New Delhi: On the 140th birth anniversary of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the teaser of his biopic ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ starring Randeep Hooda was released. Launching the teaser, Randeep had tweeted, “The most wanted Indian by the British. The inspiration behind revolutionaries like – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh & Khudiram Bose. Who was #VeerSavarkar? Watch his true story unfold! Presenting @RandeepHoodain & as #SwantantryaVeerSavarkar In Cinemas 2023.” The teaser also made many such claims. Now, the family of Subhash Chandra Bose has condemned the claim.
The most wanted Indian by the British. The inspiration behind revolutionaries like – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh & Khudiram Bose.
Who was #VeerSavarkar? Watch his true story unfold!Presenting @RandeepHooda in & as #SwantantryaVeerSavarkar In Cinemas 2023… pic.twitter.com/u0AaoQIbWt
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) May 28, 2023
Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandnephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, refuted the actor’s claim in a conversation with India Today.
“Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was inspired by only two great personalities. One is Swami Vivekananda, who was his spiritual Guru, and the second person was freedom fighter Deshbandhu Chitranjan Das, who was his political mentor. Apart from these two people, I don’t think Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was inspired by any other freedom fighters. Savarkar was a great personality, a freedom fighter, but Savarkar’s ideology and the ideology of Netaji were diametrically opposite. So, I don’t see any reason why Netaji would follow Savarkar’s principles and ideology. He actually opposed Savarkar,” he told India Today.
He also said that Netaji, in his writing, stated that we cannot expect anything from Savarkar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the freedom movement.
“He also said that nothing can be expected from the Hindu Mahasabha and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the freedom movement of India. Netaji was a very secular leader. He opposed those people who were communal. Communalism was completely opposed by both the brothers – Sharad Chandra Bose and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. So how do you expect Netaji to follow or support Savarkar? Prior to going to Cellular jail, Savarkar was a revolutionary in India’s freedom movement. He wanted India’s freedom, but later on he changed, he told India Today.
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar is produced by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Randeep Hooda Films and is slated to release this year.
The film, also starring Ankita Lokhande and Amit Sial, is slated to release in cinemas this year.