Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior: Sharad Kelkar was SHOCKED when director Om Raut asked him to play Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj [EXCLUSIVE]

Bollywood actor, Sharad Kelkar, has come a long way from where he started. After starring in big B-town films like Housefull 4, Goliyon Ki Rasleela... Ram Leela, Baadshaho, Mohenjodaro, the 43-year-old is ready to enthral us with his performance as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Om Raut's Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. It is based on the life Tanaji Malusare, who was the military leader of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He will be sharing screen space with Ajay Devgn, who plays the titular character. Prior to the film's release, Sharad sat down for an exclusive chat with us and revealed how he reacted when he Om Raut approached him to play an important role in his historic-drama.

"I was shocked even when Om (Raut) sir called and told me that he wanted me to play Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and I wondered why me. He said, 'It's my perception that you will look great as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj' and I was like okay. On the same day, we did look test and I was convinced but there was also a jittery feeling about what would happen on the set and what would not," he told us.

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Sharad Kelkar went on to heap praises for his director and added, "He has studied so much about the person, timeline and understood well about every character. He can write a thesis on this. He explains so well to an actor that you get into that zone. Just standing there, he'll make you feel like that character. So for me, the narration was important. He will keep talking to you and take into a zone where you feel you're Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. That was the mystic part."

Before signing off, Kelkar mentioned how they did not do any retakes except for one or two, which were done because of technical errors.

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