The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Rajkumar Santoshi

Writers:

Ranjit Kapoor (additional dialogue)
Piyush Mishra (Hindi dialogue)
(more)

Release Date:

7 June 2002 (India)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History

Plot:

Bhagat was born in British India during the year 1908. As a child he witnessed numerous atrocities committed on fellow Indians by their British rulers...

Plot Keywords:

Revolutionary | Prison | Death Sentence | Protest | Assassination

Awards:

9 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Ajay Devgan	...	Bhagat K. Singh
Sushant Singh	...	Sukhdev
D. Santosh	...	Shiviram Hari Rajguru
Akhilendra Mishra	...	Chandrashekhar Azad
Raj Babbar	...	Kishan Singh
Farida Jalal	...	Vidyavati K. Singh
Amrita Rao	...	Mannewali
Mukesh Tiwari	...	Jailor (as Mukesh Tewari)
Surendra Rajan	...	Mohandas Karamchand 'Mahatma' Gandhi
Saurabh Dubey	...	Jawaharlal M. Nehru
Swaroop Kumar	...	Motilal Nehru
Arun Patwardhan	...	Madan Mohan Malviya
Keneth Desai	...	Subhash Chandra Bose (as Kenneth Desai)
Sitaram Panchal	...	Lala Lajpat Rai
Bhaswar Chatterjee	...	B. K. Dutt
Amit Dhawan	...	Bhagwati Charan Vora
Harsh Khurana	...	Jai Gopal
Kapil Sharma	...	Shiv Verma
Indrani Banerjee	...	Durga Bhabhi
Amitabh Bhattacharjee	...	Jatin 'Jatinda' Das
Shish Khan	...	Prem Dutt
Sanjay Sharma	...	Ajoy Ghosh
Raja Tomer	...	Mahabir Singh
Deepak Kumar Bandhu	...	Ramsaran Das
Neeraj Shah	...	Gaya Prasad (as Niraj Shah)
Pradeep Bajpai	...	Kishorilal
Aditya Verma	...	Des Raj
Romie Jaspal	...	Jatindranath Sanyal
Sunil Grover	...	Jaidev Kapur
Girish Badlani	...	Yashpal
Siddharth Hussain	...	B. K. Sinha
Abir Goswami	...	Phoindranath
Pramod Pathak	...	Mahour
Aashu Mohil	...	Hansraj
Manu Malik	...	Agya Ram
Navin Bhaskar	...	Kawalnath Tewari
Praful Chandra	...	Kundanlal
Shreyas Pandit	...	Surindernath Pandey
Rakesh Oon	...	Markand
Kiran Randhawa	...	Police Officer
Ganesh Yadav	...	Ram Prasad Bismil
Tony	...	Ashfaqullah Khan
Padam Singh	...	Roshan Singh
Ashok Sharma	...	Rajendra Lahiri
Mahesh Raja	...	Sachindranath Bakshi
Vikki	...	Mukundilal (as Vikky)
Piyush Chakravorthy	...	Banwarilal
Vasudevan	...	Murari Sharma
Narendra Rawal	...	Mannmanath Gupta
Shamsher Singh	...	Arjan Singh
Oshima Rekhi	...	Jai Kaur
Sukhmani Kohli	...	Amar Kaur
Ankush	...	Kulbir Singh
Karanbir Singh	...	Kultar Singh
Renu Soni	...	Baddi Chachi
Anita	...	Choti Chachi
Renu Pandey	...	Girl's Mother
Komal Singh	...	Girl's Father
Gyandev Singh	...	Girl's Brother
Channi Singh	...	Chattar Singh
Nakshdeep Singh	...	Young Bhagat Singh
Majahan Prashant	...	Justice Rai Sahib
Hayat Asif	...	Justice Asaf Ali
Sardar Sohi	...	Leader in Jallianwala
Bikramjeet Singh	...	Comrade 1
Prasanna Ketkar	...	Comrade 2 (as Prassana Ketkar)
Kishor Mahabole	...	Pranlal Mehta
Ajit Apte	...	Jail Doctor
Shehzad Khan	...	Khairu (as Shahzad Khan)
Gurinder Makna	...	Police Hawaldar (as Gurinder Makhna)
Rajesh Tripathi	...	Vir Bhadra Tiwari
Lalit Tiwari	...	Prof. Vidyalankar (as Lalit Tewari)
Dileep Patwe	...	Justice Aga Haider
Wahid Hashmi	...	Informer
Shashikant Chawan	...	Jallad
Amir Jade	...	Kalandar Ali Khan
Viju Khote	...	Sp. Appearance
Gil Alon	...	Irwin
Ryan Jonathan	...	Emerson
Mark Junior	...	Justice Hilton
Mark Senior	...	Justice Tapp
Bernard Jakel	...	Carden Noad
Martin	...	Craine
Will Randall	...	Justice Middleton
Conrad	...	Saunders
Mark	...	Fearn
Tim	...	Scott
Richard	...	British General Dyer
Mario	...	Justice Coldstream
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Egbert Jan Weeber

