Sam Bahadur actor Vicky Kaushal says Army understands creative freedom, but ‘some’ lines are also crossed by the film: ‘They feel the love’ Bollywood News

“In the times I have had the opportunity to interact with the Army, first during the shooting of “Uri” and now “Sam Bahadur,” I have actually talked to them about what they think about movies and how they are portrayed in Hindi films. , we actually had a lot of heart-to-heart conversations with them.Of course they say they understand that they have to have creative freedom, but sometimes they cross the line. Yes, I feel like this: “Aise sodhi na ho sakta hai?” But I have seen that they are very sensitive about uniforms, medals and badges,” he said in an interview with Ranveer Allahabadia.

Vicky Kaushal says the Indian military is very particular about how they represent themselves, which is why Meghna Gulzar, directed by Sam Bahadur, was like a “hawk” on the set of Sam Bahadur’s biographical war drama. Told.

“When I trained with them, I realized the following. Unhone literally dandy kaai hai If the uniform was not appropriate during training (they received a beating). That is the severe punishment they receive during their training period. So, I’m sure they will feel bad if we casually wear uniforms and medals, so I hope they will at least be careful about this. Meghna was like a hawk on set, paying attention to the details and the colors of the uniforms…because if you can’t even get the uniforms right, you can’t honor the military,” he said. Ta.

Vicky, who plays Sam Manekshaw in Bahadur, said that army officers always end their conversations with him with a warning: “We cannot risk portraying Sam Manekshaw wrongly.”

“There’s glory to live for. There wasn’t the slightest bit of room to be fooled or to miss the mark. Because whenever I interacted with the Army, they were very encouraging, showed a lot of trust, gave a lot of… But they always end the conversation by saying, “You should try harder, he was our best man.” “That always scares me a little bit,” he added.

‘Sam Bahadur’ is scheduled to release on December 1st and will compete at the box office with Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s gangster thriller ‘Animal’.