devgn and famed writer KV Vijayendra Prasad were teaming up for a drama set against the 1992 Mumbai riots that followed the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. While the project didn’t materialise then, recent chatter suggests that the duo are revisiting it. However, Prasad—who was to also helm the film—dismisses the rumours, stating that he will be busy with his directorial venture, Bhagwa Dhwaj, this year.
The writer-director says the film, titled Ayodhya, captured the theme of national integration through its four central characters. He reveals the fictionalised story began with a 14-year-old boy Kabir. “When the riots took place in Mumbai, many Muslims and Hindus lost their lives. [In the story], a Muslim family is killed by Hindu fanatics and their child Kabir [is the sole survivor]. He comes across two Hindu boys whose parents have been killed by Muslim fanatics. None of them have a family to rely on. Then, Kabir sees a temple of Lord Ram and says, ‘Just like Lord Ram and Lakshman, let us vow to stay together and take care of each other for the rest of our lives.’ They also adopt a one-year-old boy, without knowing which religion he belongs to. They promise that religion will never separate them.” The film would then follow the characters’ adult lives.
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