Directed by
Rajkumar Santoshi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ranjit Kapoor		additional dialogue (as Ranjeet Kapoor)
Piyush Mishra		Hindi dialogue
Anjum Rajabali		English dialogue
Anjum Rajabali		screenplay
Rajkumar Santoshi		additional dialogue

Produced by
Kumar Sadhuram Taurani	....	producer (as Kumar S. Taurani)
Ramesh Sadhuram Taurani	....	producer
Renu Taurani	....	executive producer (as Renu K. Taurani)
Varsha Taurani	....	executive producer (as Varsha R. Taurani)

Original Music by
A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by
Anand K.V.		(as K.V. Anand)

Film Editing by
V.N. Mayekar

Art Direction by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Costume Design by
Bavna Murkatiwala		(as Bhavna Mukatiwala)

Makeup Department
Prashant Chavan	....	company makeup artist (as Prashant Chauhan)
Rajendra Chavan	....	makeup artist (as Rajendra Chauhan)
Felcy D'Souza	....	hair stylist (as Felcey D'Souza)
Vikram Gaikwad	....	makeup designer (as Vikram Gaekwad)
Anil Pemgirikar	....	wig maker (as Anil V. Pemgirikar)
Vinod Rathod	....	makeup artist
Sailaja	....	hair stylist
Sunil Sawant	....	assistant makeup artist
Rajendra Sharma	....	assistant makeup artist
Ayaz Sheikh	....	assistant makeup artist (as Ayaz Shaikh)
Farida Siraj	....	hair stylist
Harish Wadhone	....	makeup artist
Pradeep Waghle	....	makeup artist (as Pradeep)

Production Management
Dharam Prakash	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rakesh Jha	....	assistant director
Girish Girija Joshi	....	assistant director
Jai Krishna	....	assistant director
Abhiyan Rajhans	....	chief assistant director (as Abiyaan Rajhans)

Art Department
Prasanjeet Chanda	....	art assistant (as Prasanjeet)
Maya Gharpure	....	art assistant
Eknath Kadam	....	art assistant (as Eknath)
Maya	....	art assistant
Girish Patil	....	art assistant
Pramod	....	art assistant
Deepti Surve	....	art assistant

Sound Department
Vikram Biswas	....	live sound effects: Aradhana (as Vicky)
Sajjan Choudhary	....	live sound effects: Aradhana (as Choudhary)
Anup Dev	....	sound re-recordist
R. Gupta	....	live sound effects: Aradhana
Babu Pathak	....	sound assistant
Narinder Patil	....	sound assistant (as Narendra Patil)
Rakesh Ranjan	....	audiographer (as Raakesh Rajan)
Rafiq Shaikh	....	dubbing editor: Sound City (as Rafiq Shaik)
Sadanand Shetty	....	non-sync sound effects (as Shetty Sandanand)
Karnail Singh	....	live sound effects: Aradhana

Special Effects by
Vijay Bhalekar	....	opticals
Tarun Kripalani	....	smoke editor

