Akshay Kumar on Monday gave fans a history lesson with the release of the trailer of his upcoming film, ‘Prithviraj’.
During the media interaction, the actor said that his upcoming historical film should be made “mandatory” for school children as it talks about king Prithviraj Chauhan, who has been reduced to “only a paragraph” in history textbooks.
When asked if he would host a special screening of the film for the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the actor had an interesting answer.
“Who am I to show the film to PM Modi? If he wants to watch it, he will. I am sure,” he said.
Speaking about the importance of educating the children about the King of the Chahamana dynasty, the superstar said he only learnt about the life and times of Prithviraj through the book “Prithviraj Raso”.
“I was given a book to read, ‘Prithviraj Raso’ by Dr saab (Dwivedi). I read the book slowly and realised how big a warrior he was. But when we read about him in history, he was reduced to just a paragraph,” Kumar told reporters.
The actor said that the movie can be best described as an “educational film”. The actor also requested the government to arrange the film’s screening in schools so that it reaches a wider audience.
“I would also request the government that they make it compulsory viewing in school, so that the kids learn about our history, what and how everything happened. Everything you see in the film is true, it has indeed happened. But we don’t know about it and I find this really amusing. Dr saab has been researching this for 18 years! That’s the amount of hard work he has put in the film,” he said.