In popular culture, most of what I could remember on Bhagat Sigh was Ajay Devgan singing "Des mere, des mere, meri shaan hein tu". Ajay Devgan walking like a macho man arm in arm with his friends talking about patriotism in a visceral sense.
The Bhagat Singh that we see in Sardar Udham is a vigorous young man who identifies himself as a revolutionary socialist, who wishes to free the entire world of imperialism and oppression.
He is shown as a humanist who talked at length about the difference between the violence inflicted by revolutionaries and terrorists, about symbolic acts which could make the oppressors realise about the oppression they are committing, and not with an intention to hurt anyone.
The movie stands out as the best movie I have watched on India's independence movement. It shows the spine-chilling and heart-wrenching absolute horror of the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.
It has amazing narration and cinematography intensifying the struggle and transformation of the orphan Udham Singh from a naive lad to a staunch revolutionary.
The non-sequential narration of the story actually abstracts many a detail from the viewer, but it essentially shows the core emotions that the protagonist goes through.
The governor Dwyer is not shown a demonic villain but a man who is philosophically flawed by the ideology of his colonial times.
Udham Singh's experience of the massacre is the central theme of the movie and it is extraordinarily portrayed.
The Bhagat Singh that we see in Sardar Udham is a vigorous young man who identifies himself as a revolutionary socialist, who wishes to free the entire world of imperialism and oppression.
He is shown as a humanist who talked at length about the difference between the violence inflicted by revolutionaries and terrorists, about symbolic acts which could make the oppressors realise about the oppression they are committing, and not with an intention to hurt anyone.
The movie stands out as the best movie I have watched on India's independence movement. It shows the spine-chilling and heart-wrenching absolute horror of the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.
It has amazing narration and cinematography intensifying the struggle and transformation of the orphan Udham Singh from a naive lad to a staunch revolutionary.
The non-sequential narration of the story actually abstracts many a detail from the viewer, but it essentially shows the core emotions that the protagonist goes through.
The governor Dwyer is not shown a demonic villain but a man who is philosophically flawed by the ideology of his colonial times.
Udham Singh's experience of the massacre is the central theme of the movie and it is extraordinarily portrayed.