Randeep Hooda feels elated as Swatantrya Veer Savarkar gets submitted for Oscars 2025

Actor Randeep Hooda starrer Swatantrya Veer Savarkar has been officially submitted for Oscars 2025. This biographical film about freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar is in the Oscar race after Kiran Rao’s directorial Laapataa Ladies gets selected for the Academy Awards. Anand Pandit, the producer of the movie, is overwhelmed with the response as he feels proud.

“This is a moment of great pride, not just for our team, but for everyone who believes in telling stories of our unsung heroes. Being chosen as one of India’s entries for the Oscars is a huge validation of our efforts,” said Pandit, on behalf of the makers.

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Randeep Hooda also is elated with the achievement as he told ANI, “It’s an honour to represent a film that resonates so deeply with Indian history. Swatantrya Veer Savarkar is a film that aims to bring forgotten stories to the forefront, and this recognition pushes our narrative even further.“

Randeep Hooda on mortgaging his house

In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Randeep Hooda revealed that he had to sell his house and other properties to make Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. “There was a point that no money would be used in the movie from onwards or there were disagreements on the same since the beginning. Then I asked my father who has built a few properties using my money because he thought that I would spend all my money on fast women and slow horses. So he saved a few money and built a few properties. I told my father, ‘I got stuck in between the shoot and I know that people say that never put your own money to make a movie but I had no choice. So what do you say about this?‘” Adding that he agreed to invest money in the movie.

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His father told him, “He didn’t hesitate and agreed to it for my hard work and Veer Savarkar, he immediately contacted the bank and bet all the money. Thankfully, everything is back to us. Our film has got breakeven and we are in the profits. Now, I sometimes even joke saying that ‘papa, take some new properties“.

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