In the month of March, it was confirmed that the biopic of politician, activist, and writer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar will be headlined by Randeep Hooda. Titled Swatantra Veer Savarkar, it was to be directed by Mahesh Manjrekar.
However now, PeepingMoon.com has exclusively learnt that Mahesh has opted out of the project. Our sources further informed us that Randeep, who was initially cast to play the titular role only, has taken over the directorial responsibilities too. We also learnt that the shoot will kickstart in Maharashtra next week.
A salute to one of the tallest unsung heroes of India’s struggle for freedom & self-actualisation. hope I can live up to the challenge of filling such big shoes of a true revolutionary & tell his real story which had been brushed under the carpet for so long#VeerSavarkarJayanti pic.twitter.com/R1UbFZebio
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) May 28, 2022
Randeep's look as Veer Savarkar was unveiled on the freedom fighter's 139th birth anniversary on May 28.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was one of the most important figures of the Hindu Mahasabha, a Hindu nationalist organisation and a political party. He was a politician, activist and writer and was jailed by the British for his efforts toward India’s freedom struggle in Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He is known to have developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva. Veer Savarkar died on February 26, 1966, in Bombay.
