A Pan India Movie 'The Battle Story of Somnath' Announced

Mumbai, July 15 - Producer Manish Mishra of 2idiots Films in association with Ranjit Sharma has announced a Pan India movie, titled "The Battle Story of Somnath". Written and directed by Anup Thapa, the film is based on the true event of the Somnath invasion of Mahmud Ghazni.

"The Battle Story of Somnath" is a multilingual project which will be released in twelve major Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Marathi. The movie was announced today (July 15) with an animated teaser.

The teaser of the film gives a background of the Somnath Jyotirling's history across the Yugas as it says, "The saga of history, the first Jyotirling of Lord Shiv. Chandra Dev made it from gold in Satyug. Made from brass by Ravan in Tretayug. Lord Shri Krishna in Dwaparyug. The first biggest invader Mahmud Ghazni, the 1025 CE attack. Only battle fought by the common people.

The teaser further talks about more than 50,000 lives sacrificed to fight the battle as it moves forward to Independent India’s first Union Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel taking the initiative to rebuild Somnath. It further shows a quote of India's first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad saying, "Somnath is a symbol of the victory of construction on destruction".

The cast and other details will be revealed soon.

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