Is Abhishek Bachchan’s Dasvi impressed by lifetime of ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala who gave Class 10 exams in jail? Director says ‘no’

On the face of it, the premise of Dasvi, the brand new movie starring Abhishek Bachchan, may remind of the real-life story of ex-Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala sitting for his tenth boards whereas in Tihar jail. But the filmmakers have stated that their movie has nothing to do with Chautala, regardless of the similarities.

Director Tushar Jalota in a latest interview stated that he was pitched the thought by one of many movie’s writers (and producers) Sandeep Leyzell. He informed GoodTimes in Hindi, “He gave me a one-line pitch, about an older man who sits for his Class 10 exams. I felt instantly connected to the story, because a lot of my family, from my mother’s side, happen to be teachers and professors. My sister is a principal. There was an instant connect. Even my mother used to be a professor back in the day…”

That is once they ‘started building the characters’, Tushar stated. “Honestly, there was just a one line. Then, we started developing the world. We wanted to make it even more difficult. You take this man and put him in a really difficult situation. That’s how we fleshed out the characters. Honestly, there were no references. There was no research done, in terms of basing the character on a real person. Nothing of the sort, I swear to God, none of those things were even considered. This has just come up, this was not even discussed while we were filming.”

But the similarities can’t be ignored. Abhishek’s character within the movie additionally occurs to be a chief minister, though he belongs to the fictional state of Harit Pradesh. And similar to Chautala, who was convicted for his involvement in what was generally known as the JBT rip-off (the junior primary trainer rip-off), Abhishek’s character was additionally sentenced for his involvement in a trainer recruitment rip-off.

Chautala appeared for Class X examination on the centre arrange for prisoners at Tihar Jail in 2017, and scored 53.4%. He appeared for social sciences, science and know-how, Hindi, Indian tradition and heritage and enterprise research exams in Hindi. In whole, he secured 267 marks out of the full 500. He was 82 on the time.

Four years later, he tried the Class XII boards, showing at a centre within the Arya Kanya Senior Secondary School in Sirsa. But he was made to take the English examination for Class X once more, as he hadn’t cleared it the primary time. He was 86 on the time. Chautala served his sentence from 2013 to July 2, 2021. Dasvi started filming in February 2021, in response to a publish shared by Abhishek.

The movie, which additionally options Nimrat Kaur and Yami Gautam in supporting roles, might be launched on Netflix and JioCinema on April 7. The movie was premiered on the Agra Jail, the place it was additionally partially shot.