Stunts
Alno	....	action assistant
Allan Amin	....	action director
Ghiru	....	action assistant
Parvez Khan	....	action assistant (as Parvez)
P.K. Swain	....	action assistant (as P.K.)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chelladurai	....	assistant cinematographer (as Chelladurani)
Kumar Mohapatra	....	jimmy jib operator (as Kumar)
Prakash Mohapatra	....	jimmy jib operator
S. Soundar Rajan	....	assistant cinematographer (as Rajan Saunder)
Richard	....	assistant cinematographer
Shivan	....	assistant cinematographer
Saagar Singh	....	jimmy jib operator
Vijay	....	assistant cinematographer
Sujit Sen	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shabnam Pillai	....	dress assistant
Anubhav Singh	....	dress assistant

Editorial Department
Bablu Manjrekar	....	assistant editor (as Bablu)
Kaushal Misra	....	assistant editor
K.N. Nayak	....	color consultant (as Nayak)
Rajendra Surve	....	associate editor
Prakash Tendulkar	....	associate editor

Music Department
Anthony	....	music assistant
Chandran	....	music assistant
Fegi	....	music assistant
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Hariharan	....	playback singer
Karthik	....	playback singer
Madhukar	....	music assistant
Febi Mani	....	music assistant
Srinivas Murthy	....	music assistant (as Srinivasmurthy)
Udit Narayan	....	playback singer
Narveen	....	music assistant
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Poornima	....	music assistant
A.R. Rahman	....	playback singer
Raja	....	music assistant
Raquib	....	playback singer
Rehana	....	music assistant
Seenu	....	music assistant
Sukhwinder Singh	....	playback singer
S. Sivakumar	....	song recordist (as S. Shivkumar)
Sivamani	....	music assistant
H. Sridhar	....	song recordist (as H. Shridhar)
Sriram	....	music assistant
Tipu	....	music assistant
Manmohan Waris	....	playback singer
Alka Yagnik	....	playback singer
Matt Dunkley	....	conductor (uncredited)
Matt Dunkley	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer (uncredited)

Other crew
Shiv Abhichandani	....	financial advisor (as Shiv Abhichandrani)
Ganesh Acharya	....	choreographer (as Ganesh Acharaya)
Ashok	....	production boy
Babu	....	production boy
Chandru Bakhtiani	....	distribution coordinator
Tapan Chakraborty	....	production executive
Jaywant Chavan	....	office boy (as Jaywant)
Milind Dastane	....	production controller: Pune
Deepak Grewal	....	associate director
Nath Gupta	....	special publicity stills
L.T. Gursahani	....	legal advisor (as I.T. Gurshani)
Raju Hingorani	....	chief executive officer
Manish Jagwani	....	choreography assistant (as Manish)
Jalwa	....	production boy
John	....	production boy
Samir Karathekar	....	production controller: Pune
Atul Kasbekar	....	special publicity stills
Jojo Khan	....	choreographer
Sabina Khan	....	choreography assistant (as Shabeena Khan)
Jayanta Kundu	....	production controller: Pune (as Jatant Kundan)
Narveen Kundu	....	production controller: New Delhi
Kavita Lakhani	....	managers promotions
Jisha Nair	....	special publicity stills
Himanshu Nanda	....	publicity designer
Rahul Nanda	....	publicity designer
Sagar Pandya	....	researcher
Deepak Patil	....	office boy
Aarti Poddar	....	managers promotions
Nana Pore	....	production controller: Pune
Harish Pujari	....	production executive
Ashok Raut	....	script associate (as Ashok Rawat)
Harish Sedhani	....	manager accounts
Denzil Sequeira	....	special publicity stills
Amrit Shah	....	legal advisor
L.V. Shankaran	....	general manager accounts
Piyush Sharma	....	production controller: New Delhi
Shyam	....	production boy
Gurpal Singh	....	researcher
Subhash	....	production boy
Prakash Talreja	....	production controller
Suresh Taurani	....	production executive
Anil Utekar	....	office boy
Vishnu	....	assistant choreographer
C.B. Wadhwa	....	legal advisor

