Rajkumar Santoshi: I shot for ‘Battle of Saragarhi’ with Randeep for 20 days; film got shelved later

Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi, who is known for hits like Damini, Ghayal, and Andaz Apna Apna is coming back with his latest presentation ‘Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh’ after a hiatus of 9 years. The trailer of the film has already piqued the interest of the audiences and now they eagerly waiting to witness this historic drama.

Recently, the ace filmmaker joined India Forums for a conversation and talked about what made him wait for 9 years to come up with a project, his views on the film, ‘Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh’ and other stuff.

When asked about the hiatus and his comeback with this film Santoshi exclaimed, 

“For 9 years I was working on a few scripts and I was thinking of making different kinds of films. I didn't want to run in the flavour of the season. So I planned about 2-3 subjects."

He further added, 

"I was working on battle of Saragarhi and I filmed for it for 20-22 days with Randeep Hooda. The individuals I was supposed to partner with, the digital platform providers, and other financiers pulled out due to the fact that the film starring Akshay Kumar is coming out, thus it became a setback for me. At the same time, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar's collaboration film got announced. Despite shooting for 20-22 days, I had to shelve the film. After that I started working on Gandhi Godse and 2 years went into pandemic and now I am here with the film."

The film is all set to hit the big screens on 25th January 2023.