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Randeep Hooda discussed his film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar at News18's Rising Bharat Summit, addressing its controversy and stressing ideological neutrality. Randeep Hooda attended News18’s Rising Bharat Summit in New Delhi on Wednesday, when he talked about his directorial debut, Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. Released in 2024, the film also starred Ankita Lokhande in the lead.
However, it landed in a controversy due to its claims that Savarkar inspired freedom fighters like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh. During the Rising Bharat Summit, Randeep Hooda addressed the controversy when he mentioned that a person doesn’t need to be either left or right inclined, ideologically. “Left and the right wing belong to the same bird.
Ideologies must be different so that there is a debate for people to understand both sides. People can be neutral also," he said. “Politics on Savarkar has been going on since the time when there were only three political parties in the country – the Indian National Congress, the Hindu Maha Sabha and the Muslim League.
Today also, opposition raises questions on the government and vice versa," he added. Hooda, who is currently gearing up for the release of his next movie Jaat, asked everyone to introspect with regard to their views on Savarkar and continued by saying, “A man who was ‘maafi-veer’, why was he imprisoned by the Britishers for 27 years? Ask this question to yourself. One must also research about it.
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