Three cities, eight months, 900 workers

Updated On: 23 May, 2022 07:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Prithviraj director breaks down how art design team recreated 12th century Delhi, Ajmer and Kannauj for Akshay’s period drama

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A still from Prithviraj

The biggest challenge of making a period drama is recreating the era it is set in. The makers of Prithviraj faced the same hurdle as they set out to offer a retelling of the 12th century warrior king. With the Akshay Kumar-starrer depicting Prithviraj’s reign as he first ruled out of Ajmer and subsequently Delhi, and his love story with Princess Sanyogita of Kannauj, the production design team had to build lavish sets replicating the three cities. Art designers Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray researched the architectural style of the period before erecting elaborate sets in Madh Island, Dahisar and YRF Studios in Andheri.

One of the sets erected