Overview

• Anupam Kher shared a monochrome behind-the-scenes video on Instagram that shows him on set in his Mahatma Gandhi look.
• Director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has released the film’s trailer on social media after earlier promotional plans in Kolkata were disrupted.
• The drama is set around the 1946 Direct Action Day, with Gandhi depicted as a central figure and his Noakhali peace mission referenced.
• Co-producer Pallavi Joshi says permission for an August 16 trailer launch in Kolkata was denied at the last moment and alleges interference by the ruling TMC.
• The film, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Darshan Kumar, is written and directed by Agnihotri, presented globally by Zee Studios, and scheduled to open in theatres on September 5, 2025.