New Delhi: India celebrated the birth anniversary of one of the most controversial and influential revolutionary leaders from the Indian freedom struggle – Veer Savarkar. Marking this important date, the makers of Swatantrya Veer Savarkar launched a hard-hitting teaser that has left the audience in awe and shock with an intriguing question. While most of the audience has heard stories of various leaders, activists, and freedom fighters from those times, Savarkar’s ideologies and contributions have never been highlighted in Indian history books.
Savarkar was a revolutionary who was ‘most wanted by the Britishers’ because of his strong influence in building the armed revolution in India, which contributed immensely to India getting its freedom.
He also inspired the likes of Veer Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose, Khudiram Bose, Madanlal Dhingra, and many others. Speaking about the omitted history, the teaser points out how violence could have gotten India independence much earlier had the country followed in the footsteps of Savarkar. This historic film also marks the directorial debut of Randeep Hooda. He will also be seen on the screen in the title role of Veer Savarkar.
Check out the teaser here:
Producer Anand Pandit, on the launch, said, “Savarkar is a very prestigious project for us because of the incredible impact that Veer Savarkar had on our nation’s freedom struggle. His story, unfortunately, has not been told to us as a country and we hope our film will complete that lacune. We present the film’s first look and hope the audience comes back asking for more.”
The film is produced by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Randeep Hooda Films and is slated to release this year.
Launching the film’s teaser, Randeep said, “Savarkar led an incredible life, and as I learned more about him while researching for my film, I have come to admire him tremendously. So it gives me immense pleasure to share a sneak peek into our film on his 140th birthday.”
Directed and co-written by Randeep Hooda with Utkarsh Naithani, Swatantrya Veer Savarkar is produced by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Randeep Hooda Films with Legend Studios and Avak Films. The principal shooting for the film is almost complete, and Savarkar is slated to release in cinemas this year.