The Legend of Bhagat Singh
The Legend of Bhagat Singh is a 2002 Indian historical biographical film about Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter who fought for Indian independence. It was directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and starred Ajay Devgan, Sushant Singh, and D. Santosh. It was released onJune 2002 and went on to win two National Film Awards, including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi, and three Filmfare Awards, including the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie.
Bhagat Singh was born in British India in 1907. As a child he witnessed numerous atrocities committed on fellow Indians by their British rulers, who came to trade under the guise of the East India Company, but ended up controlling most of the nation, and permitting tyrants such as General Reginald Dyer to massacre thousands of innocent men, women and children in Jallianwala Bagh. As a child he was impressed by Mahatma Gandhi, especially his call to launch the noncooperation movement, which led to thousands of people burning Britishmade clothing, giving up school, college studies, and government jobs only to be let down by Gandhi when he called off the movement. Undaunted, Bhagat Singh Ajay Devgan decided to be a revolutionary, starting with getting into petty fights, then as a grownup joining the Hindustan Republic Association. His father, Kishan, paid Rs.60,000 and bailed him out, so that he could get him to run a dairyfarm and get married to a girl named Mannavali Amrita Rao .When Lala Lajpat Rai was beaten to death by the police, Bhagat, with Shivaram Rajguru, Sukhdev, and others daringly carried out the assassination of a police officer named Saunders, which eventually led to Bhagats arrest. He was lodged in a cell, tortured and beaten mercilessly. But being a revolutionary was in Bhagats blood When the British proposed the Trade Disputes and Public Safety Bills, he initiated the bombing in the Indian Parliament Building, with Batukeshwar Dutt, He took utmost care of the safety of people in parliament by throwing bombs at empty benches .He was arrested, and tried in an open court. This is where Bhagat launched his muchpublicized revolution, and became popular with the masses, especially the younger generation, laborers, and farmers, so much so that his popularity rivaled that of Gandhi himself. ........
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