Mumbai, May 9 (TIWN) The trailer of Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Prithviraj' was unveiled on Monday at YRF Studios in Andheri in Mumbai. '

The period film has been helmed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, who has a penchant for historical stories and whose notable works include titles like the 2003 period drama 'Pinjar' and epic Indian TV historical drama 'Chanakya'.  The trailer launch was attended by Akshay Kumar, who plays the titular character, former Miss World Manushi Chillar, who plays the character of princess Sanyogita and the film's director Dwivedi.  While Akshay and Dwivedi sported and twinned in black Indian ethnic attire, Manushi wore a pink lehenga with heavy embellishments.  Dwivedi mentioned that he has been working on the film for the past 18 years and to see his labour of love come to fruition has been a special moment for him. He also shared that the germ of his film finds its place in 'Prithviraj Raso', a Braj Bhasha epic poem about the life of Prithviraj Chauhan.