Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior: The story of the legend Tanaji Malusare

Tanhaji: Unsung Warrior, is an upcoming film starring Ajay Devgn, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan. movie is scheduled to hit screens on January 10, 2020. movie is directed by Om Raut. Its producers include Ajay Devgn, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar. movie is based on life of Maratha warrior Tanaji Malusare.

Who was Tanaji Malusare?

Many believe Tanaji Malusare to be a brave and famous Maratha Warriors. He was lifelong companion and friend of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He is very well kwn for having captured  Sinhag Fort situated at top of hill. It is said that Tanaji h gone to meet Shivaji Maharaj to invite him for his son Rayaba's wedding. But when he heard Shivaji's plan to capture Kondhana fort near Pune from Mughals, Tanaji put wedding plans on hold and immediately took charge of campaign and started preparing for it. 

When Tanaji and his army of 300 troops reached foot of fort, Tanaji introduced Yashwanti, his Bengal monitor lizard also kwn as Ghorp in Marathi. plan supposedly was to tie a rope around lizard and go up fort. lizard is kwn for its grip and was expected to take troops to top of fort. army n tied ropes around Yashwanti and started climbing fort. After two failed attempts Tanaji and his men were successfully able to climb up steep hill leing to fort. 

fort is said to have been controlled by Udaybhan Rathod, who was a Rajput officer and was appointed by Mughal general Jai Singh I. When troops reached inside fort, guards at fort sensed army coming and Mughal soldiers attacked Maratha soldiers. Fierce combat took place between Tanaji and Udaybhan. During battle, Tanaji's shield is said to have broken into pieces because of Udaybhan's strike. Tanaji still did t give up, he continued fighting by tying his turban around his hand. In process, Tanaji died fighting on battlefield due to several wounds.

fort was captured and a fire was lit to pass mess to Shivaji Maharaj. When Suryaji, Tanaji's bror returned to Shivaji Maharaj after conquering fortwith news of Tanaji's demise, Shivaji Maharaj is said to have been overcome with grief. Upon hearing news, Shivaji expressed his sorrow by saying "G ala, pan sinha gela", which literally means, " fort is captured but lion is de". As a tribute to Tanaji Malusare, Kondhana fort was renamed by Shivaji, as Singhag, meaning lion's fort.