'Dharmveer' star Prasad Oak calls late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe 'god'

Noted Marathi actor Prasad Oak on Thursday said that he was very cautious while playing the role of late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe in Dharmveer Mukkam Post Thane as a single mistake would have invited the wrath of the public who admired him like a godPrasad Oak was speaking during the Table Talk programme at International Film Festival of India underway in GoaDharmveer is a biopic based on the life of late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe who devoted his life to the welfare of the people of Thane in MaharashtraThe story takes us back to the early days of Shiv Sena when a young Anand Dighe was a party worker who rose to become a prominent member of the party A reporter traces his story meeting his mentees his family as well as scores of common Thanekars people of Thane who revere him even todayAlso ReadPrasad Oakrsquos directorial political love story Chandramukhi is set to hit theatres on April 29Prasad Oak said that Anand Dighe was admired like a god by thousands of people in ThaneMaharashtraIt was a difficult task to portray Anand Dighe as any minor mistake would have invited the wrath of the public It was my responsibility to give justice to this role He was god for thousands of people Oak saidHe said that before playing the role of Anand Dighe he studied his movements and how he used to talk with the publicI had never met Anand Dighe Hence it was a big task to play this role But many people came and met me showing his photographs and narrating his stories some videos on the net also helped me to observe his movements he saidOak said that the whole exercise was brought to the notice of the team and once it got nod he used to perform as it is like Anand DigheAlso ReadSalman Khan Reveals His Similarity With Anand Dighe At Dharmaveer Trailer LaunchProducer Mangesh Desai said that he dreamt of making this film from 2013 and got completed in 2022 I wanted to reach his positive work to the people He always helped poor people He resolved all the issues of people whoever contacted him Desai said praising DigheHis camaraderie was with people of Maharashtra I was curious to know about his life Anand Dighe was so powerful that he played a vital role to pacify groups involved in riots Once such a scene is shown in the film which was real he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever