I saw some episodes of Bharat Ek Khoj when it was shown on Zee TV a few years back. I regret not taping them all, we only managed to get a few episodes on early Hinduism, Buddhism, Ramayana and Mahabharata. It would've been great to own the entire collection as it calls for repeated viewing.

I remember Om Puri and Lucky Ali in a few appearances with Roshan Seth narrating as Nehru.

I wonder why this subject was not captured on film before. It has all the ingredients of an exciting film. Besides history, it has Love Story, War, Betrayel, Tragedy etc.

http://www.delhi123.com/history/prithviraj.php3

PRITHIVIRAJ CHAUHAN (1151)

The Tomars were overthrown in 1151 by another clan of fierce Rajput fighters, the Chauhans, led by Prithiviraj Chauhan . Lal Kot was captured and a fortress, Qila Rai Pithora, built around it in the honour of Prithiviraj Chauhan, who declared himself the king of Ajmer and Delhi. Prithiviraj married princess Sanyogita against her father Raja Jaichand’s wishes. Enraged, Jaichand invited Muhammad Sihabuddin of Ghur - also known as Mohammed Ghori - to eliminate Prithiviraj. The Rajput king met Ghur in the plains of present day Thanesar in 1191 and defeated the Turkish ruler in what is known as the First Battle of Tarain. Seriously wounded, Ghur retreated to Ghazni, but the next year he came back once again with a stronger army and captured Prithiviraj to put him to death.


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I think they'll have a Braveheart-type ending. Showing that he stuck to his principles til the end and never gave in.

I prefer biopics to show the story of the character until death. I was dissapointed that Asoka didn't show his life as a Buddhist and how he incoporated the teachings all over India.

Wasn't Prithiviraj the king who forgave his enemy just one time too many...which resulted in his own death?

This sounds like it has all the right ingredients to be a truly excellent film! It's surprising there hasn't been a few films on Prithiviraj yet (or has there?) I just hope they don't spoil it like they did with Asoka...less comedy, more action, realism and character development is needed. They'll need to go all out on the budget and get their facts right as close as possible.

I was unfamiliar with Prithviraj's story and tried to do some research on the net, but only came up with a few decent links.

http://www.rajasthaninfoline.com/rinfo/rajputh.htm

http://www.aryawat.com/heritage/rajput.htm#The Story of Prithviraj Chouhan and Mahmud Ghori

Ajay Devgan to commence shooting for Prithviraj Chauhan film in August!


http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/05/mar/15ajay.asp

Ajay Devgan will begin shooting with Raj Kumar Santoshi for the film on Prithviraj Chauhan in August this year. According to Ajay’s business manager, Kumar Mangat, Ajay has allotted priority dates to Santoshi from six months from August in order to complete the film from start-to-finish. Mangat adds that the film will be entirely shot in Jaipur and Jodhpur and Aishwarya Rai will play the leading lady in the film.

There was speculation that Ajay was reconsidering going ahead with the film after he heard about Sunny Deol’s decision to go ahead with the film on the same subject but Mangat reveals that there is no question of reviewing the decision. “Rajkumar Santoshi has been working for three years on the subject and the role is something Ajay has cherished. Ajay is determined to make a success of his role in the film,” Mangat maintains.
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Any news links for Sunny Deol's film on Prithvi Raj Chauhaan??

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Looks like another duplicate film releases like Bhagat Singh, where Ajay's film was was up against Bobby Deol's.

Sunny and Santoshi are maha idiots imho!

They will both probably end up shooting themselves in the foot by going ahead with their own versions of the films, as neither is likely to be a hit. That said, I'd rather see Santoshi's film.

Don't write-off Sunny's version yet. He's planning on shooting it in Kazakhstan with director Dr Chander Prakash Divedi (Pinjar).