Shivaji's story has more HEROISM & DRAMA than Bahubali: RGV

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma says actor Riteish Deshmukh, who will reportedly play the iconic Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, is doing the film to become the pride of Maharashtra.

Varma on Thursday tweeted:
https://twitter.com/RGVzoomin/status/862517589158670336

The maverick filmmaker says Shivaji's story is more heroic than "Baahubali". 

He said:
https://twitter.com/RGVzoomin/status/862518377411039232Varma hopes to see "magnificent" battle scenes.
https://twitter.com/RGVzoomin/status/862519017508032512

Varma also thanked the "Masti" star for venturing into the project about the iconic Maratha warrior.

https://twitter.com/RGVzoomin/status/862519497734750209Varma added:
https://twitter.com/RGVzoomin/status/862520508272660480

Filmmaker Ravi Jadhav will be directing "Chhatrapati Shivaji". Jadhav has earlier made movies like "Balak-Palak" and "Sound of Heaven: The Story of Balgandharva" among others.

Riteish will be producing the film.

Currently, Varma is gearing up for the release of his film "Sarkar 3", which will hit the screens on Friday. The political-thriller stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpayee, Ronit Roy, Amit Sadh and Yami Gautam.