Ashutosh
Gowarikar's
period
drama
Panipat
hit
theatres
today
and
has
earned
decent
reviews
from
critics.
For
Kriti
Sanon,
who
has
played
the
part
of
a
fearless
Marathi
woman
Parvati
Bai,
it
is
her
first
period
drama.
The
actress
went
all
out
to
prep
for
her
character
and
get
it
right.
This
included
learning
Marathi
so
as
to
seem
like
she
has
been
speaking
the
language
since
her
childhood.
Kriti
took
lessons
in
Marathi
dialect
to
perfect
her
speech.
According
to
Pinkvilla,
she
said,
"I
didn't
know
Marathi,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
whatever
little
Marathi
I
was
speaking
in
a
Hindi
film
should
be
authentic
yet
effortless.
I
wanted
to
sound
like
I
have
been
speaking
the
language
since
childhood,
especially
for
those
who
know
it
because
they
are
the
ones,
who
call
your
bluff.
I
had
a
dialect
coach
and
Ashu
sir
also
helped.
By
the
end
of
it,
I
started
enjoying
the
language.
It's
a
very
sweet
language.
It
has
a
rhythm
and
tune
to
it,
which
is
very
nice."
She
also
tried
to
perfect
her
posture
and
body
language
in
the
film,
as
she
observed
that
Marathis
have
a
body
language
which
is
unique
to
them
when
they
are
speaking
the
language.
Authenticity
was
most
important
for
her.
Panipat
is
based
on
the
third
battle
of
Panipat,
which
was
fought
between
Afghani
invader
Abdali
and
the
Marathi
army,
led
by
military
commander
Sadashiv
Rao
Bhau.
The
film
stars
Sanjay
Dutt
in
the
role
of
Abdali,
and
Arjun
Kapoor
in
the
role
of
Bhau.
Apart
from
them,
it
also
stars
Mohnish
Bahl,
Zeenat
Aman,
Padmini
Kolhapure
and
others
in
the
lead.