The trailer of the movie on India’s most debated and carefully noticed organisation was unveiled in Mumbai with the trailer launch of Shatak: Sangh Ke 100 Varsh. The trailer was launched by Dr. Manmohan Ji Vaidya, senior functionary and member of the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (All-India Government Committee) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), within the presence of a number of dignitaries, marking a big second within the organisation’s centenary yr.

Forward of the general public unveiling, the makers hosted a particular preview of the trailer completely for choose members of the media, held within the presence of Dr. Manmohan Ji Vaidya, providing journalists a chance to have interaction extra carefully with the movie’s context and intent.

2025 marked a very monumental milestone for the RSS because it accomplished 100 years of its journey — a century that has seen the organisation affect India’s social, cultural and ideological panorama in profound methods. Shatak positions itself towards this backdrop, looking for to maneuver the dialog past perception-driven narratives and in the direction of a extra nuanced engagement with historical past, philosophy and institutional evolution.

The trailer indicators the movie’s intent to handle and problem a number of long-standing myths surrounding the organisation, bringing to gentle historic chapters which have hardly ever, if ever, been explored on display screen. From the a number of bans imposed on the RSS throughout totally different intervals, to its function throughout crucial phases of India’s freedom wrestle and the Emergency, the narrative guarantees to have interaction with delicate but important moments in historical past — providing audiences a deeper, extra contextualised understanding of occasions which have formed public notion for many years.

Dr. Manmohan Ji Vaidya’s presence on the launch added gravitas to the event. His affiliation with the revealing underscored the movie’s seriousness of function and its effort to stay anchored in authenticity.

Produced by Vir Kapur, co-produced by Aashish Tiwari and offered by Ada 360 Diploma LLP, Shatak goals to carry forth lesser-known chapters and untold moments which have formed the organisation’s id. The trailer presents glimpses of a story that engages with historical past, reminiscence and continuity, inviting audiences to look past acquainted headlines.

Talking in regards to the initiative of this film and the story behind it, Dr. Manmohan Ji Vaidya stated, “It’s heartening that by means of the movie Shatak, details about the Sangh will attain society through such a strong medium. A social thinker as soon as noticed that between 1875 and 1950, of all actions that started in India, solely the Sangh continued with out splitting—and that continuity, development, and relevance stay its defining strengths even at the moment. The movie’s tagline, ‘Naa Ruke, Naa Thake, Naa Jhuke’ due to this fact feels deeply significant. On the root of this journey stands the imaginative and prescient of the Sangh’s founder, Dr. Hedgewar. Cinema has the distinctive energy to the touch hearts and minds, and it’s commendable that the makers have chosen this medium to inform the Sangh’s story with such creativity and sincerity.”

Speaking about his expertise, director Aashish Mall stated, “This movie is deeply private to me. I actually imagine some tales select you, and Shatak is one such story—it selected me. Throughout the course of, regardless of being politically conscious, I found so many new features by means of months of analysis and steerage. We realised what number of myths and rumours exist in public discourse, and it turned essential for us to handle them truthfully. This movie is our honest effort to current one other perspective and go away it to audiences to see and determine.”

Talking on the launch in regards to the movie, producer Vir Kapur stated, “Creators and writers have all the time been there, they’re right here at the moment, and they’ll proceed to information generations to return. Our writers have drawn from current books and literature, utilizing these foundations to form the narrative of this movie. We now have rigorously woven these concepts collectively, like pearls on a thread, to current this story in a cinematic type. This movie is our honest try and carry that collective work to the viewers.”

From putting visuals to a compelling narrative and evocative music, Shatak is making a cinematic area that few movies have ventured into earlier than.
An idea by Anil D Agrawal, directed by Aashish Mall, Shatak is slated for a theatrical launch on nineteenth February 2026. The trailer units the stage for a deeper engagement with a century-old concept that continues to affect up to date India.