According to sources, saddled in a new avatar for his second outing, this rising star Dhruv Verma, already famous as \u2018Indian James Bond\u2019 worldwide for his intense action sequences in No Means No, has been signed for a whopping Rs. 12 Crore (Around 1.33 Million Euros) as his professional acting fees for a lead role in The Good Maharaja, a World War 2 Epic. Buzz is that the budding actors\u2019 business manager had asked for around Rs. 20 crores (Around 2 Million Euros); but later in in negotiations Dhruv reduced his fee to in light of the economic slow down due to the Pandemic of Covid-19 to around Rs. 12 Crores (Around 1.33 Million Euros). And has even pledged a large chunk of his fees already to be donated for the betterment of Covid care facilities and Old age homes. Dhruv said on this topic \u201cThis is the severe reality and the health of my fellow countrymen is more important than money\u201d and pledges to donate a portion from all his films earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Titled as \u2018The Good Maharaja\u2019, slated for a Christmas 2022 release, the film revolves around World War II and is also the second Indo-Polish co-production venture based on a true story which is neither untold nor glorified\u2019 is also about the lion-hearted Indian Maharaja of Nawanagar (now known as Jamnagar in Gujarat) Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja (nicknamed as Jam Saheb) who during this war came as a fatherly figure for around 1000 Polish children and provided them shelter from the squalid orphanage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shedding more light about the film, for which shooting and principal photography has already begun, the elated actor, Dhruv says, \u201cI am thankful and overwhelmed that the producers and directors have reposed their faith on my shoulders once again. The role is different from my debut film.\u201d Reportedly Dhruv has read the script many times during the holidays in his ancestral home situated at Hyde Park in London, where he often does his script readings. When the Second World War began in September 1939, Poland was invaded by the Germans and then by the Russians. This is one of the timelines of the film\u201d Keeping his role under wraps, the budding actor adds, \u201cI know the graph of this character and have to submit to my director\u2019s vision. I will start taking add-on trainings with the guns used in the WWII: like M1 Carbine and Enfield M1917 rifles; Springfield M1903 with edged bayonets; Colt pistols; Browning M1917A1 heavy machine guns; Thompson M1A1 submachine guns; amongst many others under the guidance of my mentor-guru, Hollywood\u2019s famous star Steven Segal in Russia.\u201d
Rumour has it that the producers of the film have also restricted Dhruv from signing or working on any other film during the period till The Good Maharaja is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dhruv\u2019s Business Manager who did not wish to be named highlights, \u201cThe Indian Maharaja has drawn bilateral ties with Poland. One of the children has even become the Prime Minister of Poland. This collaboration reminds me of the veteran filmmaker and actor Raj Kapoor\u2019s love for Russia beginning his association with his film Mera Naam Joker and herewith our illustrious Vikash Verma\u2019s bonding with Poland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Vikash Verma the chairman of G7 Securitas Group and G7 Films, says, \u201cCinema shapes our society and highlights the culture too.\u201d Vikash Verma spoke about many controversies that arose regarding the film, The Good Maharaja, but he will take the blessings of Maharaja Digvijaysaheb\u2019s family. Vikash said \u201cI am sure that Maharaja Digvijay Saheb\u2019s family will not take any objection,\u201d Vikash said that this film\u2019s inception was in 2016, but was put on hold for his ambitious Indo- Polish project, No Means No. And about casting Dhruv Verma\u2026 he is an ambitious, determined, and enterprising actor and he fits the bill. Sanjay Dutt plays a titular role in it. According to Sources, Roman Polanski, renowned Polish film director, and Oscar-winner for The Pianist will be approached to direct this film. He is now 87-years-old and his experiences as a witness to the Holocaust will be an added layer of realism to this film. \u201cWe will shoot this movie from start to finish once this pandemic crisis simmers down and after everyone is Vaccinated. Soon after we release our co-productions first venture No Means No in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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