Mumbai: Manoj Bajpayee's National Award-winning film 1971 is being lapped up by the YouTube audience. Based on a true story of prisoners of war after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the film has crossed 10 million views on the platform.
On Sunday, Manoj took to Twitter to share the overwhelming feeling with his one million followers in the same breath also urged people to stay at home amid lockdown.
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Our film ‘1971’ has crossed 10 million views in 10 days!!! Thank you all! We are overwhelmed by your love and support! Stay home, Stay safe! #1971movie
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">Our film ‘1971’ has crossed 10 million views in 10 days!!! Thank you all! We are overwhelmed by your love and support! Stay home, Stay safe! #1971movie
— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) April 12, 2020
written by #PiyushMishra directed by @AmritSagar pic.twitter.com/IRDxMeGvB9Our film ‘1971’ has crossed 10 million views in 10 days!!! Thank you all! We are overwhelmed by your love and support! Stay home, Stay safe! #1971movie
— manoj bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) April 12, 2020
written by #PiyushMishra directed by @AmritSagar pic.twitter.com/IRDxMeGvB9
"Our film ‘1971’ has crossed 10 million views in 10 days!!! Thank you all! We are overwhelmed by your love and support! Stay home, Stay safe! #1971movie written by #PiyushMishra directed by @AmritSagar," reads his tweet.
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On March 11, Bajpayee in an Instagram post had revealed that he almost lost his life -- that too, twice -- while shooting for 1971.
Bajpayee opened up about the incidents while sharing his memories of shooting for the film in Manali, in extreme winter during which he was almost losing his life twice.
Sharing a poster of the movie, the actor wrote: "Some memories of making a film don't leave you!! 1971 is that film. winner of 2 national awards !! Loved every moment on the location in Manali in extreme winter... almost lost my life twice... can't forget those 60 days of filming!!"
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Helmed by Amrit Sagar, 1971 featured Manoj, Ravi Kishan, Piyush Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal, Manav Kaul, Kumud Mishra and others.
