After Mohenjo Daro's debacle, filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker's fascination with historical dramas continues. The director is set to make a movie on Panipat, which will tell the story of what led to the third Battle of Panipat. Starring Arjun Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Kriti Sanon, Gowariker has joined hands with Rohit Shelatkar's Vision World.
On the casting, Gowariker said in a statement: "I have shared screen space with Sanjay in Naam, which was a memorable co-acting experience and now it will be great to direct such a versatile and immensely talented actor as him."
"What impresses me most about Arjun, apart from his fine performances - is his dynamism. He has played double roles twice, and he has portrayed an action hero as well as a lover boy," he added and further elaborated, "I needed someone really beautiful as well as a good performer, and Kriti is both. The eclectic combination of these three is a first for me, and I look forward to this exciting journey with them called Panipat."
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The film is based on one of the most epic battles in India's history. It was fought between the northern expeditionary force of the Maratha Empire and the invading forces of the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali, supported by two Indian allies - the Rohilla Afghans of the Doab and Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh. Gowariker's film will be high on action and he is currently in the process of finalizing the rest of the cast and crew.
Panipat will be produced by Ashutosh's wife Sunita Gowariker under their home banner AGPPL in association with Vision World and is slated to release on December 6, 2019.
It will be interesting to see if Gowariker can recreate the magic of Jodhaa Akbar, the last superhit hit delivered by the director, based on the historical backdrop.
