SHUT UP Mr.CHOPRA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
21st Sept might be the most shameful day for Indian Freedom movement.
Defence lawyer from Yash Chopra’s side argued that Mangal Pandey was not a freedom fighter.Readers must be knowing that a legal war is waging on the image of Mangal Pandey being portrayed in the film.
The argument first of all contradicts the publicity of the film which said “One man rises against the Empire” which only depicts him as a patriot. But we can leave that aside saying that our beloved Mr.Chopra & Aamir Khan must have forgotten it in their arguments.
But what do the historic facts suggest?. V.D.Savarkar who is known as the authority on war of 1857. And who was the first to proclaim that it was not a sepoy mutiny but the “First War of Independence” honored him by saying that if someone can claim the first right to have sacrificed himself for the cause of independence from British yoke it was MANGAL PANDEY. Every history textbooks we have read glorifies this simple soldier from Barrackpore regiment as a glorious freedom fighter who did’nt hesitate to sacrifice his life so that his beloved motherland may see glory.
It was his defiance of the empire that triggered one of the most organized assault on the foreign rule. It was the only attempt in which Hindus & Muslims truly fought hand in hand against the calamity from Europe. We really felt that these so called ‘Gora Sahab’ can be brought to his knees and sent back to London. The feeling got culminated in 1947 when we finally got our Swaraj although a partitioned one.
But no sort of high ideals have been shown in the film. It revolves only about Mangal, Hira (who is she and where did she come from?), Jwala(??), and an English sepoy. Mangal looks more like a mercenary who takes bhang, enjoys whores and suddenly rises against the empire. Somebody even went as far as to claim that he did everything under effect of Bhang and no patriotic feelings. Then why did’nt he plead innocence when he was being court marshaled or hanged.

But then I realized that Bollywood is expert in making only romantic films and crash commercialistic, which are more interested in showing scantily dressed women and intimate scenes rather than historic facts. The film flunked on box office and that is the best way to show it’s caliber.

But Mr Chopra must be told to refresh his knowledge of history and keep his mouth shut.
The tendency of showing historical figures, who are our ideals in bad light should be damned and film makers must be dragged to court when they seem to digress like “The Rising”. Even the court must stop the screening of the movie when it’s concept is under question. Because “Justice delayed is Justice denied”.Now one more movie is coming “Bajirao Mastani”……the name only suggests what part of this great warrior’s life must have been highlighted……………