Shaheed (1965 film)

Shaheed is a 1965 Hindi movie based on Bhagat Singhs life. One of the most prominent Indian patriotic movie based on Indian independence movement, it was produced by Kewal Kashyap and directed by S Ram Sharma and stars Manoj Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Pran, Iftekhar, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and Anwar Hussain in lead roles. The music is by Prem Dhawan with several songs written by freedom fighter Ram Prasad Bismil. Shaheed was first of Manoj Kumars series of patriotic films, followed by likes of Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim and Kranti.

It is the year 1916 in India. Sardar Kishan Singh and his family, including son Bhagat, are distressed when Sardars brother, Ajit Singh, is arrested for speaking out against the British. He then mysteriously disappears after supposedly escaping from prison and is never heard from again. This makes a strong impression on young Bhagat Singhs mind. When he grows up, he joins the freedom fighting movement headed by Chandrashekar Azad. He sees an unarmed protester against the Simon Commission, killed by the police. Bhagat, Chandrashekar Ajad, Rajguru, Sukhdev, and Jaygopal decide to avenge this death by killing Assistant Commissioner Saunders. They succeed in killing him. They then flee to evade the massive police manhunt. Bhagat is a prime suspect, having been identified as the Sikh with the turban. Bhagat removes his turban, shaves his beard, and, having changed his appearance, returns to the freedom movement.Time passes. Bhagat Singh and comrade Batukeshwar Dutt explode a bomb in the Central Assembly of the British Parliament as an act of protest. Together with other freedom fighters, including Bhagats best friend Sukhdev, they are arrested and prosecuted while being kept in prison. They are interred in the jail at Lahore, where they are continually persecuted and tortured by the prison guards. ........

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