Prithviraj (film)

Prithviraj is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language historical action drama film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi and produced by Yash Raj Films.[4] The film is based on Prithviraj Raso, a Braj Bhasha epic poem about the life of Prithviraj Chauhan, a king from the Chahamana dynasty.[5][6] It features Akshay Kumar as Prithviraj Chauhan, while Manushi Chhillar makes her Hindi film debut playing the role of Sanyogita.[7] The film also stars Sanjay Dutt, Sonu Sood, Ashutosh Rana, Sakshi Tanwar, Manav Vij and Lalit Tiwari in other important characters.

Prithviraj
Theatrical release poster
Directed byChandraprakash Dwivedi
Written byChandraprakash Dwivedi
Based onPrithviraj Raso
by Chand Bardai
Produced byAditya Chopra
Starring
CinematographyManush Nandan
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music byScore:
Sanchit Balhara
Ankit Balhara
Songs:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy[1]
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹300 crore[3]

An official motion poster of the film was released by Yash Raj Films on 9 September 2019, revealing its release in cinemas on Diwali 2020.[8] Principal photography began in Jaipur on 15 November 2019, but was suspended in March 2020 owing to COVID-19 pandemic in India, due to which the film was indefinitely postponed.[9] The film's shoot resumed in October 2020 at YRF Studios,[10] and it is scheduled for release on 3 June 2022.

Premise

The film is a biopic of the warrior king Prithviraj Chauhan of Chauhan dynasty, who clashes with Muhammad Ghori, a ruler from the Ghurid dynasty who led the Islamic Conquest of Hindustan.

Cast

Production

Development

Chandraprakash Dwivedi had completed script for Prithviraj in 2010, and his first choice for Prithviraj's role was Sunny Deol, with Aishwarya Rai as Sanyogita.[11] However, due to Deol's date issues and no production house interest, he left the project and it was almost shelved, but Dwivedi wanted to still make Prithviraj and after struggling for many years in finding a producer to come on board for him, Yash Raj Films offered to produce the film in 2018, thus reviving the film.[14]

In March 2019, Akshay Kumar confirmed that he had been persuaded to star as Prithviraj.[12] The film's official announcement was made on Kumar's 52nd birthday (9 September 2019), with a motion poster released by Yash Raj Films on social media.[15]

Casting

Manushi Chhillar is making her Bollywood debut and has replaced Rai as Sanyogita.[14] Sanjay Dutt and Manav Vij have been cast for villainous roles.[16] Later, Sonu Sood and Sakshi Tanwar also joined the cast.[13][17] It also stars Lalit Tiwari, Ajoy Chakraborty and Govind Pandey in supporting roles.[18]

Filming

Principal photography commenced on 15 November 2019 at Jamwaramgarh, Jaipur, Rajasthan, and a song was shot in January 2020, but the filming was stopped in March 2020 due to the Coronavirus lockdown in India ordered by Indian government owing to COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Ahead of the 2020 monsoon season, sets created in Rajasthan were taken down because the cost of maintaining them during the coronavirus lockdown was too high.[21] With no filming expected to take place before the monsoon season, the two sets erected in Dahisar (one of a palace and one of an arena made for an action sequence) were destroyed and instead an indoor set was decided to be set up, for resumption of filming.[22]

After 7 months, shooting finally restarted at YRF Studios in October 2020.[10] Kumar was spotted at the sets on 10 October 2020, while Sood and Chhillar were a part of this schedule too.[23]

Release

The film was earlier announced for cinema release on 13 November 2020, coinciding with Diwali.[19] However, it was postponed due to production halt between March to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] The film was scheduled to release in theatres on 21 January 2022 in 2D and IMAX,[24] but postponed due to spread of Omicron variant.[25] Finally, film is scheduled for release on 3 June 2022.[2]

References
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