Prithviraj (2022) on Netflix
Prithviraj Chauhan rules Ajmer, and Princess Sanyogita, Jayachand's daughter, loves him in Kannauj. Muhammad of Ghor demands the return of his brother Mir Hossain and threatens to attack Ajmer.
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Plot summary
In Kannauj, Princess Sanyogita, the daughter of Jayachand, is in love with Prithviraj Chauhan, who rules Ajmer as king of the Chahamana dynasty. Mir Hossain, the brother of Muhammad of Ghor, has eloped with Chitralekha, a dancer in Ghor's kingdom; the two loved each other, and the match caused a rift with Ghor. Hossain approaches Prithviraj, who promises to help him. Ghor is angered and decides to attack Ajmer if Hossain is not sent back to him. He has Qutb ud-Din Aibak carry the demand to Ajmer, and Prithviraj rejects it. When Aibak warns him, Prithviraj chooses war.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Prithviraj (2022)
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- Chandraprakash Dwivedi completed his script for Prithviraj in 2010 and wanted Sunny Deol as Prithviraj Chauhan with Aishwarya Rai as Sanyogita. Deol's date issues and a lack of interested producers left the project almost shelved until Yash Raj Films offered to produce it in 2018.
- Ahead of the 2020 monsoon, the Rajasthan sets of Samrat Prithviraj were dismantled because maintaining them cost too much, and two Dahisar sets, one a palace and one an arena for an action sequence, were destroyed while an indoor set was planned instead.
- The censor board demanded five cuts to Samrat Prithviraj and a disclaimer that those behind the film did not support Jauhar or Sati, and dialogue words were changed: haran to waran, Nana to sage, kabza to hamla and antim to mahaan.
- Karni Sena began protesting Samrat Prithviraj in March 2022, asking the makers to assure them the historical facts were not tampered with, and on 27 May 2022 the film's title was changed from Prithviraj to Samrat Prithviraj.
- The Gurjar organisation Gurjar Samaj Sarv Sangthan Sabha Ekta Samanya Samiti sued the filmmakers in the Delhi High Court, arguing that Prithviraj Chauhan was a Gurjar king and that the film wrongly showed him as a Rajput.
- Samrat Prithviraj's release was banned in Kuwait and Oman, and in Qatar the release was put on hold.
