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Movie Review: The Legend Of Bhagat Singh
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Sushant Singh, Santosh, Amrita Rao, Raj Babbar and
Farida Jalal
Producer: Ramesh & Kumar Taurani
Director: Raj Kumar Santoshi
Music: A.R. Rahman
Lyrics: Sameer
Genre: Patriotic
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The movie tells the story of freedom fighter
cum revolutionary Bhagat Singh, who toiled hard to free India. The movie also speaks |
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about a few instances of his life, his
ideologies, the way he was tortured by the Britishers and his sacrifices.
Bhagat Singh (Ajay Devgan) is shown to
be deeply moved by the Jalianwalla Bagh Massacre in Amritsar at the tender age of twelve.
He takes a vow to fight against injustice and the Britishers.
He grows up to be an intelligent and popular youth in the college. His ideology attracts
like-minded youth like Sukhdev (Sushant Singh) to him. In order to accomplish his mission,
Bhagat Singh leaves home, his |
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loving mother (Farida Jalal) and his beloved
(Amrita Rao).
Initially he participates in Mahatma Gandhi's 1921 Non Cooperation Movement but is
thoroughly disillusioned by his principle of non |
violence as that does not work against the
British Government. So, he leaves Mahatma Gandhi and joins Bismillah (Ganesh Yadav) and
Chandrashekhar Azad (Akhilendra Mishra). They plan the Kakoree train theft but
unfortunately Bismillah and his group get caught. Thereafter, Azad joins Bhagat Singh and
his group to form the Hindustan Socialist Republic Association. When Lala Lajpat Rai gets
killed in the Simon Go Back morcha, the group get together to kill Assistant
Superintendent of Police John Poyantz Saunders as retaliation. He along with B K Dutta
bomb the Legislative Assembly to get arrested and the purpose of doing this is to spread
the message of freedom across the country as well as the world. This act of Bhagat Singh
served its purpose of threatening the Britishers who considered Bhagat Singh |
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dangerous and imprisoned him. Even in the prison, Bhagat Singh
along with his group rebelled for human rights and fasted for more than a month.
Ultimately, the British Government sentenced him to death and Bhagat Singh along with his
friend were hung to death |
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on 23rd March 1931. Their bodies were then
smuggled out of the prison for cremation.
There is no doubt about the fact that the movie is indeed well done. Raj Kumar Santhoshi
deserves a good amount of patting for making such a film without any flaws. The script is
well researched and written. Dialogues by Piyush Mishra, Rajkumar Santoshi and Ranjeet
Kapoor are light but clap-worthy. The first half of the movie is both moving and
entertaining and the comic punches ease the tension in the drama. After interval, the film
becomes boring and repetitive. Some emotional scenes are heart touching. |
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Performance-wise, all are at their best. Ajay Devgan in the role of the angry young Bhagat
Singh is great and carries out his performance with ease. Sushant Singh does a marvellous
job and his acting, expressions etc. deserve special mention. D. Santosh is |
natural and his Maharashtrian accent will
very much appeal to the Maharashtra crowd. Akhilendra Mishra enacts his part powerfully.
Raj Babber, Farida Jalal, Amrita Rao, Mukesh Tiwari and others in the supporting cast are
good. Surendra Rajan has the looks and mannerisms as Gandhi and is excellent.
Music by A.R. Rahman is good but nothing new or exceptional. The popular numbers are
" Mere rang de", "Pagdi Sambhal Jatta" and "Des mere".
Photography by K.V. Anand is superb.
Overall, the movie will be appreciated by only a section of the society rather than the
mass.
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