You have to be careful, honest about depicting history: Ajay on playing Tanhaji

Ajay Devgn, who features in the title role in "Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior", on Tuesday said one has to be careful and honest about recreating history on the big screen.

In the period drama, directed by Om Raut, Ajay plays Maratha commander Tanhaji Malusare in Chhatrapati Shivaji's army.

"You have to be careful and honest to history. After from being careful, we followed the history. If someone asks us questions we can show that it is a part of history," Ajay told reporters here.

The actor was speaking at the trailer launch of the film, which also stars Kajol and Saif Ali Khan.

Ajay said he felt a sense of responsibility while playing the character.

"When you play the part of Tanhaji, who has been a such a big warrior hero, the responsibility is more. It is important you do not portray such characters wrongly," he added.

He said he relied completely on his director's vision as there was little information available on Tanhaji.

"I followed my director. There were not many details about him, so we had to imagine it and maintain the dignity."
"When we used to watch and discuss Hollywood films, we would wonder why we do not have such technology. We had dreamt to make a film that will stand on par with them and tell them, 'Look the budget of our films is half of what you make but our quality is same'. We have technicians and if in this budget we can make something like this, it is good. Earlier we did not have the technology but we have that today."
"Our film is different and it has a different story. Today we see a lot of good films being made and even we are trying to make a good film. I would not want to compare it with any other film."
"For me, it is one more film. I have done the same kind of hard work that I did in my first or 99th film. I will continue to do so even in my 101st film."