Birthday Special: Bollywood’s Obsession With Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh is one of the most influential personalities who fought for India’s freedom. Bhagat Singh has also impressed a lot of our Bollywood filmmakers and many movies have put down his life on the big screen.

Today we bring to you 5 best Bollywood movies based on the life of Bhagat Singh.

The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi the film starred Ajay Devgn as Bhagat Singh along with Sushant Singh, and D. Santosh. The film won two National Film Awards for National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and three Filmfare Awards.

Rang De Basanti (2006)
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Rang De Basanti had a stellar cast consisting of Aamir Khan, Siddharth Narayan, Soha Ali Khan, Madhavan, Kunal Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni and British actress Alice Patten in the lead roles. The story is based on the life of a group of friends and they fight with the corruption in India connecting their life to Bhagat Singh.

23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002)
Starring Bobby Deol as the freedom fighter and Sunny Deol as Chandrashekhar Azad the film released in the same year when Ajay Devgn’s The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Directed by Guddu Dhanoa the film did not get a good response at the box office.

Shaheed (1965)

Shaheed starring Manoj Kumar in the lead is one of the most prominent Indian patriotic movie based on Indian independence movement. Directed by, S Ram Sharma Shaheed won the award for Best Feature Film in Hindi at the 13th National Film Awards.

Shaheed-E-Azam (2002)
Directed by Sukumar Nair, Shaheed-E-Azam starred Sonu Sood. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had issued a notice to the producers calling for a ban on the movie. Later the film released in 2002.

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