Unfortunately, our history textbooks only have 2-3 lines about Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan, and more about Invaders, says Akshay Kumar

In an interview with ANI, Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar along with Chandraprakash Dwivedi, the Director of the movie Samrat Prithviraj. He said, “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.”

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The Film Director Chandraprakash Dwivedi on being asked about the misinterpretation of history said, “We have kept in mind the popular folklore while making the film. I have kept in mind that I shouldn't do something contradictory to history. Controversy is welcome because that'll give space for debate.”

Dwivedi said, "You used the term Hindu nationalism, I call it cultural nationalism too. Nothing wrong in reviving Hindu nationalism/cultural nationalism as this nation's character is Hindu, when I say Hindu it means culture."