We are more interested in knowing about famous victories: Arjun Kapoor

Actor Arjun Kapoor believes people in India like to be told stories of famous historical victories and that is probably why tale of third Battle of Panipat never got played on big screen. actor stars in Ashutosh Gowariker's lavishly mounted period drama "Panipat", which chronicles 1761 battle fought between Marathas, under leership of Sashivrao Bhau, and inving Afghan army, led by Ahm Shah Abdali, essayed by Sanjay Dutt in film.

Arjun says people are always interested in end result of a conflict and t in its causalities or aftermath. "In our country, we are more interested about end result. It is very result-based sometimes.But we are t interested in journey or what changed after incident. Sometimes causalities are also important. result is just a termilogy.

"re have been so many circumstances where things might have t gone exactly as per plan but still re has been a positive output because of event," actor told PTI in an interview. He believes that one thought of telling this story simply because Marathas lost battle. "After battle, one from Afghanistan inved India ever again. You wonder why, since we lost battle. y won, so y should have stayed around but y didn't. win is just in terms of how many people gave ir lives.

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"So, yes, maybe because of that people might have thought that this story is t worth telling. But if you dive into it, politics of time, setup of time, who was against who and who sided with whom, n that is equally fascinating, and t so much result alone," he ds. And "Panipat" is t only story to be told from perspective of losing side. Arjun cites example of Akshay Kumar-starrer "Kesari".

"In 'Kesari', Sikhs were t able to stop invasion, but film was still me, and it did really well. It was Battle of Saragarhi for that community and that tribe. For Peshwas and Marathas, Battle of Panipat is important to show because re was valour, pride and tremendous amount of patriotism for our country even n." Ever since first trailer of film hit Internet, re have been constant comparisons of movie with Ranveer Singh, Deepika Pukone and Priyanka Chopra's "Bajirao Mastani". Both films share same setting of 18th century Maratha empire.

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Ask him if in of social media it has become difficult for two films, which share same genre and setting, to co-exist successfully, Arjun says re are so many different stories of time that must be told and one should t be afraid of comparisons. "It's like saying that re shouldn't be ar war film because 'Uri' has been me. That's t possible because re are so many untold stories. Today, if we want to tell story of Abhinandan Varthaman, n we shouldn't make it just because 'Uri' has been me?.

"Similarly, 'Tanhaji' shouldn't exist after release of 'Panipat'. Tomorrow, if someone wants to tell story of Chattrapati Shivaji, n should we stop m just because story has been told many times before. So, I think re are too many stories to be told for us to be bound by era y are set in." Comparisons between films, Arjun says, will keep happening because it is in inherent nature of Indians.

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"We compare cars and clos when we go shopping. It is our habit. It is a part and parcel of our personality. And re is thing wrong with it." "Panipat", which also features Kriti San, is scheduled to be released on December 6. 

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