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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = His Story of Itihaas<br />
| director = Manpreet Singh Dhami<br />
| writer = Manpreet Singh Dhami<br />
| based_on = ''Brainwashed Republic: India's Controlled Systemic Deracination''<br />
| producer = Manpreet Singh Dhami<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Subodh Bhave]]<br />
* [[Yogendra Tikku]]<br />
* [[Ankur Vikal]]<br />
* Sachin K Jaryal<br />
* Vasanti Sundaram<br />
}}<br />
| cinematography = Vinod Patil<br />
| editing = B. Mahanteshwar<br />
| music = Advait Sawant<br />
| studio = Panchkarma Productions<br />
| released = {{Film date|2025|05|30|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 144 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''His Story of Itihaas''' is a 2025 Indian [[Hindi cinema|Hindi-language drama film]] written, directed, and produced by Manpreet Singh Dhami under Panchkarma Productions. Based on the book ''Brainwashed Republic: India's Controlled Systemic Deracination'', the film predominantly employs [[Hindutva pseudohistory|Hindutva pseudohistorical narratives]] and [[identity politics]]. It features [[Subodh Bhave]] in the lead role, alongside [[Yogendra Tikku]], and [[Ankur Vikal]]. The film was released theatrically across India on 30 May 2025.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The film is based on a physics teacher, named Namit Bharadwaj, from [[Chandigarh]] who challenges perceived distorted historical narratives taught in Indian schools. Motivated by a desire to uncover the truth, Bharadwaj uses the [[Right to Information Act, 2005|Right to Information Act]] to question long-held accounts presented in history textbooks. The story follows his battle to correct perceived historical falsehoods and biases and his fight against what is perceived to be an indifferent system.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Subodh Bhave]] as Namit Bharadwaj<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2025-05-16 |title=Subodh Bhave on 'His Story of Itihaas': Every Role Begins at Zero |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/subodh-bhave-on-his-story-of-itihaas-every-role-begins-at-zero/articleshow/121205172.cms |access-date= |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
* [[Yogendra Tikku]] as Kamal Subramanian<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Tina |date=2025-05-27 |title=Over 60 actors rejected the lead role in this film. It's about the 'lies' in school textbooks |url=https://theprint.in/entertainment/60-actors-rejected-lead-role-film-about-lies-school-textbooks/2638912/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910134000/https://theprint.in/entertainment/60-actors-rejected-lead-role-film-about-lies-school-textbooks/2638912/ |archive-date=10 September 2025 |website=[[ThePrint]]}}</ref><br />
* [[Ankur Vikal]] as Ishaan Kabir<ref name=":1" /><br />
* Sachin K Jaryal as [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] Ashish<ref name=":1" /><br />
* Vasanti Sundaram as Chhaya Mukherjee<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Production and release ==<br />
The movie is based on the book ''Brainwashed Republic: India's Controlled Systemic Deracination''. Manpreet Singh Dhami served as the writer, director, and producer of the film, under the banner of Panchkarma Productions. Prior to Bhave's acceptance of the lead character, the role had been rejected by over 60 actors.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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His Story of Itihaas was officially released in movie theatres across India on 30 May 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-30 |title=Subodh Bhave starrer 'His Story of Itihaas' set to release on THIS date |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/subodh-bhave-starrer-his-story-of-itihaas-set-to-release-on-this-date-13884485.html |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref><br />
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== Pseudohistorical premises and ideological bias ==<br />
{{Further information|Hindutva pseudohistory}}<br />
The film primarily plays on [[Hindutva pseudohistory|Hindutva pseudohistorical narratives]] and [[identity politics]]. It attributes a wide range of significant developments, from scientific discoveries to the origins of various popular food items, all to a glorified vision of India's pre-Mughal and pre-British past. In an interview, Dhami said, "I went to Europe for the first time 13 years ago, and I felt inferior. I later realised my civilisational greatness."<ref name=":1" /><br />
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The many [[Historical negationism|historical falsehoods]] presented as factual information in the film include the depiction of ''[[Sati (practice)|Sati]]'', a historical Hindu practice involving the [[Death by burning|immolation]] of widows on their husbands’ funeral pyres, as a solely voluntary act, rather than one carried out under force or social pressure. The film also propagates the erroneous claim that the [[Caste system in India|Indian caste system]] was a construct introduced by British colonial rulers. Additionally, it suggests, without credible historical evidence, that [[Gurukula|Hindu ''gurukulas'']] once enrolled a greater number of ''[[Shudra]]'' students than ''[[Brahmin]]s''. Another claim made is that religious conversions from [[Hinduism]] to other faiths during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal era]] were motivated by the imposition of taxes on non-Muslims, rather than as a way to escape the [[Caste system in India|caste system]]. Furthermore, the characters of Chhaya Mukherjee and Ishaan Kabir, portrayed as liberal historians, are depicted as manipulative and conniving.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Propaganda film]]<br />
* [[Hindutva pseudohistory]]<br />
* [[Historical negationism]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|title=|id=tt36491337}}<br />
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