Samrat Prithviraj Movie Wiki, Trailer, Story, Full Cast, Box Office Collection and Reviews
Samrat Prithviraj Movie Details
Release date - 3 June 2022
Genre - historical action drama
Movie budget - ₹250 crore
Based on - Prithviraj Raso by Chand Bardai
Box Office Collection - ₹23.30 crore
Samrat Prithviraj Movie Creators
Director - Chandraprakash Dwivedi
Writer - Chandraprakash Dwivedi
Producer - Aditya Chopra
Production company - Yash Raj Films
Samrat Prithviraj Movie Cast Full
Akshay Kumar as Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan
Sanjay Dutt as Kaka Kanha
Sonu Sood as Chand Bardai
Manushi Chhillar as Sanyogita
Manav Vij as Muhammad Ghori
Ashutosh Rana as Jayachandra
Sakshi Tanwar as Jayachandra's wife
Lalit Tiwari as Kannauj Purohit
Manoj Joshi as a rich merchant
Arun Bali as Arnoraja
Govind Pandey as Jayachandra's main Senapati
Rajendra Gupta as Thakurbaba, Prithviraj Chauhan's adviser
Vikas Shrivastav as Jayachandra's guard
Samrat Prithviraj Movie Box Office Collection (Day Wise)
Day 1 - ₹10.70 cr.
Day 2 - ₹12.60 cr.
Samrat Prithviraj Movie Story/Plot
In 1192 CE in Ghazni, Afghanistan Prithviraj is captured by Muhammad Ghori where he forces him to fight against three lions. Prithviraj (blind) is able to kill all of them but faints due to weakness.
The story then shifts back a few years before in Kannauj where princess Sanyogita, Jayachand's daughter is in love with Prithviraj Chauhan who is ruling Ajmer. In Ajmer, Prithviraj is approached by Mir Hossain who is the brother of Ghori. Ghori and Hossain were brothers but a drift occurred between both of them because Hossain ran with Chitralekha, a dancer in Ghori's kingdom as both loved each other. Prithviraj ensures Hossain that he will help him and takes him in his kingdom. This act angers Ghori and he decides to attack Ajmer if Prithviraj does not send Hossain back to him. Ghori sends Qutb al-Din Aibak to Ajmer. Prithviraj rejects Ghori's demand. As Aibak warns him Prithviraj accepts the demand for a war. This results in the First Battle of Tarain where Prithviraj along with Kaka Kanha, Chand Bardai and his men are able to defeat Ghori 's army but Mir Hossain is killed in the battle. Meanwhile Ghori is captured by Prithviraj but after few days he is released.
Prithviraj Chauhan is selected as ruler of Delhi. This angers Jayachand. He warns that the consequences of this act will not be good. Jayachand decides to organize a Svayamvara for Sanyogita and Rajasuya Yagya to increase his empire. He also sends an invitation to Prithviraj, asking 50 per cent control on Delhi which he rejects. Jayachand decides to make a statue of Prithviraj on the doorway of his empire, as he had rejected the invitation and as per the rituals if someone rejects the invitation a statue can fill the position of that person. As the svayamvara starts Sanyogita decides to put the varmala on Prithviraj's statue. This angers Jayachand and he decides to punish her daughter but soon Prithviraj approaches with his army and takes Sanyogita as she had choosen Prithviraj as her husband. A furious Jayachand decides to attack Prithviraj but is stopped by his advisors. Soon Prithviraj and Sanyogita got married according to the rituals. After a few days Jayachand sends his army to attack other forts under Prithviraj. Soon his army captures Gaudpur Fort. While Prithviraj, Sanyogita, Chand Bardai and others are outside, Kaka Kanha along with Prithviraj's army decides to recapture Gaudpur fort. They are successful in recapturing the fort but Kaka Kanha and many other men of Chauhan are killed in the battle. Prithviraj decides to attack Jayachand but soon reverts the decison as Kaka Kanha's last wish for Prithviraj was to forgive Jayachand. Later, Prithviraj decides to give equal position to Sanyogita in his darbar but is opposed by his members, soon he manages to get the approval of his members by telling them about the importance of women in the society.
Jayachand decides to contact Muhammad Ghori through a merchant and asks him to capture Prithviraj and handover to him in exchange of anything he wants. Ghori sends Aibak to Delhi. Aibak asks Prithviraj to work under Ghori's rule or he should prepare for another war. Prithviraj accepts the offer of war with Ghori. This results in the Second battle of Tarain. As the battle gets streched Ghori's army is decreasing, Ghori then decides to attack Prithviraj during night when his army is sleeping. Ghori's army is successful in defeating Prithviraj's army and then captures Prithviraj and takes him to Ghazni. As Ghori's army is approaching to Delhi, Sanyogita and other Rajput women perform jauhar (mass suicide by immolation). Delhi was now ruled by Ghori's men. As Prithviraj was captured by Ghori, Ghori asks his men to remove Prithviraj's eyes thus making him blind. Prithviraj was forced to fight with lions but soon defeated them, he then asks Ghori that if anyone wants to attack him he should first call his name to attack. Soon he faints.
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The Times of India | 3.5/5 stars
Samrat Prithviraj is a well-performed and well-directed family drama. It doesn’t have the opulence that we have seen in other historial dramas
Filmfare | 3.5/5 stars
It’s fondly trying to recreate a time when everything was just and honourable, while also showing that it"s our own disunity which allowed the invaders to step in
The Indian Express | 2/5 stars
As befits its simplistic, shorn-of-nuance tone, this Akshay Kumar-Manushi Chhillar film is larger-than-life and stays completely faithful to its stated intent
Pinkvilla | 2.5/5 stars
Samrat Prithviraj is strictly an average affair, with a rather flat screenplay. The historical is primarily watchable due to three strong sequences:The opening act, the intermission block, and the finale, but the brave Indian warrior deserved a better film
Film Companion
News18 | 3/5 stars
Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chhillar starrer evokes sentiments of patriotism and Rajput valour, trying to recreate the dramatic love story of Samrat Prithviraj and princess Sanyogita
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Hindustan Times
India Today | 2.5/5 stars
If Bollywood's fate rests on Samrat Prithviraj, the future is blank
The News Minute
Firstpost | 1/5 stars
Samrat Prithviraj unfolds like a straightforward sequence of Wikipedia entries: early childhood, first battle, marriage, second battle, death, legacy
The Quint
The Hindu
Director Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s film seeks to revive cultural nationalism, but doesn’t serve the purpose of those who wish to reap the past for a political harvest". Akshay Kumar has disappointed in the lead role and that the film "neither does justice to its source nor its subject
Cinema Express
The Wire
Bollywood Hungama | 3.5/5 stars
The Akshay Kumar film Samrat Prithviraj is an inspiring and entertaining saga of one of the greatest kings of Indian history
