Ashutosh
Gowarikar
is
all
geared
up
for
the
release
of
his
period
drama,
Panipat.
The
film
is
based
on
the
Third
Battle
of
Panipat,
which
was
fought
between
the
Maratha
Senapathi
Sadashiv
Rao
Bhau
and
Afghan
invader
Ahmed
Shah
Abdali.
Panipat
stars
Arjun
Kapoor,
Kriti
Sanon,
Sanjay
Dutt,
Mohnish
Bahl,
Padmini
Kolhapure,
Zeenat
Aman
and
others.
Recently,
a
descendent
of
the
Maratha
Peshwa
raised
objections
to
a
certain
dialogue
shown
in
the
film's
trailer,
which
he
thought
is
in
bad
taste.
The
descendent,
Nawabzada
Shadab
Ali
Bahadur
is
of
the
opinion
that
the
dialogue
presents
Peshwa
Baji
Rao
and
his
wife
Mastani
Bai
in
bad
light.
Ashutosh
responded
to
this
controversy
saying,
"Why
are
people
not
patient?" continuing,
"It
is
a
given
that
there
will
be
questions
when
you
make
a
historical
film.
If
I
was
a
descendant
of
a
great
warrior,
I
would
want
to
know
what
is
being
written
about
or
presented
about
my
family
member.
However,
at
the
same
time,
people
should
wait
and
be
patient.
I
like
to
go
on
the
front
foot
and
explain
that
everything
is
okay,"
reported
Hindustan
Times.
For
Gowarikar,
this
film
is
close
to
his
heart
because
of
his
own
association
with
the
Marathi
culture,
and
also
because
he
likes
telling
untold
stories.
An
obvious
choice
would
have
been
to
tell
the
story
of
Chatrapathi
Shivaji,
but
he
decided
to
go
with
the
story
of
Marathi
Peshwa
Nana
Saheb's
military
commander,
Sadashiv
Rao.
Gowarikar
likes
to
explore
learning
curves
in
a
story,
and
he
was
quite
astonished
by
what
happens
in
this
one.
"I
thought,
if
I
am
so
intrigued
by
it,
then
I
should
tell
the
story," he
said.