23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002)

When his mentor Lala Lajpatrai is mercilessly beaten to death by the police Bhagat Singh is enraged and he sets about to avenge his death. He and his colleagues do succeed in killing one of... See full summary »

Director:

Guddu Dhanoa

Writers:

Sutanu Gupta (screenplay), Sanjay Masoom (dialogue)

Stars:

Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Amrita Singh

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bobby Deol	...	Bhagat Singh
Sunny Deol	...	Chandrashekhar Azad
Amrita Singh	...	Vidya (Bhagat's mom)
Rahul Dev	...	Sukhdev
Vicky Ahuja	...	Rajguru
Suresh Oberoi	...	Gaoler Chaddha
Shakti Kapoor	...	Chattar Singh
Divya Dutta
Akshay Anand
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	...	Special Appearance (song) (as Aishwarya Rai)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ishrat Ali
Rana Jung Bahadur	...	Public Prosecutor
Raja Bundela	...	Lala Lajpatrai
Suresh Chatwal
Smita Jaykar

Storyline

When his mentor Lala Lajpatrai is mercilessly beaten to death by the police Bhagat Singh is enraged and he sets about to avenge his death. He and his colleagues do succeed in killing one of the officials responsible, but they are identified and as a result they are arrested and held in prison where they are tortured relentlessly. They are then sentenced to a life in prison. Subsequently, they are charged with a more serious crime - treason and assassination - a crime that is punishable by death.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | assassination | independence | 1930s | date in title | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

7 June 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dharmendra, Sunny Super Sound, Vijeta Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

188 min 188 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Stereo DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

An absolute fantastic film and one that will touch many hearts

At first i thought that this would be another story about the independence of the two nations (pakistan and India) but how wrong was i it is an absolutely fantastic film that really makes you proud of the fact that there were people like Baghat Singh who would fight in the name of freedom so that we could benefit. It was a perfect choice to have the punjabi brothers play such a vital role and all credit goes to them for making it all that better. Overall: Acting 100% really makes you want to go and help them; a heart wrenching yet proud situation for Vidya (Amrita Singh)who has done a fantastic job. i would watch this film over and over again just for the reason that it really is a film that the family can watch and you really feel the pain the passion and the emotions that they had gone though. all in all GO WATCH IT im off 2 get the DVD lol x