Neerraj Pathak announces biopic on Maratha war hero Madhusudhan Surve

“Where is my khukri,” asked Commando Madhusudan Surve as he drifted in and out of consciousness, morphine barely helping him from unbearable pain. Taking his khukri, he cut the remnants of his left leg till the knee. “Now bandage it,” he commanded.

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Surve walked home on two feet as he predicted to his doctors. Only one was a Jaipur foot, the other leg had an iron rod and his stomach had artificial intestines. The enemy could hurt his body, but his spirit was the same as ever! Cut to Circa 2022. Writer-producer-director Neerraj Pathak is all set to immortalise the life of this war hero, and decides to launch the mega biopic at Surve’s village Shivtar.

“India will always remain free as long as it is the home of the brave like Madhusudan Surve,” says an emotional Neerraj Pathak. The director admits that it gave him the goosebumps when he heard that Surve from the hospital pre-amputation surgery called his wife to say he was injured while playing football and would take four days to connect back! No one other than those around him could fathom that he was in a life and death situation.