At the trailer presentation event for his next film Sam Bahadur, actor Vicky Kaushal, who plays Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, recently responded to inquiries from the media. The actor said at the occasion that he wasn’t sure he would play the legend on screen since he didn’t think the character was attractive enough for the next Meghna Gulzar movie.
He spoke about the moment the filmmaker Meghna told him she wanted to do a movie on the Field Marshal while they were filming Raazi. “”Meghna and I were working on Raazi when, during a Patiala filming schedule, she informed me of her future plans. She also mentioned wanting tomake a film on Sam Manekshaw,” he wrote.
”My mother and father are both from Punjab, and through them, I had heard a lot about him. But I didn’t know how he looked. So during that conversation, I secretly Googled him and saw his photo. I said, ‘He is very handsome and I will not get this role.’ But I have to thank Meghna for giving me the role of this handsome person,” he added.
More details regarding Sam Bahadur
Vicky plays the lead in this Meghna Gulzar-directed movie, which is set against the backdrop of the 1971 India-Pakistan war, in which Sam Manekshaw led the Indian Army and which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
In the supporting cast of the movie are Sanya Malhotra, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Govind Namdev, Fatima Sana Shaikh, and Neeraj Kabi.
Sam Bahadur’s first official teaser was released last month, and the movie is set to open nationwide on December 1.