Internet Brutally Roasts Akshay Kumar For Saying It Took 18 Years Of Research To Make 'Samrat Prithviraj'
Apart from factual errors in the movie, the internet pointed out the bizarre age gap between Akshay and his co-star and debutant, Manushi Chhillar.
Akshay Kumar's recent remarks on his film 'Samrat Prithviraj' haven't gone down too well with fans. The actor shared the reason why making 'Samrat Prithviraj' took longer than expected.
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Sharing an informative tweet, the actor wrote:
18 years of research, 2 years of VFX and 3 Covid-19 waves later¡this day is finally here.
¡ª Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) June 3, 2022
It¡¯s time to go to a big screen near you, #SamratPrithviraj IN CINEMAS NOW!
Book your tickets now.https://t.co/nWBNMT3STshttps://t.co/J1WZalqY9s pic.twitter.com/zEJAGKpN3h
However, the remark has left Desi fans angry as they pointed out how problematic his movie is.
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Apart from factual errors in the movie, the internet pointed out the bizarre age gap between Akshay and his co-star and debutant, Manushi Chhillar.
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Fans had many questions, including "Why is a 54-year-old actor playing the role of a 26-year-old king?" and "Why was 24-year-old Manushi Chhillar cast alongside 54-year-old Akshay Kumar?"
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Here is how the internet took over school Akshay Kumar and everything problematic with the film.
Iski kya zarurat thi? To make a movie based on WhatsApp forward history. Chal tu bhi Panchayat season 2 dekh. 18000 times better than your 18 year research movie.
¡ª Judish Raj (@JudishRaj) June 4, 2022
Manushi 6 saal ka hogi tb ??
¡ª Dr Nihal M (@Being_Nihal133) June 3, 2022
So the research started when Manushi Chillar was 6 yrs old, who would have thought !!! ? https://t.co/4dTvT3hVw2
¡ª IIIIIIIIIll (@_NairFYI) June 3, 2022
"More research than a 3xPHD :D" https://t.co/ZMaWxffWR9
¡ª Bleak Midwinter (@kepler23z) June 7, 2022
#SamratPrithviraj Seriously your team took this much of time to make this ? . For God sake leave don't distort our history. Buy some South movie DVD and remake it in 2-3 month's. https://t.co/DOXR3fFw2L
¡ª Ajay Rajput (@ajay_rajput47) June 4, 2022
18 years of research.
¡ª Ram_eco_hiker_runner (@RM_Says) June 3, 2022
How is it possible? WhatsApp came just 10 years ago.
18 years of research still you haven't read your School Text book???
¡ª Ramesh Krishnamurthy (@arbitram) June 3, 2022
18 years of research has amounted to this pic.twitter.com/uHbzWNIBja
¡ª Cow Momma (@Cow__Momma) June 3, 2022
So when you started doing research for this film, your heroine was 7 years old¡ https://t.co/B5C6cfh48F
¡ª NRK (@PWNeha) June 3, 2022
Fun fact: 18 years ago manushi chillar was 6 years old.
¡ª Rakshith Pande (@PandeRakshith) June 3, 2022
18 yrs of research, 2 yrs of VFX but still clueless about how to tie knots ???¡á? pic.twitter.com/C9Y6ndBbc8
¡ª Sarcasm ?? (@SarcasticRofl) June 3, 2022
Directed by noted writer-director Chandraparaksh Dwivedi, the film features Kumar in the titular role of the ruler.
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During the trailer launch event of the historical drama, the 54-year-old actor said he learned about the life and times of Prithviraj through the book ¡°Prithviraj Raso¡± and realized how little people know about the ruler.
¡°I was given a book to read, ¡®Prithviraj Raso¡¯ by Dr Saab (Dwivedi). I read the book slowly and realized how big a warrior he was. But when we read about him in history, he was reduced to just a paragraph,¡± Kumar told reporters.
(With PTI inputs)
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