Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat
Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat () is an upcoming Indian Marathi-language period drama film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and produced by Vaseem Qureshi under the banner of Qureshi Productions. The film stars Pravin Tarde, Hardeek Joshi, Vishal Nikam, Jai Dudhane, Utkarsha Shinde and Virat Madke as the seven great Maratha warriors who playing important role to achieve the dream of Swaraj (), while Akshay Kumar (debut in Marathi cinema) as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The film was initially supposed to be released on Diwali but it was changed to avoid clashing with Tiger 3. Premise 
Vedat Maratha Veer Daudle Saat is based on a story about seven legendary warriors in the Maratha Empire who attempt to achieve independence (swaraj) in 1674. Cast 
 Akshay Kumar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
 Pravin Tarde as Prataprao Gujar
 Vishal Nikam as Chandraji Kothar
 Virat Madke as Jivaji Patil
 Hardeek Joshi as Malhari Lokhande
 Gauri Ingawale
 Satya Manjrekar as Dattaji Page
 Utkarsha Shinde as Suryaji Dandkar 
 Jay Dudhane as Tulja Jamkar

Production

Development 
Manjrekar planned Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat for 7 years. The film was announced in November 2022 at a launch event in Mumbai, attended by the Chief minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde, MNS president Raj Thackeray and Bollywood actor Salman Khan. Casting 
Akshay Kumar is making his debut in Marathi cinema with this film. Other roles are played by Pravin Tarde, Hardeek Joshi, Vishal Nikam, Utkarsha Shinde, Jay Dudhane, Virat Madke and Satya Manjrekar. Filming 
Principal photography of the film started in December 2022 in Mumbai. During the shooting was going on at Panhala, a 19-year-old youth falls down from 100 feet and gets seriously injured. He was admitted to the hospital soon after the accident. The film has also been filmed in Kolhapur. Release

Theatrical 
The film was scheduled to released on Diwali 2023, but it was postponed to avoid clashing with Tiger 3. Along with Marathi, the film will also be released in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu in dubbed versions. Criticism 
Manjrekar has adopted fictitious names instead of real warrior names in film. Suresh Gujar, who is a descendant of Prataprao Gujar, Nesari and Bhosare (a village in Satara district) has opposed the film, saying that "The fact that Manjrekar has distorted history through this film will not be tolerated at all." The film received heavy criticism from several people for its casting, mainly Akshay Kumar as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj due to Kumar's poor performance in historical film Samrat Prithviraj. Music 
The music and background score is composed by Hitesh Modak. References

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2023 films
Indian historical films
Cultural depictions of Shivaji
Films set in the Maratha Empire
2020s Marathi-language films
Action films based on actual events
Indian historical drama films
2020s historical drama films
Films set in the 1670s