Mar 20, 2024, 05:22 PM IST

8 Bollywood films based on Indian revolutionaries

Simran Singh

In Ketan Mehta's directorial Paresh Rawal stars as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Sardar (1993)

Rajkumar Santoshi's directorial is based on the backdrop of the Indian freedom struggle with Ajay Devgn as Bhagat Singh

The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) 

Guddu Dhanoa's directorial starred Bobby Deol as Bhagat Singh and Sunny Deol as Chandrashekhar Azad

23rd March 1931 Shaheed (2002)

In this movie, Sonu Sood made his Bollywood debut, playing Bhagat Singh

Shaheed-E-Azam (2002)

Shyam Benegal's directorial depicts the life of the Indian Independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose with Sachin Khedekar playing the titular role

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2004)

Aamir Khan made his on-screen comeback by playing Mangal Pandey in Ketan Mehta's film

Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2004)

Vicky Kaushal played the role of freedom fighter Sardar Udham Singh, who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer to avenge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Sardar Udham (2021)

In the upcoming film, Randeep Hooda plays controversial Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The movie also marks Randeep's directorial debut

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (2024)

RRR (2022)

SS Rajamouli's Oscar-winning, pan-India blockbuster is a fictional story based on Indian revolutionaries, Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitaram Raju