Mumbai, March 8 -- Actor Randeep Hooda, who will be seen playing the role of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, talked about his upcoming film and why he decided to be associated with it.

He told ANI, "This movie is based on his (Veer Savarkar) life, it is a story between 1897 to 1950. I have fearlessly handled all the misinformation regarding him."

Hooda added that he lost weight to look like Savarkar. "When this movie, came to me I realized that I don't look like him and thus I lost weight for this film."

While talking about the research work, he shared, "When I started studying about him I realised I know nothing about him except that he went to Kala Pani. I also realised there are so many things about him that are neither ta...