The Legend of Bhagat Singh

The Legend of Bhagat Singh

bhagat

PLOT SUMMARY

Bhagat was born in British India during the year 1908. As a child he witnessed numerous atrocities committed on fellow Indians by their British rulers, who came to trade under the guise of the East India Company, but ended up controlling most of the nation, and permitting tyrants such as General Dyer to massacre thousands of innocent men, women and children in Jallianwala Baug. As a child he was impressed by Mohandas K. Gandhi, especially his call to launch the non-cooperation movement, which led to thousands of people burning British-made clothing, giving up schools, & college studies, and government jobs – only to be let down by Gandhi himself when he called off the movement. Undaunted, Bhagat decided to be a revolutionary, starting with getting into petty fights, then as a grown-up joining the Hindustan Republic Association. When Lala Lajpat Rai was beaten to death by the police, Bhagat, along with Shivram Rajguru, Sukhdev, and others daringly carried out the assassination of a police officer named Saunders, which eventually led to Bhagat’s arrest, where he was lodged in a cell, tortured and beaten mercilessly. His father, Kishan, paid Rs.60,000/- and bailed him out, so that he could get him to run a diary-farm and get married to a girl from Manavali. But being a revolutionary was in Bhagat’s blood, and when the British proposed the Trade Disputes and Public Safety Bills, he would initiate the bombing in the Indian Parliament Building, along with Batukeshwar Dutt, be arrested, and tried in an open court. This is where Bhagat launched his much-publicized revolution, and became popular with the masses, especially the younger generation, laborers, and farmers, so much so that his popularity rivaled that of Gandhi himself. Even in prison, Bhagat made headline news when he and other prisoners undertook a 63 day fast unto death to improve the conditions of Indian freedom-fighter prisoners. Then the British re-opened the Saunders’ murder case, which led to death sentences being imposed on Bhagat, Shivram, and Sukhdev. The entire nation rose up in protest, including the Congress party – with the ball being in Gandhi’s court – for he was due to sign the Irwing Pact, and Indians hoped that he would use this as a bargaining chip to save the lives of the heroic trio. Will Gandhi rise up to the occasion and save the trio – so that they could pave the way for a modern and independent India, not just a country ruled by the British with a dominant status – an India free of communal hatred, injustice, corruption, and fundamentalism, or will Gandhi end up disappointing Bhagat all over again?

WATCH FULL

Last 5 posts in Drama

Discuss it on Bollywood Discussion Forum

By: shashank Comments (0) November 25, 2009

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Leave a comment







Related Videos


The Legend Of Zorro
The Legend Of Zorro PLOT SUMMARY The Legendary Zorro goes off on...
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn Plot The movie starts with a narration...
The Legend Of Lizzie Borden
The Legend Of Lizzie Borden PLOT SUMMARY Elizabeth Montgomery stars as...
Legend Of The Bog
Legend Of The Bog PLOT SUMMARY When a 2000 year old murder...
Legend Of The Sea
Legend Of The Sea PLOT SUMMARY Follows Draco the Little Dragon Prince,...
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep DVD Watch Movie Online
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) DVD Watch...
The Legend of Bloody Mary
The Legend of Bloody Mary PLOT SUMMARY Ryan has been plagued with...
The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires
The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires PLOT SUMMARY Count Dracula journies...
The Legend Of Drunken Master
The Legend Of Drunken Master PLOT SUMMARY Returning home with his father...
The Legend of Lucy Keyes Watch Movie Online
The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006) Watch the Full...