New Delhi: ‘Durgamati: The Myth’ (earlier titled ‘Durgavati’) is an upcoming female-centric horror thriller film starring Bhumi Pednekar in the lead role of an IAS officer. Directed by G. Ashok, this film is a remake of the 2018 Telugu film ‘Bhaagamathie’ which starred ‘Baahubali’ actor Anushka Shetty portraying the role of the protagonist.


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Earlier today, Akshay Kumar, who is the presenter of the film took to his Twitter and unveiled the new title of the film with a poster. In the poster, Bhumi can be seen looking through the mirror with bruises on her face and her bindi partially rubbed off.

Akshay Kumar shared, “Are you ready?.Meet #DurgamatiOnPrime on Dec 11, @PrimeVideoIN @bhumipednekar @ashokdirector2 #BhushanKumar @vikramix @TSeries @Abundantia_Ent @ArshadWarsi @Jisshusengupta @MahieGillOnline @KapadiaKaran @ShikhaaSharma03 @Babitaashiwal”



Bhumi Pednekar also shared the poster on her social media and wrote, “आ रही है... #DURGAMATI #11thDecember #DurgamatiOnPrime”



Other than Bhumi Pednekar, the movie also stars Arshad Warsi, Jisshu Sengupta, Mahie Gill and Karan Kapadia.

The plot of the movie revolves around an IAS officer Chanchal Chauhan, who becomes victim of a major conspiracy involving powerful forces. She is imprisoned in a haunted house while being interrogated by law enforcers in a corruption case.

The protagonist Bhumi earlier told while interacting with the media, “It's a very new narrative and a new story for me. I am carrying the entire film on my shoulders for the first time and really amazing people are associated with this film, so it's going really well.”

‘Durgamati: The Myth’ is produced by  Bhushan Kumar, Akshay Kumar and Vikram Malhotra under T-Series, Cape of Good Films and Abundantia Entertainment.

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