Waarrior Savitri
Waarrior Savitri is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written and directed by Param Gill. The film stars Niharica Raizada, Rajat Barmecha, Om Puri, Karmveer Choudhary and Gulshan Grover. Upender Maheshwari and Bobby Kanda produced Waarrior Savitri under the banner of Dr Bob’s Production. It is a modern-day adaptation of the Indian fable – Satyavan Savitri.
Waarrior Savitri has been filmed in Chandelao Garh, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Las Vegas. British model Lucy Pinder made her Bollywood debut with the film. The film was released on 25 August 2016.
The film was banned in many parts of India for portraying goddess Savitri as a modern 21st century woman. Director Param Gill received death threats, and the film received a very low key release.
Cast
- Niharica Raizada as Savitri
- Lucy Pinder as Candy
- Rajat Barmecha as Satya
- Om Puri as Yamraj
- Gulshan Grover as Satya's father
- Karmveer Choudhary as Pandit ji
- Tim Man as The Monk
- Ron Smoorenburg as Mani John
- Sheetal Sharma as Savitri's friend
- Aditya Raj Kapoor as Thakur - Savitri's father
- Palak J. Jhaveri as Baby Savitri