Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar plays celebrated Rajput emperor Prithviraj Chauhan in the upcoming epic historical drama titled Prithviraj. The film, also starring Manushi Chhillar, is based on medieval poet Chand Bardai’s epic poem Prithviraj Raso.The movie is written and directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The director recently said that Prithviraj has been a long time coming, and that he lived with the story for 18 years before he made the movie. Dwivedi also revealed that the film is his dream project.