Out now! Here's the teaser of Randeep Hooda's 'Swatantrya Veer Savarkar'

The teaser of the upcoming film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar based on the life of VD Savarkar was unveiled on Sunday on the occasion of freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologues 140th birth anniversaryThe film has been directed by actor Randeep Hooda who has also cowritten the film along with Utkarsh NaithaniAlso ReadWhy did Ranbir Kapoors Galti Se Mistake take 6 months to shoot Find outThe teaser of the potentially contentious film starts with a voiceover from Randeep saying the struggle for Independence stretched for more than 90 years but it would have been over had the people followed the path of an armed revolutionFew participated in the freedom struggle the voiceover said the rest just wanted to gain political mileage in the garb of the fight for independence it claimedLaunching the films teaser Hooda said Savarkar led an incredible life and as I learned more about him while researching my film I have come to admire him tremendously So it gives me immense pleasure to share a sneak peek into our film on his 140th birth anniversaryThe teaser calls Savarkar the most wanted Indian by the British who not just inspired the armed revolution but also inspired the likes of Bhagat Singh Subhash Chandra Bose and Khudiram BoseRandeep goes on to say in the teaser that Mahatma Gandhi was not wrong but had he not been stubborn on his principles of nonviolence India would have been independent 35 years earlierProducer Anand Pandit added Swatantrya Veer Savarkar is a very prestigious project for us because of the incredible impact that Savarkar had on our nations freedom struggle His story unfortunately has not been told to us as a country and we hope our film will complete that lacuna We present the films first look and hope the audience comes back asking for moreThis historical film which is slated to be released this year also marks the directorial debut of Randeep Hooda He will also be seen on the screen in the title roleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever