Last night it was the teaser launch of the film, ‘Thackeray’, and it was gripping and marvelous. Leaving all the speculations behind and proving all the rumours correct, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the man, who is playing the role of Shiv Sena founder, the late Balasaheb Thackeray. The event was presented by actor Sachin Khedekar , the chief guests of the event were megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Shiv Sena chief, Uddhav Thackeray. The film is being written by Sanjay Raut and will be helmed by Marathi film director, Abhijit Panse. Though Nawazuddin wasn’t present at the launch, he shared his gratitude through a video, where he thanked the makers for casting him to play the role of late Balasaheb Thackeray.

Speaking about the film through his video, Nawaz said, “I am grateful that the makers chose me to portray the role of great personality, Balasaheb Thackeray, which every other actor aspires to do because of his persona and charisma, which was unmatched. I thank from the bottom of my heart to Mr. Sanjay Raut for believing in me and I am also thankful to Mr. Uddhav Thackeray, who gave me the permission to portray this great role. I am more than sure that our director, Abhijit Panse, will take the movie up to the mark and the cherry on the cake moment is the film is being launched by megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Nawaz concluded his words by speaking in Marathi, he said, “Balasaheb Thackeray inspires me, and because of his love, I am able to do this role.”

The film is currently at the scripting stage and its production will start once the final draft would be ready and it will hit the theatres on 23rd January 2019, the 93rd birth anniversary of Balasaheb Thackeray.