Maharashtra’s urban development minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, who is currently scripting the state’s political drama, attended the trailer launch of Praveen Tarde’s Dharamveer last month, which stars late Shiv Sena party leader Anand. There is a biopic on Chintamani Dighe, in which CM Uddhav Thackeray was. ,
Amid the political fallout of the ruling Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress’s defeat in the MLC polls, Shinde and the MLAs loyal to him have been out of reach since Monday evening. There is talk that he will form his own party, which will lead to the collapse of the Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
The film is based on the real-life events of Dighe, who was also the chief of Thane district unit of Shiv Sena.
Shinde, who shared a good bond and considered Dighe his mentor, had earlier attended the music launch of the film, which released in theaters on May 13 and was critically as well as commercially acclaimed.
One of the highlights of the music launch was actor-director Prasad Oak’s entry as Dighe. Oak’s presence made Shinde so emotional that he touched the actor’s feet.
Talking about the film and his mentor, Shinde told the media, “Anand Dighe was the mainstay of Shiv Sena. Our main aim was to spread his thoughts all over the world through films. Mangesh Desai has accomplished my mission. Tarde is now working on taking the film forward. This is the main objective. Dighe never hurt anyone. I urge all the audiences to watch this film.”
Thackeray was accompanied by his wife Rashmi and state Tourism, Environment and Protocol Minister son Aditya at the trailer launch. many Bollywood Celebrities including Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh, Bhagyashree were also present.
Speaking at the event, Thackeray praised Shinde: “Eknath, I say this from the bottom of my heart, you and your team have done a great job! Making a film is one thing but making a film on this subject and taking the responsibility of taking this story forward and reaching the audience is commendable.
Khan also praised the film and also talked about some similarities with Dighe, quipping, “There are two similarities between me and Anand Dighe ji. He lived in one bedroom and I lived in one bedroom. Secondly, we are both single.”
Makarand Padhye and Kshitij Date play the roles of Balasaheb Thackeray and Eknath Shinde respectively, Snehal Tarade and Shruti Marathe were also seen in lead roles. Produced by Mangesh Desai, the film had its OTT premiere on ZEE5 last week.
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