23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Guddu Dhanoa

Writers:

Sutanu Gupta (screenplay)
Sanjay Masoom (dialogue)

Release Date:

7 June 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Assassination | Independence | 1930s | Date In Title

Awards:

1 win

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	...	Special Appearance (song)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rana Jung Bahadur	...	Public Prosecutor
Smita Jaykar
Sachin Khedekar	...	Advocate Asif Ali
Mahavir Shah

Runtime:

UK:188 min (video version)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo | DTS

Company:

Dharmendra

Real Patriotism and Heroism.

Shaheed is a very realistic depiction of our India in the pre-Independence era, as our heroes fought valiantly and stuck strong to their cause of freedom. The Deols, being real Punjabis, fit their characters of Bhagat Singh (Bobby Deol) and Chandrashekhar Azad (Sunny Deol) perfectly. Personally, Sunny should have won Best Supporting Actor for this film, which was sadly ignored by the biased media (the media is ignorant and stupid). This is movie is dramatic, and yet, so invigorating. A movie like this really boils your blood so hard that you just want to go out there and take action with big guns and go after those zamindaars. Stand up for the country's honor and dignity. Action and performances are excellent. If our own Indians today knew about our past and its greatness, it would be in better situations today! You will like this movie a lot!! Cheers!