Actor Deepika Padukone, who plays a freedom fighter in Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’, says playing the spirited character of ‘Kalpana’ was a dream come true.

Deepika stars alongside Abhishek Bachchan in Gowariker’s period thriller based on the Chittagong uprising during the freedom struggle.

Ashutosh Gowariker has made period films before, including the Oscar-nominated Lagaan and the Mughal extravaganza Jodhaa Akbar. But Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (KHJJS) is his first historical, in the true sense of the word.

This time he’s going strictly by Manini Chatterjee’s book, Do And Die — The Chittagong Uprising: 1930-34. The movie features Abhishek Bachchan as Surja Sen, Deepika Padukone as Kalpana Datta and Sikander Kher as Nirmal Sen.

When the Indian government through its campaign is requesting people to respect the heritage of India and not damage historical monuments and buildings and places of national significance, After Hrs has learnt that the Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone starrer Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey has recently restored the Sawantwadi palace which dates back to the pre Shivaji era.

Ashutosh Gowarikar’s recent film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey had a replay of what happened on the sets of Lagaan. Ashutosh was filming the Chittagong uprising scene for KHJJS and spotted a python.

Zoom into flashback mode and discover a duo of dons, molls and the underbelly of the underworld set in the 1970s, with ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI. Delve further and...you'll be rewarded with KHELEIN HUM JEE JAAN SEY, a period thriller based on the Chittagong Uprising Of the 1930s, helmed by Ashutosh Gowariker and patterned on the book 'Do And Die' by Manini Chatterjee.

Ashutosh Gowariker's period thriller based on the Chittagong uprising during the freedom struggle Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is slated for a worldwide release onDecember 3.

Asin and Bipasha Basu certainly didn’t think Ashutosh Gowariker was making a piece of history. Both the girls had the same reason for refusing Ashu’s latest film — Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey.