Actor and filmmaker Nikhil Dwivedi announced his next film titled '1971' today on the ocassion of Republic Day. The project will revolve around the 1971 Indo Pak war and the liberation of Bangladesh. The aim of Nikhil is to present the facts as realistically as possible. He said, "We plan to show the event as is, right from a historian's textbook to celluloid. My attempt would be to make it as real and authentic as possible, without any jingoism. We want to design it as per international standards."

'1971' will also feature then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi and Sam Maneckshaw, who was the Chief of Army Staff during that period. This is what Nikhil had to say about their inclusion in the script, "'1971' will show both of them worked in complete sync to lead India to one of the most emphatic victories in post modern world. It was as much as a political and diplomatic war as much as it was fought by the armed forces."

Project will hit the floors as soon as the cast is finalised.