Bollywood Hungama was among the many first ones to tell the viewers that the biopic of the legendary film personality V Shantaram is within the making and that Siddhant Chaturvedi will play the lead role on this film, which has been titled Chitrapati V Shantaram. We now bring to you one other exciting news from this upcoming film. Now we have now learned that Tamannaah Bhatia has also come on board.
EXCLUSIVE: Tamannaah Bhatia signs Siddhant Chaturvedi-starrer Chitrapati V Shantaram
A source told Bollywood Hungama, “Tamannaah Bhatia is on a high at present and has proved that she will be able to essay varied sorts of roles. Similar to Siddhant Chaturvedi, Tamannaah also essays a real-life character and furthermore, it’s an important role to the narrative. Tamannaah is worked up because the role is difficult and viewers would get to see her in a brand new light.”
The source also revealed, “Chitrapati V Shantaram shall be directed by Abhijeet Deshpande, who made the successful Marathi biopic, Ani… Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar (2018), and in addition wrote the memorable Marathi film Natsamrat (2016) and Hindi titles like Table No 21 (2013), Wazir (2016), Breathe (2018), etc.”
Earlier, Bollywood Hungama had quoted a source who said, “V Shantaram’s contribution to the Indian film industry is immense and with this film, the younger generation will find out about it. Chitrapati V Shantaram will throw light on how this man, born in abject poverty in Kolhapur, learned filmmaking under Baburao Painter in Pune, after which left an unforgettable mark within the Hindi film industry with movies like Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), etc. This film can even educate viewers that he was a trendsetter. Hence, the biopic is not going to just be enlightening but additionally entertaining and dramatic.”
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