The first film based on Bhagat Singh to release in 2002.
The film did not have a theatrical release in British Columbia, Canada.
There were 4 movies that released around the same time based on Bhagat Singh. The other three were Rajkumar Santoshi's "The Legend of Bhagat Singh", Guddu Dhanoa "23rd March 1931 - Shaheed", Anand Sagar's "Bhagat Singh".
Punjabi singer Harbhajan Mann was to debut in "Shaheed Bhagat Singh". In the year 2000, before his Punjabi film debut, Harbhajan Mann was to make his Hindi film debut with Tarun Wadhwa's Shaheed Bhagat Singh. But he had to opt out of that film as he could not give dates to this film due to Jee Aayan Nu. Between both his debut films, he chose Jee Aayan Nu. It was a wise decision at that time as three more Hindi films were being made on the martyr's life. Technically, it was not a shelved film as he was replaced by Actor Tarun Khanna. But still, the film could not see the light of the day. The film had some songs which were sung by Harbhajan Mann, including a promotional video featuring the super star singer and actor.
Manoj Kumar's son Vishal Goswami finally decided to turn actor after years of resistance. He was to star in Kewal Kashyap's film Bhagat Singh- The Shaheed. This was in 2002. But due to so many films on Bhagat Singh being made, Kewal shelved the film.