Times of Islamabad

History forged: India’s Bollywood new stunt Paniput sparks outrage in Afghanistan

History forged: India’s Bollywood new stunt Paniput sparks outrage in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD – India’s Bollywood new stunt ‘Paniput’ sparks outrage inAfghanistan Pashtuns over forging history.

After the trailer of Bollywood movie ‘Panipat‘ released, it sparked angeramong the Pashtun’s tribe of Afghanistan.

The Panipat trailer went viral among Afghanistan social media users withmany controversial discussions.

Afghans have criticized it, claiming that parts of the history has beenforged in favor of specific groups.

The Bollywood cinema have recently produced a movie from a 250 year oldhistoric tale of ‘Panipat‘ war where the Afghan king, Ahmadshah Durranialso called as Ahmadshah Abdali attacks India and kills at least 70,000Maratha soldiers in his first attempt.

‘Panipat’ is the name of a popular historical conflict between Afghanistanand India in the eighteenth century.

The main characters are Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanson in thelead roles.

The movie has been jointly produced by Sunita Gowariker and RohitShelatkar under the direction of Ashutosh Gowariker, Khaama Press hasreported.