Rajkumar Santoshi is returning to filmmaking after a decade with Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh. Headlined by Chinmay Mandlekar and Deepak Antani, the film will release in theatres on January 26. Ahead of its release, Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi spoke to a media agency about the film. He said Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh projects Nathuram Godse as a 'hero'.

For the unversed, Nathuram Godse was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. Tushar said in his statement, "I'm not surprised because for them Godse is a hero, and if they portray him as a hero, it should not surprise any of us. But I cannot comment on the merits or the demerits of the film because I haven't seen it and I don't intend to see films which glorify murderers."

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He further added, "It is a very well-thought-out game plan and all these characters have been given the role to perform and they performed the role according to their queues and their timelines. The same director portrayed Baapu in a very wrong manner in his film Bhagat Singh, so it's not surprising that he would make a film glorifying Godse."

Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh is set in early post-independence India of 1947-48 and it will focus on the ideological war between Nathuram Godse and Mahatma Gandhi. The film also stars Tanisha Santoshi and Anuj Saini.

(Source: ANI)