Actor Randeep Hooda faces heat over Savarkar teaser; Netaji kin refute this claim

Actor Randeep Hooda who is all set to portray Savarkar in his upcoming movie 'Swatantrya Veer Savarkar', has stoked a row after he claimed in a promotional post on twitter that the right wing Hindu ideologue had inspired Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh & Khudiram Bose.

Chandra Kumar Bose, who is the grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose, refuted Hooda’s claim said Netaji was inspired by only Swami Vivekananda, who was his spiritual Guru, and freedom fighter Deshbandhu Chitranjan Das, who was his political mentor.

He said apart from these two people, he doesn’t think Netaji was inspired by any other freedom fighters.

Chandra Kumar Bose said Savarkar's ideology and the ideology of Netaji were diametrically opposite and Netaji actually opposed Savarkar.

The grandnephew also said Netaji, in his writing, clearly stated that they cannot expect anything from Savarkar and Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the freedom movement against British imperialist power.