After screening his film for Akshay Kumar, Ashutosh Gowariker hosted two more for the cast and their families the next day.
So which film will *you* watch at a theatre near you?
Ashutosh Gowariker seems too inspired by Sanjay Leela Bhansali's way of making period films, feels Namrata Thakker.
'We should not forget the sacrifice these men made.'
There will be as many as 9 historicals coming up in the next 15 months!
'Panipat has all the meat for a political drama meets war movie. But in Ashutosh Gowariker's failure to process its complexity, the material never rises beyond a mediocre hurray to the Maratha manoos,' says Sukanya Verma.
A controversy has erupted over the portrayal of the Jat king of Bharatpur in the movie.
'Kriti Sanon is a superb actress, she looks Maharashtrian, and has not done a historical either.' 'Sanjay Dutt has gone to another level of persona. He hasn't done a historical either.'
Contemporary records speak of Chhatrapati Shivaji's resolve to liberate Hindu holy places, and the later Maratha rulers carried forward his legacy, Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) reveals in a forthcoming book.
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