The much-awaited trailer of YRF’s Thugs of Hindostan is finally here. Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, the trailer is set against the backdrop of the British Raj, with Amitabh Bachchan’s thugs crew butting heads with Lloyd Owen’s East India Company. Acting as a crook between them is Aamir Khan as ‘Firangi’ Azad. Fatima Sana Sheikh and Katrina Kaif also make brief appearances in the action-packed and CGI-loaded trailer. Take a look:
The film’s poster and trailer is being compared to Johnny Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean by many on social media.
The makers of Thugs of Hindostan had earlier released the first poster of the upcoming film starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh.
The makers have been creating buzz for the upcoming film which releases in November by sharing the character first looks. The motion posters of Aamir Khan as ‘Firangi’ and Amitabh Bachchan as ‘Khudabaksh’ are reminiscent of the characters of Pirates of Caribbean franchise. Fatima Sana Shaikh aka Zafira will be playing a warrior princess with “fire in her heart” while Katrina Kaif as Suraiyya is expected to “make the entire Hindostan go weak in the knees.” A glimpse of the “cruel and merciless” villain of Thugs of Hindostan, John Clive, played by Lloyd Owen has also been revealed.
Talking about his film in an interview with South China Morning Post, Aamir had said that Thugs doesn’t have a message, but is just a very entertaining film.
Thugs of Hindostan is a big action-adventure film. There’s no message in that. I am playing a character who cannot be trusted at all – [so it’s the] very opposite of Dangal… He’s a very slippery character. He has no scruples at all – for money he can sell his mother out. He’s like that.Aamir Khan, Actor
“But [the character] is a very entertaining guy. So it’s a very entertaining kind of a film. No message this time. Just have a good time,” he added.
Thugs of Hindostan is reportedly based on Philip Meadows Taylor’s 1839 novel, ‘Confessions of a Thug’. The film releases on the Diwali weekend, 8 November.
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