 It is the first Marathi movie, which is going to be having its trailer to be releasing in the Metaverse. So how did you think up of this? And if you could tell us a little bit about the digital collectibles and the NFTs of the movie, which will be up for purchase by the fans. Yeah, let us start with the Metaverse first. I'm not aware that the world is looking at Metaverse, NFTs and all the youngsters. There is a lot of hoholla and a lot of buzz about the whole thing. So all these youngsters are getting too much hook to the technology and history as the roots are there. So we wanted the history to be also part of the new generation. So we met Dikpal sir. Dikpal sir is the person who is making eight film series on the Chhatapati Shivaji Maharaj's journey. So he has already made three films before this. So we call it the Shivraj Ashta. So the three films were quite popular with the whole media and with the whole audience, where the young generation also got to get attached with the history of Shivaji Maharaj. And now the fourth installment of the film is coming, which is Sheer Shivraj. This story talks about one of the major chapters of Shivaji Maharaj, Chhatapati Shivaji Maharaj's journey, where he actually defeated a very famous general, Afzal Khan. And basically, we know that Shivaji Maharaj is not only a hero for the Maharashtrians or the Mumbai public, he's a national hero. He's an international hero. Whenever you look at Swaraj or independence, we have his name coming in the forefront. So this was a very right time to introduce him in the metaverse. So the movie and with Dikpal sir's this thing we are introducing the first Marathi movie in the metaverse. So we have created the metaverse also, which has the element of films, which has the element of history also attached to it, so that the young generation can actually have that immersive experience and they can see this thing. So what is the experience going to be like for the people who are going to be seeing the trailer and how they can be involved in it and how will they be purchasing. Let's say a lay person is watching this video and he doesn't know what the metaverse is. He's a fan of the movie, he's a fan of the director, he's seen the previous parts and he wants to be part of this whole metaverse action and get the digital collectibles. So how does he go about it? Yeah, the digital collectibles, we are releasing that pre-movie. The digital collectibles are just part of the posters and all that. I think we have not yet zeroed in on the collectibles. The collectibles is going to be the second phase of this thing where the audience can also become the part of the movie memory Libya. I wanted to ask the director and the actor was that as far as portraying Satrapati Shivaji Maharaj is concerned, how did you really get into the character? Because it's a role which has been played a lot of times before. So how did you get into the role? So basically, as we know that Satrapati Shivaji Maharaj is always presented as a warrior. And when we talk about warriors in medieval age, there is no sword, horse or war in it. But we are exploring that Satrapati Shivaji Maharaj is not only that kind of warrior. He is a great ruler, he is good administrator as well. Abhishek Khan brought a lot of weapons, 65,000 weapons. And the strength of Sauraj Jaap, it is around 7,000 or so. So to defeat such a great enemy, you don't need much power or mind. So this is a kind of psychological war. The general who brought 65,000 weapons, he finally got them alone. So that situation is created by Satrapati Shivaji Maharaj. So this psychological warfare is also taught in many armies as a chapter. How the strategy should be. So this chapter is for youth. Rather than war, war, fight, action, we can use the attributes of Satrapati Shivaji Maharaj in today's times as well. Even after such a great disaster, they are not frustrated, they are not depressed. After COVID, after the pandemic, we are all suffering from it. A psychological thing. So we are trying to push the youth to learn from their ancestors, that there was such a great disaster on them as well, but they survived. And how they survived, how they fought. Because there are so many armies, you don't have the strength to fight them. So how did they lose their courage, how did they find a way out? And finally, how did they win? This story would epic it. Right, right, right. My basic focus was to create that iconic character, which every person in Maharashtra knows something about him. You may know very much on the surface, some people have a very in-depth knowledge. Physical aspects are of course there. They get the physicality of Satrapati Shivaji Maharaj. But what Dikpal has been trying to achieve since past three films is he is trying to get out the human aspect of the king. Yes, he is superhuman in many of his feats and many of his abilities that he has achieved. But still, what is it that makes him such a great person? So that is what we have been trying to focus on for past three films. Now in this fourth film actually, he takes on one-on-one, he takes on an enemy who is considered to be one of the greatest enemy who has ever encountered. So for me as an actor, it was mainly about getting that mentality right. It is a very big challenge. But how do I meet him level by level? It is not that I knew from the first day that I would encounter him alone. How he got him to that 10 minutes of his life where he was alone with Shivaji Maharaj. That is the main, major mind game of it. This is the first Marathi movie whose trailer is being launched in the Metaverse. So this is obviously going to create a lot of ripples and it is going to set a precedent for the other Marathi movies to come. Any plans in the other movies to release the entire movie in the Metaverse? Because right now, people are not really that knowledgeable about the Metaverse if you talk about the common public also. So how are you going to go about that? It is really the first time for all of us. Even we are not sure what I am going to see right now and what exactly is the experience going to be. So let's see if it is good. Why not? And secondly, we tried to name Shivaji Maharaj in all the sectors. As the software or IT people who are very good at regarding this Metaverse and all these technological things. So even that crowd can be linked to this movie. So that's what we are thinking. Let's experiment this new product. I think overall it's a very interesting time. My name is Vikram Kelly. I am one of the producers. So I am heading the MMS Mumbai movie studios. I have said Marathi, I think that's great. So because majority of the films we are making is in Marathi and this is of course one of our major, very important associations. Vikram already made four films out of eight and we have just joined him. We are fortunate that he has invited us to be part of this whole journey. Let me just try and answer your question because since I have been in television, I have been in films and all that. I have seen this thing happening for the last 30 years. How a new thing comes in completely upsets the previous system. Like when Z came in, it upsets the entire production system of having terrestrial television. So that was satellite television. And recently when the internet came in, you know the OTT platforms, what has happened. The television is now challenged and it's the OTT which has actually come in. So many times one thought that Wilkins ever go on to OTT directly. I mean 10 years ago you wouldn't think so. So today we don't know if Metaverse can rise to that occasion and become one of the revenue components of a film. The film is able to give you revenues and rights and positions in different platforms. So it's quite possible that Metaverse can actually become a very important component of the film revenue system in the future. Right. No, I agree. I mean it's something that one has to wait and watch what exactly happens. Right now basically with social media and new things coming up, everybody has an opinion. So there are a lot of things which everybody is saying. But you finally will really get to know what exactly happens in the future. Thanks a lot for talking to me and all the best for the trailer, all the best for the film, all the best for all the other films which you are going to make. And thanks a lot for talking to us.