Sam Bahadur screening: Vicky Kaushal-Katrina Kaif win hearts in black; Abhishek Bachchan arrives with nephew Agastya Nanda

Vicky Kaushal starrer Sam Bahadur is all set to hit the theatres on December 1. Ahead of that, a special screening of the film was held in Mumbai on the night of November 29. Vicky Kaushal’s wife, actor Katrina Kaif, his brother Sunny Kaushal, and parents Sham Kaushal and Veena Kaushal were also present to support the actor. For the event, Vicky and Katrina twinned in black as they walked together on the red carpet. Among others, Abhishek Bachchan, Ananya Panday, Agastya Nanda, Vidya Balan, Sidharth Malhotra, Karan Johar and Arjun Kapoor also attended the screening.

Several videos and pictures from the screening have been doing rounds on the internet. A video shows Katrina helping Vicky’s parents before the screening. In another video, Abhishek and Agastya posed together for the shutterbugs. In one of the videos, Vicky can be seen touching his parents’ feet at the screening. Vicky, Katrina, Vidya, Karan and Radhika also posed together for the paparazzi.

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Post the screening, Abhishek took to social media to share his review. "Saw #SamBahadur last night. The enormity of all that #FieldMarshalSamManekshaw did and achieved is overwhelming! And so beautifully told on celluloid by my favourite @meghnagulzar. It’s a huge responsibility to portray one of India’s greatest sons and she does it wonderfully. To the entire cast and crew, you should be very proud and thank you for telling this story. @fattysanashaikh @sanyamalhotra07 (sic), he wrote on Twitter. Filmmaker Subhash Ghai said, “Subhash Ghai wrote, "when a star actor makes you believe that he is not a star but a compelling character on screen." #VICKY KAUSHAL made me believe I'm meeting gen Maneckshaw thru his face eyes voice and body language in film #SAM BAHADUR I watched at premiere last eve (sic)."

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Directed by Meghna Gulzar, Sam Bahadur traces the life of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. The film also stars Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh.