Ajay Devgn writes an emotional letter to Salman for taking up a film with KJo on the same subject of Sons Of Sardaar: Battle of Saragarhi
Ajay Devgn requested Salman Khan not to do the same story if possible, reveals source
Ajay Devgn has been working on Sons Of Sardaar: Battle of Saragarhi for a while now. So imagine his state of mind when Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar
announced their co-production based on the same battle with the same
hero, Havildar Ishar Singh, who led 21 Sikhs of the 36th Sikhs (now the
4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment in a battle against over 10,000
Afghan tribesmen in 1897.
Says an insider, “Ajay didn’t believe the news initially. He considers Salman family and they’ve known each other for decades.” The source adds that when the truth of the news finally sank in, AJ couldn’t contain his emotions, “He sent across a emotional message to Salman, the same week as the announcement, through a common friend, saying he hadn’t expected Salman to hurt him like this. He added that it was unfair of him to make a film on the same subject that he and his team had been working on for the last couple of years. He requested Salman not to do the same story if possible.”
Ajay remained unavailable for comment. Says a source close to Salman, “Knowing him, he must not even have known that Ajay was making this film. He will never do anything to hurt a friend.”
We had exclusively revealed the plotline of KJo’s film. Akshay Kumar plays Havaldar Ishar Singh, the military commander of 21 Sikh soldiers during British India who on 12 September 1897 during what came to be famously known as the Battle Of Saragarhi led his men through a deathly battle against thousands of Afghani invaders.
Devgn is also expected to play the same valorous Sikh character Ishar Singh in ambitious epic project announced last year. Devgn’s film titled Sons Of Sardaar: Battle Of Saragarhi was announced by the actor-producer-director as his next big project after Shivaay.
But with Shivaay under-performing at the box office, the budget required to make this epic historical may prove prohibitive for Devgn. But sources say Devgn is determined to make the film, come what may.
We wonder whether this is merely a coincidence. But a bitchy filmmaker tells us, “This looks like Karan’s still not over his fight with Ajay. He wants to take it to the next level. And with him announcing a heavyweight film like this which is similar to Ajay’s film and getting Salman to back it up, it’s already a victory for Karan. Now, it needs to be seen what Ajay’s next plans would be.”
But we understand the issues between Karan and Ajay and the fact that the two are constantly at war nowadays. But wasn’t Salman supposed to be a part of Ajay’s Sons of Sardaar too? So clearly, Salman too had an idea about the film and its concept. Why did he agree to produce another film on the same subject? We wonder!
Says an insider, “Ajay didn’t believe the news initially. He considers Salman family and they’ve known each other for decades.” The source adds that when the truth of the news finally sank in, AJ couldn’t contain his emotions, “He sent across a emotional message to Salman, the same week as the announcement, through a common friend, saying he hadn’t expected Salman to hurt him like this. He added that it was unfair of him to make a film on the same subject that he and his team had been working on for the last couple of years. He requested Salman not to do the same story if possible.”
Ajay remained unavailable for comment. Says a source close to Salman, “Knowing him, he must not even have known that Ajay was making this film. He will never do anything to hurt a friend.”
We had exclusively revealed the plotline of KJo’s film. Akshay Kumar plays Havaldar Ishar Singh, the military commander of 21 Sikh soldiers during British India who on 12 September 1897 during what came to be famously known as the Battle Of Saragarhi led his men through a deathly battle against thousands of Afghani invaders.
Devgn is also expected to play the same valorous Sikh character Ishar Singh in ambitious epic project announced last year. Devgn’s film titled Sons Of Sardaar: Battle Of Saragarhi was announced by the actor-producer-director as his next big project after Shivaay.
But with Shivaay under-performing at the box office, the budget required to make this epic historical may prove prohibitive for Devgn. But sources say Devgn is determined to make the film, come what may.
We wonder whether this is merely a coincidence. But a bitchy filmmaker tells us, “This looks like Karan’s still not over his fight with Ajay. He wants to take it to the next level. And with him announcing a heavyweight film like this which is similar to Ajay’s film and getting Salman to back it up, it’s already a victory for Karan. Now, it needs to be seen what Ajay’s next plans would be.”
But we understand the issues between Karan and Ajay and the fact that the two are constantly at war nowadays. But wasn’t Salman supposed to be a part of Ajay’s Sons of Sardaar too? So clearly, Salman too had an idea about the film and its concept. Why did he agree to produce another film on the same subject? We wonder!
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