Akshay Kumar’s next is Yash Raj
Films’ first historical, Prithviraj, which is based on the life and valour of
the fearless and mighty King Prithviraj Chauhan. He is essaying the role of the
legendary warrior who fought valiantly to protect India from the merciless
invader Muhammad of Ghor in this visual spectacle.
The film will also focus on the
beautiful love story between Prithviraj and his beloved Princess Sanyogita,
played by the ethereally gorgeous debutant Manushi Chhillar, former Miss World 2017. In keeping with their strategy to only release teasers of the songs to
hold back the visual extravaganza of the film to create more anticipation, Yash
Raj Films today teased a glimpse of the first song of the film, Hadd Kar De – a
Holi track that promises scale and a peak into the romance of Samrat Prithviraj
Chauhan and Princess Sanyogita.
Akshay loves the fact that all
songs used by Yash Raj Films in Prithviraj are original compositions, a rarity
in the Hindi film industry today that belts out remix after remix and have been
criticised for its lack of originality. He says, “What I love about the songs
in our film based on Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan’s life is that they are all
original music! Today, hardly any film can boast of this and I love the album
dearly because the songs are not in the film just for the sake of it.”
He adds, “The songs in our film
take forward the narrative of the script and it has been written and
strategically designed to express the said scene way, way better. The Holi song
(Hadd Kar De) is a track that comes when the audience is told about how
beautiful Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan and Princess Sanyogita’s romance was.”
Akshay further explains, “Theirs
was a relationship of equals and I love that both parties strived to have a
straight-forward relationship that was built on trust, mutual admiration and
respect. It is a crucial song that shows the pure relationship that the two
share and tells the audiences to see the film also as a romance and not just an
epic historical film.”
Manushi says, “Hadd Kar De was the
very first song we shot in the film! While prepping for the movie in general, I
was learning a little bit of Kathak and practicing a little bit semi-classical.
For Hadd Kar De, it is mostly semi-classical. There are few elements of Kathak
in it. It is a very beautiful song about celebrating Holi. I still remember it
was a wet Holi on the sets. So, I was wearing a lehenga and it was soaking up
all the water so it was getting heavier and I was dancing with 250 dancers and I was matching their energies.”
She adds, “On the day of the song shoot I was very nervous and I had called my parents to come watch the shoot! They came on set and it was a really good experience because they got to know how movies are made and what actually happens behind the scenes. That was also the first time they came on any film set.”
