After assisting Bollywood filmmaker SS Rajamouli on his projects like Baahubali and Eega, Ashwin Gangaraju has now taken the direction reigns in his hands. He will be helming the upcoming historical film 1770 based on Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel titled Anandamath. The film is being created by author and filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee. 

The motion poster of 1770 has been unveiled on social media and it will hold your attention. Talking about the film, writer V Vijayendra Prasad who has written the screenplay said, “I feel that Vande Mataram was a magical word. It was a mantra that was given by Maharishi Bankim Chandra for a nation to unite against tyranny and injustice. In 1770, we dealt with the story of unknown warriors who ignited the fire of the freedom movement.”

The period drama 1770 will be a visual masterpiece and release in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali.