After Parineeti Chopra exited the film and Nora Fatehi was brought on-board, reports stated that actor Rana Daggubati too left the scene. Now, the latest scoop is that Sharad Kelkar is joining the biographical drama as a replacement.
Sharad Kelkar, who was last seen in Ajay Devgn’s period war drama, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior essaying the role of the famed Maratha king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, will now be seen essaying Rana’s role of a lieutenant colonel of the Madras regiment.
First look… #AjayDevgn in #BhujThePrideOfIndia… Directed by Abhishek Dudhaiya… 14 Aug 2020 release. pic.twitter.com/NRo95gOGsO
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 2, 2020
The Abhishek Dudhaiya directorial is set to release ahead of India’s Independence Day on August 14, 2020. Recently, Ajay Devgn’s look as Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik, who was in-charge of the Bhuj airbase during the 1971 Indo-Pak War, was revealed.