23rd March 1931: Shaheed
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| Directed by | Guddu Dhanoa |
| Produced by | Dharmendra |
| Screenplay by | Sultanu Gupta |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Sunny Deol Amrita Singh Rahul Dev Suresh Oberoi Shakti Kapoor Divya Dutta |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand |
| Cinematography | Thiru |
| Editing by | Keshav Naidu |
| Distributed by | Vijayta Films |
| Release date(s) | June 7, 2002 |
| Running time | 186 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
23rd March 1931: Shaheed is a 2002 Hindi film directed by Guddu Dhanoa which depicts the events leading up to the hanging of Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and his companions Rajguru and Sukhdev on 23 March 1931. The film stars Bobby Deol as Bhagat Singh, his elder brother Sunny Deol as another revolutionary Chandrashekhar Azad and Amrita Singh in her comeback role as Bhagat Singh's mother. Aishwarya Rai has a special appearance in a song.
This is the second time real-life brothers Sunny and Bobby Deol appear in a film together after Dillagi (1999). They later came together for the 2007 film Apne and played reel-life brothers in Heroes (2008 film) and 2011 film Yamla Pagla Deewana respectively.
The film's release coincided with another film based on Bhagat Singh directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and titled The Legend of Bhagat Singh. 23rd March 1931. Both films bombed at the box office and were both declared disasters.[1] However both were critically appreciated. This film picked up a Zee Cine Technical Award for Best Art Direction by Nitish Roy.Simple Kapadia, the costumer designer of the movie also distinguished herself with a perfect replica of the 1930s costumes, making the movie even more realistic.
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[edit] Plot
Set in 1931, British India, the film tells the story of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad who have only motive in mind: Freedom for India. They set about doing this task together with two other men, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Bhagat Singh is enraged when his mentor Lala Lajpatrai is mercilessly beaten to death by the police, and he sets about to avenge his death. He and his colleagues do succeed in killing one of the officials responsible, but they are identified and as a result Bhagat and Rajguru are arrested and held in prison where they are tortured relentlessly.
When produced in court, they dramatically admit to the killing and state that it was done in the name of Freedom. The judge and the public prosecutor do not see it that their way and they are sentenced to life in prison. Bhagat's mother, Vidya, comes to meet him in prison, and he goes to greet her, shackled in chains from head to toe, and he foretells that India will continue to suffer, even after Independence from the British, and that he will return in another birth to free his motherland. Subsequently, all four are charged with treason and assassination and are sentenced to death.
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- Bobby Deol as Bhagat Singh
- Sunny Deol as Chandrashekhar Azad
- Amrita Singh as Vidya (Bhagat Singh's mother)
- Rahul Dev as Sukhdev
- Vicki Ahuja as Rajguru
- Sachin Khadekar as Advocate Asif Ali
- Suresh Oberoi as Gaoler Chaddha
- Shakti Kapoor as Chattar Singh
- Aishwarya Rai in a Special appearance
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