Sad That History Books Today Have Just One Paragraph On Prithviraj Chauhan: Akshay Kumar

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Mumbai, May 9 - Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is essaying the role of Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan in the upcoming biographical period action drama film "Prithviraj". Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, the film marks the debut of former Miss World, Manushi Chhillar as the female lead.

The trailer of "Prithviraj" was launched on May 9 at an event in Mumbai. During the event, Akshay Kumar talked about Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan and his acts of bravery. "I have been working in the industry for thirty years and I have to say that I haven't seen a historical film of this scale in my career spanning three decades", he said.



"I felt a sense of accomplishment after portraying the character of such a great man, I would like to thank my director Chandraprakash Dwivedi and producer Aditya Chopra", Akshay added.

He further mentioned how he got to know the titular character beyond the scope of the script through a book, "When we were about to embark on the journey of the film, the director gave me a book on Prithviraj Chauhan. After reading that book I realized how great warrior is Prithviraj Chauhan".

As often debated in recent times about the short reference of Prithviraj Chauhan in the Indian history books, Akshay too said that "It's sad that history books today just have one paragraph on Prithviraj Chauhan. Every kid should know who Prithviraj is and his acts of bravery", he concluded.

Prithviraj is produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film is based on Prithviraj Raso by Chand Bardai, a Braj Bhasha epic poem about the life of Prithviraj Chauhan, a king from the Chahamana dynasty. It will release on June 3rd in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

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