00:00This is what we want to tell you, what you just said that there is not much knowledge about him.
00:09It is very important to have that knowledge.
00:11In our history, so many unsung heroes, so many people, so many warriors have sacrificed.
00:16Maybe it is not told much about him.
00:18And this film has been made in this regard.
00:21So that on the biography of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj,
00:24from his childhood, from his birth to his last breath, what exactly happened,
00:29that is a story that is coming in Bhaag 1 and Bhaag 2.
00:32And we have told it in a very interesting way.
00:36Maharaj's character has been glorified very amazingly.
00:38Rest, the audience will see this November.
00:41I think, the one who is playing the role of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj,
00:47no one can tell a better story of Sambhaji Maharaj than him.
00:51So I think, sir, will you try?
00:53Same, same.
00:54Same, same. Absolutely.
01:00If I can play my role properly,
01:03an actor always has this feeling.
01:06Like he is playing the role of Maharaj,
01:08brother is playing the role of Kundaji,
01:10I am playing the role of Mukarram Khan.
01:12So we are friends with each other.
01:14So here there is friendship, there is love.
01:17When we come for the screen, there is enmity.
01:19So how well we show the enmity.
01:22He may not show so much enmity.
01:25But I will act with a lot of cruelty.
01:30So this is the only effort to become better.
01:33Now how much more can we glorify cruelty,
01:35that is our effort.
01:43There was a lot of preparation because
01:45I had played Ashoka in my life before this.
01:47But at that time I did not have so much work to do.
01:50But Shahrukh Khan,
01:52I had played Sugatra, his character,
01:54the role of his brother.
01:55Ajit was also there.
01:56Yes, Ajit.
01:58He was playing my elder brother in that.
02:00Yes, Tamil hero.
02:01Yes, so after this,
02:03I also got a chance to become a part of this history.
02:09So I am blessed because
02:10born and brought up in Maharashtra.
02:12And I feel like
02:14like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
02:16blessed me and
02:18gave me a chance to return to Maharashtra.
02:21By giving me the role of Konda ji.
02:23And I worked so hard on it.
02:25I had to work very hard physically.
02:27I had to work a lot on the dialogue.
02:29And we did our job as an actor,
02:31which we have to do with every character.
02:33So I had to work a little more hard on it.
02:35Because the language was not ours.
02:37I had never done such physical training.
02:39I had never taken it.
02:40So it was very new to me.
02:42But I surrendered myself and
02:44by the grace of God, everything happened.
02:51I think whatever roles I have done in the past
02:53and whatever action I have done,
02:54it was preparing me for a role like
02:56Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
02:58And at that time,
03:00I used to feel that I have done so much action.
03:02And the role is also so much.
03:04Now after this, I have worked so hard.
03:06This question comes up many times.
03:08That we worked so hard for this.
03:10And the role used to get edited out sometimes.
03:12So I was very depressed at that time.
03:14That I worked so hard for the action,
03:16but it is not visible where I have to show.
03:18Here I got a chance to show for the first time.
03:20Whatever I have learned, the arts I have learned.
03:22And it will be shown.
03:24Because Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,
03:26this is the gift of Maharaj for me, I think.
03:28That your hard work of so many years
03:30is now being shown through this medium.
03:32It was not your hard work, it was your penance.
03:34Thank you sir.
03:36It is penance for which you will get blessings.
03:38In fact, I absolutely agree that
03:40this penance is succeeding somewhere.
03:42Now it is visible on the 22nd.
03:44So I hope all of you get love.
03:51See, it is mostly made from a commercial angle.
03:55The films that you are talking about.
03:57It is made from a commercial angle.
03:59In that, the famous actors are selected.
04:01The heroines are selected.
04:03Most of the actors who are busy,
04:05they are selected.
04:06So they don't even have that much time.
04:08For a particular film,
04:10like Bhai made the body.
04:12Learned horse riding.
04:14Learned sword fighting.
04:16So much time, I think,
04:18most of the actors don't have that much time.
04:20And even if they do,
04:22the importance and intensity
04:24with which they do penance,
04:26I don't think the rest of the people do that much.
04:28Absolutely.
04:30Because they don't have that much commerciability.
04:32It is like,
04:34they have taken four Marathi actors
04:36and without any base,
04:38they will be successful.
04:40It doesn't happen like that.
04:42We try in regional films,
04:44that we have limited actors,
04:46actors whose fame is limited.
04:48So the story,
04:50how closely
04:52we can film it,
04:56that's why
04:58our whole life is
05:00focused on making it the best.
05:02We don't have that much budget.
05:04We don't have that much resources.
05:06So the story should be good.
05:08Dialogues should be good.
05:10Songs should be good.
05:12Actors should be good.
05:14That's the difference.
05:16You know the rest of the story.
05:24For the younger audience,
05:26I didn't know much about history.
05:28I didn't know much about
05:30Chhatrapati Shambhali Maharaj.
05:32So the way I got the knowledge
05:34while making this film,
05:36the same way,
05:38this will be a big chapter
05:40for the next generation.
05:42So I think,
05:44nothing can be better than this
05:46for them to know and understand.
05:48So they should go and watch it.
05:50Watch this film with your family
05:52and enjoy it.
05:54You will enjoy this experience.
05:56The experience of this film,
05:58the experience of history.
06:04Chhawa has time in the future.
06:06The story is the same.
06:08Here Shambhali Maharaj is doing this,
06:10the story is the same.
06:12The rest of the actors have changed.
06:14I am working as a senior
06:16minister,
06:18who was with Shivaji Maharaj
06:20and then with Shambhali Maharaj.
06:22And in the end,
06:24he was the only one
06:26who was alive.
06:28God has sent me specially.
06:30Ashwatthama is also there.
06:32In this film,
06:34Yashaji Kank
06:36was alive.
06:38I am doing Mukarram Khan
06:40and if someone
06:42can't kill Mukarram Khan,
06:44then who is he?
06:58Sir, it is very intense.
07:00I am sure that
07:02in such a scene
07:04where your heart will be
07:06compulsory,
07:08tears will come from your eyes
07:10and your body will start shivering.
07:12There is so much cruelty
07:14that you may close your eyes.
07:16It is such a horrific
07:18and wonderful film.
07:20Such films are made
07:22once or twice in 100 years.
07:24So I hope that God
07:26gives it the same success
07:28in the same number.
07:30Sir, it is a once in a lifetime opportunity
07:32for me to do such a film.
07:34It is made on a large scale.
07:36Whether it is Marathi or Hindi industry,
07:38it should not be compared
07:40in terms of language.
07:42The audience should see it
07:44as a national subject
07:46because he is a national hero.
07:48We tried to tell his story
07:50on a grander scale.
07:52So on 22nd November,
07:54you will get more visual treats
07:56than what I said.
07:58So please come and experience the film.
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