Yash Raj Films has released the first teaser of their upcoming film Prithviraj, based on the life of legendary warrior Prithviraj Chauhan, played by Akshay Kumar. The film, mainly inspired by late poet Chand Bardai’s epic, Prithviraj Raso, will be released on January 21 2022. Prithviraj was initially expected to release on Diwali last year but got postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The teaser also introduces other characters played by Sanjay Dutt and Sonu Sood, respectively. “A heroic story about pride and valour. Proud to play Samrat #Prithviraj Chauhan. Celebrate #Prithviraj with #YRF50 only at a big screen near you on January 21, 2022,” tweeted Akshay Kumar.
Prithviraj is directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. Earlier talking about the film, he said in a statement: “Prithviraj is also based mainly on medieval literature, an epic called Prithviraj Raso by the great poet Chand Bardai. Apart from a couple of versions of Raso, there are many other literary works on Prithviraj, his life, and times. In addition to these, there are commentaries on Raso.”
