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The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)
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Based on the life and times of Mangal Pandey, 1857: The Rising is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule. Director:Ketan Mehta |
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| Aamir Khan | ... | ||
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Heera
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Captain William Gordon
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Coral Beed | ... |
Emily
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Ameesha Patel | ... |
Jwala
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Kiron Kher | ... |
Lol Bibi
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| Om Puri | ... |
Narrator
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Ben Nealon | ... |
Hewson
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Habib Tanvir | ... |
Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Varsha Usgaonkar | ... |
Rani Laxmibai
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Kenneth Cranham | ... |
Kent
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Tom Alter | ... |
Watson
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| Mukesh Tiwari | ... |
Bakht Khan
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Shahbaaz Khan | ... |
Azimullah
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Amin Hajee | ... |
Vir Singh
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Storyline
1857 AD. The entire Indian sub continent is ruled by a company. The British East India Company. The most successful business enterprise in history. The company has its own laws, its own administration, its own army. It controls the destiny of one fifth of humanity. Mangal Pandey - The Rising is an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, love and sacrifice set against the backdrop of what the British called the sepoy mutiny but which for the Indians was the First War of Independence. 'Company Raj' as it was known, had been plundering the country, treating the locals unjustly and causing widespread resentment. After a hundred years of subjugation, the Indian consciousness is rising through the revolutionary prospect of change and self-rule. During a fierce battle in one of the Afgan wars that the Company fought in the mid-century, Mangal Pandey, the heroic sepoy, saves the life of his British commanding officer William Gordon... Written by Hariharan
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Budget:
INR 340,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$475,243 (United Arab Emirates) (12 August 2005) (15 Screens)Gross:
$874,380 (USA) (28 August 2005)Company Credits
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Captain William Gordon: In your Ramayana there was one villain "Ravana" who had ten heads, company has a hundred heads and they're all joined by the glue of greed.
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Sung by Aamir Khan, Udit Narayan, Madhushree, Srinivas and Chinmaye
Composed by A.R. Rahman
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar See more »
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Trivia
When Kiron Kher was first approached for the part of Noor Bibi, she turned it down for various reasons. The makers then signed on Maya Krishna Rao for the role and they shot the scenes with her. However, director Ketan Mehta and actor Aamir Khan were not happy with the scenes and performance, so they approached Kiron Kher again who then agreed to do the film. See more »Quotes
Mangal Pandey: What is "company"?Captain William Gordon: In your Ramayana there was one villain "Ravana" who had ten heads, company has a hundred heads and they're all joined by the glue of greed.
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"Holi Re"Sung by Aamir Khan, Udit Narayan, Madhushree, Srinivas and Chinmaye
Composed by A.R. Rahman
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar See more »
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