Aamir Khan‘s son Junaid is set to make his Bollywood debut with a YRF venture. Sharvari Wagh the Bunty Aur Babli 2 heroine will be seen as the female lead.
Now Peepingmoon.com has reported that Jaideep Ahlawat has also joined the cast as a religious leader.
A source says that Jaideep Ahlawat will play a religious leader in the film that’s tentatively been titled, Maharaja. He was widely applauded for his portrayal as a loser policeman in this year’s Amazon Prime show Paatal Lok, and will be playing the role of Godman Jadunathji Brijratanji Maharaj who was accused of having sexual liaisons with his women devotees. The actor is very excited to play the multi-layered character and will soon start his prep to get into its skin.
Junaid Khan will be seen as a reformer and journalist Karsandas Mulji who exposes the religious leaders, Jaideep’s wrongdoings.
The film is based on the 1862 Maharaj Libel Case that emerged when Maharaj filed a case of libel against Mulji for writing an article that questioned the values of a Hindu sect called the Vallabhacharya Sampradaya which Maharaj was a part of. The article which was claimed libelous by the plaintiff exposed how the entire framework of the sect was based on exploiting women sexually including asking male devotees to offer their wives for sex with the religious leaders to prove their devotion.
The film will go on floors in February in 2021.
