Viineet Kumar Siingh says torture scenes in Chhaava were toned down, audiences wouldn’t have been able to handle graphic version: ‘Chheele hue badan par namak lagaya…’

In a recent interview, Chhaava actor Viineet Kumar Siingh revealed that the violence that people saw in the film was toned down.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: March 7, 2025 09:56 AM IST

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Vineet Kumar Singh on violence in Chhaava (Photo: Instagram/VineetKumarSingh)

Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava has emerged as the biggest Indian hit of the year, and the biggest hit of the star’s career. Directed by Laxman Utekar, Chhaava also stars Rashmika Mandanna, Viineet Kumar Siingh and Akshaye Khanna in pivotal roles. The film is nearing the Rs 500 crore mark domestically, and has crossed the Rs 600 crore mark worldwide. Chhaava’s climactic scene, in which Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj is tortured by Aurangzeb, has proven to be divisive, with some suggesting that the violence was unbearable. In a recent appearance on The Raunac Podcast, Viineet offered his opinion about the depiction of violence in the film, and said that it wasn’t even the half of it.

He shared, “Before starting the shoot of the film, I went to visit the shrines of Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and Kavi Kalash ji. I spend half a day there. Main samaadhi ke paas hi baitha tha bahut waqt tak. I talked to several people there, a few old folks who have been living there for years. They told me many stories.”

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The actor further added, “So, the brutality that happened during that time, people have only seen a part of it in Chhaava, that too quite toned down. Ek maheene se zyada waqt tak aap kisi ko torture karahe ho, agar aap usko shoot karoge, toh aap samajh rahe ho aapko kya dekhne ko milega?” When the interviewer confirmed if Viineet was saying that what was shown was a toned-down version, the actor said yes.

Viineet Kumar Siingh added, “I have been a doctor, and I have seen people coming in the emergency ward after horrific accidents. When we used antiseptic to clean their wounds, baap baap chillaate hain log, naani yaad ajaati hai. Even fixing a fracture makes people scream out of pain.”

Comparing this to what the protagonist went through in the film, Viineet said, “Meanwhile in Chhaava, salt is being rubbed on open wounds. You can go and meet people to listen to such stories. I went there to take blessings before starting the film. As an actor, I follow the director once I’ve said yes to the script. I can only improvise in a certain limit of what’s written,” he concluded.

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