Panipat: Nawab Shah & Mantra’s First Look From The Period Drama Are Intriguing

Ashutosh Gowariker’s much-awaited period drama Panipat is making all the right kind of noises. The trailer and posters that introduced Arjun Kapoor as Maratha warrior Sadashiv Rao Bhau, Kriti Sanon as Parvati Bai and Sanjay Dutt as the evil antagonist – Afghan king Ahmed Shah Abdali – have already made a mark and now the makers have released Nawab Shah and Mantra’s poster as well.

Arjun Kapoor took to Twitter to introduce the new characters. Introducing Nawab Shah’s character as, “Ibrahim Khan Gardi – Loyalty knows no other God.” For Mantra’s character, Arjun wrote, “Najib-Ud-Daula – Cunning is cutting your enemy’s throat, without him noticing it.”

Talking about the characters, Ibrahim served Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and was captured and killed by the Afghan Pathans during the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761. As for Mantra’s character, Najib-Ud-Daula, he joined hands with Ahmad Shah Abdali, against the Marathas during the war.