Thanks
Rajni Bakshi	....	thanks
Andrew Bromyard	....	thanks
Phil Coulson	....	thanks
Rafe Hussain	....	thanks: British Deputy High Commission, Mumbai
Shahnaz Jalalie	....	thanks
Sean Mahoney	....	thanks
Amita Malkani	....	thanks
Jagdish Malkani	....	thanks
Piyush Mishra	....	acknowledgment
S. Kultar Singh	....	thanks (as Shri S. Kultar Singhji)
Paul Smith	....	thanks: Director, British Council, Mumbai
Lachmi Sadhuram Taurani	....	dedicatee (as Smt. Lachmi Sadhuram Taurani)
John Wellington	....	thanks: British Deputy High Commission, Mumbai

Production Companies

• Tips Films Pvt. Ltd.

Special Effects

• Kreative Heights Productions Pvt. Ltd.
• Prime Focus

Other Companies

• ACT1 Art Group  grateful to "Gagan Dumane Bajyo" a play by Poyush Mishra, performed by:
• Adamji Mohammedally  set properties (as Adhamji Mohamadali)
• Advista Bombay P. Ltd.  radio publicity
• Annabel  junior artists supplier
• Aradhana Sound Services  live effects (as Aradhana)
• Ashok Honda Editing  post-production editing (as Ashok Honda Productions)
• Bank of Baroda  banker
• Centre for Education & Documentation, Mumbai  thanks
• Devgan Software  AVID output
• East-West Tours & Travels  travel agent (as East West Travels)
• Evergreen Decorators  set properties
• Gaurav Digital  re-recording and mixing
• HDFC Bank  banker
• J.K. Travels and Tours  transport (as J.K. Tours & Travels)
• Jai Ambe Food Supplier  catering
• Kardhar Paints & Hardware  set properties
• Kreative Heights Productions Pvt. Ltd.  tv promotions designed by
• Manoj Car Hire  transport
• Meghna Enterprises  equipments
• New Set Decorators  set properties
• Panchthan Recording Inn, Chennai  song recording (as Panchathan Record Inn, Chennai)
• Prachar Communications  TV publicity
• Pragati Art Printers  publicity printers
• Rajkamal Kala Mandir  mixed at (as Rajkamal Studios)
• Rehman Timber Mart  properties supplier (as Rehman Timbers)
• S. Sharndas and Company  financial advice
• Sandhu Roadways  transport
• Sound City  dubbed at
• Tips Cassettes & Records Co.  cassettes and CDs (as Tips Industries Ltd)
• Vinod & Co.  junior artists supplier

Runtime:

UK:155 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English | Bengali | Punjabi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

India:U | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Aga Khan Palace, Nagar Rd, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Tips Films Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

The director wanted Aishwarya Rai to cast as Mannewali, but she was working on 23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002) which was also about Bhagat Singh.

Soundtrack:

Kasam Tumko Watan

Very intense and thought provoking

As I preach that comments are and should be taken no more than personal opinion of an individual, I, right at the outset would say that GO, GET & WATCH this masterpiece. The director seems to have done his homework properly. Very realistic sets, appearance of characters. As far as story is concerned or better say truthfulness of the story is concerned, history poses as one of the toughest problem. There is no going back. The conflict between Gandhi's non-violence and Bhagat Singh's Tit for Tat philosophy is one of the most touching points of the movie. It eventually leads to execution of Bhagat Singh. How true is that? I am wondering and will always wonder with hope that either Gandhi or Bhagat Singh would come in my dreams and tell me what the truth was. But nevertheless, it is a great movie to watch which will stir emotions. Ajay as Bhgat Singh is brilliant. He is among the finest actors in India indubitably. The other character that impresses is Sushant Singh who makes an impact with his intense performance. All in all, all have done justice with their characters and fit well. Director did good home work and hence a movie that we should be proud of is out there on someone who is perhaps not internationally as famous as Gandhi but for sure was a great freedom fighter, real patriot and a great son of Mother India.