In a big surprise to the netizens, actor Randeep Hooda shared the first look from his upcoming film, ‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar’, on the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar today. The film is a biopic of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popularly known as Veer Savarkar.
The film will soon go into production. Mahesh Manjrekar will direct the film. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was born on 28 May 1883 in Maharashtra’s Nashik. He was a freedom fighter, politician, lawyer, and writer. Savarkar is known for coining the term ‘Hindutva’.
Sharing the look, Randeep wrote, “This is a salute to one of the tallest unsung heroes of India’s struggle for freedom and self-actualisation. I hope I can live up to the challenge of filling such big shoes of a true revolutionary and tell his real story which had been brushed under the carpet for so long..”