Suniel Shetty questions why films focus on Akbar, Babur, not Shivaji Maharaj and Rajput kings: ‘Our history should be about our culture’

When asked if he feels strongly about the subject, Suniel said, “Why do we talk about Aurangzeb, Akbar, Babur, Birbal? Our history should be about our culture. It should be about Vedas and the Rajputs and Shivaji Maharaj and everybody else, every hero of every state should be spoken about.” He added, “I feel strongly and emotional about Somnath temple. How many times it was plundered but it is still standing.”

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Earlier, while promoting his film Prithviraj Chauhan, actor Akshay Kumar had demanded that Indian history textbook should focus on ‘our culture’. “Unfortunately, our history textbooks only have 2-3 lines about Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan, but a lot has been mentioned about the invaders. There is hardly anything mentioned about our culture and our Maharajas. I was taken aback that there is so much about Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan that we don’t know about.”

In early January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Somnath Temple in Gujarat to participate in the “Somnath Swabhiman Parv,” marking 1,000 years since the first recorded invasion of the shrine in 1026. The occasion saw a 72-hour continuous Omkar chanting. The Prime Minister also led the “Shaurya Yatra” and witnessed a 3,000-drone light show.

Suniel Shetty recently made a cameo in Border 2, which starred his son Ahan Shetty, along with Sunny Deol—who was also part of the original 1997 film—Diljit Dosanjh, and Varun Dhawan in lead roles. Suniel also has the multi-starrer Welcome to the Jungle in the pipeline and is also a part of Hera Pheri 3.