Gurmeet Choudhary’s series ‘Maharana’ closed: Shooting went on for 6 months, a big decision was taken after the death of director Nitin Desai

Late art director Nitin Desai’s last project ‘Maharana’ has been shut down. He was about to make his comeback as a director with this web series. Let us tell you, in the year 2012, he directed the Marathi film ‘Ajantha’. Last year, Disney Plus Hot Star announced the web series ‘Maharana’ in which Gurmeet Choudhary was cast for the role of brave Maharana Pratap and actress Riddhima Pandit for the role of Maharani Ajabde. Its shooting had also started at ND Studio in Karjat. This was Nitin Desai’s dream project Sources associated with the series say, ‘This was the dream project of late Nitin Desai. After about a year of preparation, he started shooting for it last year. According to the initial schedule, the team started shooting with Gurmeet Choudhary. However, Nitin ji passed away about 6 months after the project started. In such a situation, the Disney Plus Hot Star team had no option but to shut down this project midway. Nitin ji was the captain of this project: Riddhima Pandit Confirming this, Riddhima Pandit told Dainik Bhaskar, ‘Look, we have not received any formal information about this yet. Nitin ji was the captain of this project. In such a situation, it is difficult to take this project forward without a captain. By the way, I had not started shooting for it.’ There is no information about what will happen next: Gurmeet Choudhary On the other hand, if Gurmeet Choudhary is to be believed, he has no information about this. The actor said, ‘At present I am busy with my other project. The shooting of Maharana had started. However, there is no information about what will happen next.’ Nitin Desai had talked about making this series on a big level In an interview given last year, Nitin Desai had talked about making this series on a big level. He had said, ‘Through this web series, our aim is to tell the audience about the interesting aspect of India’s history. Although making a series on the life of such a great warrior of history, Maharana Pratap, is no less than a challenge, but I am very excited about it. We are making this period drama on a grand scale. We are very excited about the look and tone. We have done a lot of research for this. We are very excited to start shooting with complete authenticity.’ Let us tell you, Nitin Desai was also co-producing this series with Trimitic Production Private Limited. Nitin Desai committed suicide on the morning of 2 July. His last rites were performed at ND Studio on 4 July.

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