Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 6 (ANI): Actor Randeep Hooda, who’s all set to painting freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar within the film ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’, on Saturday, flagged off the Swatantraveer Savarkar Mukti Shatabdi Yatra from Yerwada Central Jail in Pune,
On January 6, 1924, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was launched from the jail.
“Today is a very historic day, as today it has been 100 years since Savarkar Ji was released from jail and he was kept under house arrest in Ratnagiri and was in district arrest. The day he left from this jail, he first went to Bombay and then went to Ratnagiri, where he remained in the Restricted Movement for the next thirteen years,” Randeep advised ANI.
He added, “He is such a great freedom fighter for our country, about whom people know very little. I hope that through my movie, people will know more about him. If you read about him in detail, you will come to know that his contribution to the country was very big. Whatever wrong concepts people have about him, watch the movie once and read about him, then decide.”
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born on May 28, 1883, within the Marathi Chitpavan Brahmin Hindu household of Damodar and Radhabai Savarkar within the village of Bhagur, close to the town of Nashik, Maharashtra.
He was a freedom fighter, an activist and a author. He was a number one determine within the ‘Hindu Mahasabha.’ Savarkar began collaborating within the freedom motion whereas nonetheless a highschool scholar and continued doing so whereas attending Fergusson College in Pune.
He bought lively with teams like India House and the Free India Society whereas finding out legislation within the United Kingdom. He additionally revealed books that promoted revolutionary strategies for reaching complete Indian independence.
The British colonial authorities outlawed one in every of his works, ‘The Indian War of Independence’, which was in regards to the 1857 ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ or the First War of Independence.
Like Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose, Khudiram Bose, Madanlal Dhingra, and plenty of others, Veer Savarkar additionally served as an inspiration. However, in accordance with director Sandeep Singh, he was misunderstood by many individuals all through historical past, and the movie will reveal the reality about him and his efforts.
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.
‘Pavitra Rishta’ fame Ankita Lokhande will likely be seen reverse Randeep Hooda within the movie. (ANI)
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
