Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)

The film, which is about the last five years of the Indian leader Subhas Chandra Bose's life, also includes his life's story in flashback sequences. However, it does not cover the controversy surrounding Bose's death.

Director:

Shyam Benegal

Writers:

Atul Tiwari, Shama Zaidi

Stars:

Ila Arun, Pankaj Berry, Nicolas Chagrin

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Cast

Credited cast:
Ila Arun	...	Ranu
Pankaj Berry	...	Aabid Khan
Nicolas Chagrin	...	General Auchinlek
Nalini Chatterjee	...	Meera
Vikrant Chaturvedi	...	Lt. Prem Kumar Sahgal
Pradeep Kumar Das	...	Servant
Divya Dutta	...	Ila Bose
Chris England	...	CID Chief
Jayant Gadekar	...	Col Bhonsale
Sonamoni Jayant Gadekar	...	Capt Janaki
Arindham Ghosh	...	Subhas Chandra Bose's Cousin
Rajit Kapoor	...	Abid Hasan
Ahmed Khan	...	Mian Akbar
Shakeel Khan	...	Sarat Bose
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Uttamchand Malhotra

Storyline

Born in a prominent Bengali family, Subhas had dedicated much of his younger years by being actively involved in ridding the British from India. For this purpose he joined hands with stalwarts such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohandas Gandhi, but expressed his frustration, especially with Gandhi's slow and painstaking way of trying to win over the enemy with love. It is for this reason, he decided to separate from the Congress Party. The British became weary of him, placed him under arrest, but when he started a hunger strike unto death, they let him go, but kept him under surveillance. Subhas eluded the police, under the guise of Pathan Mohammad Ziauddin, crossed the Indian border in Afghanistan so that he could enter Russia and form an Indian Army to oust the British. His efforts failed, he ended up as Italian Orlando Mashtar, with an office in Germany. He did manage to convince the Nazis, despite of Hitler's views in "Main Kempf" that he preferred India to remain colonized under the ...

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Plot Keywords:

india | soldier | nazi | british italian | female soldier | 

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Taglines:

Netaji Subhas. Chartering a heroic journey to save his motherland.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 2005 (India)

Also Known As:

Bose, le heros oublié

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

INR 210,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sahara India Media Communication Ltd., Shyam Benegal Sahayadri Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

208 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Hours before the film's premier in Calcutta, five researchers submitted a petition was submitted to the Calcutta High Court seeking to remove any controversial issues seen in the film. These issues were the use of the word "forgotten" in the film's title and the scenes that showed Bose as married to an Austrian woman. In 2002, these same researchers had sent a notice to director Benegal requesting him not to show Bose's death in a 1945 plane crash. The same thing had been done in this case, but this time the researchers threatened to go to court if their requests were not granted. Benegal himself defended his film in court, and the petition was rejected.

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Quotes

Subhas Bose: Give me blood and I will give you freedom!

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Soundtracks

"Desh Ki Mitti"
Sung by Sonu Nigam
Composed by A.R. Rahman
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar

User Reviews

The real Subhash 10/10. The movie subhash 5/10

To start off with I am the most ardent supporter of subhash chandra bose. I feel that if he had not died he would have definitely been the first prime minister off India. This movie is no way even close to what Subhash ever was. He was the only person to beat Gandhi in an election!! He had a blazing fire within him and this sense of desire to lead the Indians to Independence that just can not be matched by any other Indian. The Subhash in this movie is always nicely smiling and has no charisma off his own, well we don't expect it to match SCB's actual charisma, but the whole calm appeal shown is exactly opposite to what Subhash actually was. Plus there is no detail shown of Subhash's intelligence, which is in abundance, like 4th in ICS, his diplomatic and persuasive abilities to get the Bose-Tojo pact. He was the ideal person to be but after seeing this movie you will wonder where this lump of a figure would ever do anything, yes that is how he is portrayed in the movie. The special effects are the worst ever seen in Indian or any other movie. The only reason I am giving the score 5 is because it does contain historical facts. It is the only movie to ever cover the great hero, which is a real pity for Indian cinema. If you want to watch the movie. Watch it for the facts, not for what Subhash actually was.