Randeep Hooda scoffs at the idea that he sold ancestral land in Haryana to fund Swatantrya Veer Savarkar: ‘Sold flats in Mumbai’

Randeep Hooda also said that whenever he visits his village in Haryana, he goes unannounced to escape public attention.

New Delhi | April 6, 2024 01:08 PM IST

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Randeep Hooda's Swatantrya Veer Savarkar was released on March 22. (Photo: Facebook/RandeepHooda)

Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, who was recently seen in the film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, has clarified that he did not sell his ancestral land in Haryana to fund the film. Randeep, who had recently spoken about putting his own money into the passion project, said that he instead sold his properties in Mumbai.

In an interview with Vaad, Randeep laughed at the thought of him selling his ancestral lands for the film. He said, “I did not sell my land, I sold the flats in Mumbai. ‘Itni zameen bhi nahi thi ki film ban jaye (I do not have enough land to sell to fund a film).” The actor also said that he has bought land in the jungle and wishes to live there in the future.

Randeep said that Mumbai is favourite city in the world. Explaining why, he said, “This city has given me everything, I got the opportunity to work. My family also stays here. I met my wife here. My friends are from here. When I go there (village in Haryana) it is a different feeling. But people have changed there. Whenever I go there, I cannot talk to them freely, because people are like, ‘photo photo.’ So I go unannounced.”

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Previously, Randeep had opened up about the difficulties he experienced while filming Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. He said in an interview with Ranveer Allahbadia, “I wanted to release this film on August 15 last year, then on January 26. I put everything into it. It didn’t happen… We had difficulties, because the team that was initially attached to the project, those people didn’t have the intention to make a quality film. They just wanted to make a film. We had financial difficulties. My father had saved up and bought two or three properties for me in Mumbai, I let go of them and put the money into the movie. I couldn’t stop.”

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