'Ashutosh Gowariker is like a history book', says Panipat actor Kriti Sanon

Kriti San will be seen in a historical film for first time in her career with Ashutosh Gowariker's latest film, Panipat.  movie is all set to release on December 6, 2019, and le cast and crew are busy promoting ir upcoming film. Kriti opened up about her character recently in an interview to a local media outlet, where she spoke about several aspects of film, and director Ashutosh Gowariker's craft.

Kriti on challenges she faced while playing her role in Panipat

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Kriti San is playing role of Parvati Bai in film. During interview, Kriti revealed that though Parvati Bai h always accompanied Sashivrao Bhau in ir journey, very little information was kwn about her. Kriti said she h to completely rely on Ashutosh Gowariker's script and kwledge on historical figure to essay her role in film. She ded that many of Parvati Bai's characteristics come from Ashutosh's historical kwledge, and was like a history book for her. 

Kriti also said that while Ashutosh makes period films, his characters are always contemporary and relatable to modern audiences. She ded that he did t like his female characters to be weak. Speaking about her own role as Parvati Bai, Kriti said that she is t a shy character when it comes to expressing her love and fighting with sword. Parvati Bai will be someone who will inspire entire Maratha army in film. Kriti said that she relates to Parvati's character but she is t as bold as her. She also spoke about all training she h to go through to pull to role off, including learning Marathi, horse riding and sword-fighting.

On why she accepted role

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Kriti said she was initially reluctant and she h asked Ashutosh why he chose a Punjabi girl inste of a Marathi actor. But director was confident in his choice and this confidence n passed on to Kriti who finally decided to play role. She ded that she felt that Battle of Panipat was a story that deserved to be told. Kriti said that while everyone knew start and end of battle, film would show everyone what happened in between. She also wanted to try acting in a period drama/historical film, as she h never played role of a historical figure before. 

When asked about precautions she took to avoid controversies

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Kriti San said that her job as an actor was to play role of her character to best of her abilities and she h to follow vision of director. She once again mentioned that Ashutosh was like a history book for her, as he knew every small detail about history. She ded that she trusted him completely to be accurate to history while avoiding aspects that might hurt sentiments of people. She also said that he was a Maharashtrian, and he respected Marathi culture and history. 

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