Ashwath Bhatt opens up about his role in Mandali

Actor

Ashwath Bhatt

, who is best known for working in films like

Raazi

, Khuda Hafiz 2,

Sita Ramam

,

Mission Majnu

, Kesari IB71 and many more, talks about his upcoming film Mandali which is touted to be based around the exploitation of

Ramleela

play by incorporating obscene dances in between them in small towns.
Directed by Rakesh Chaturvedi Om, the film stars

Rajniesh Duggall

, Brijendra Kala, Aanchal Munjal and Abhishek Duhan in prominent roles.

Ashwath will be seen essaying an artist who plays the character of Ram in Ramleela play. He says, "This role took me out of my milieu and gave me an opportunity to explore myself as a Ramleela artist. It was a challenging role, as I had never played a character from a Hindi belt region before. However, I was eager to take on the challenge and learn as much as I could about the role and the culture it was from."
He adds, "Mandali mirrors the journey of a man and his struggle to uphold righteousness in times of diminishing social conscience and the downfall of cultural and traditional values. The movie is about the blurring lines of virtue ad righteousness in this modern-age world portrayed through the characters of Ramleela."

Talking about the film's USP, he tells, "I think the USP is the bizarre social reality of our country especially in the hindi belt where Ramleela is played, is depicted like never before on Indian cinema through this film. And I feel the truth should be seen and brought infront of the audience. It is inspired by Munshi Premchand's story. "
Produced by

Prashant Kumar Gupta

, Geetika Gupta and Neetu Sabarwal of Reltic Pictures, the film also stars an ensemble cast of Vineet Kumar, Kanwaljeet Singh, Alka Amin,

Saharsh Shukla

and Neeraj Sood.