Sardar (1993 film)

Sardar
Sardar
	Poster of the film
Directed by	Ketan Mehta
Written by	Vijay Tendulkar (script),; Hriday Lani (dialogues)
Produced by	H. M. Patel
Starring	Paresh Rawal,; Annu Kapoor,; Benjamin Gilani,; Tom Alter
Cinematography	Jehangir Chowdhury
Edited by	Renu Saluja
Music by	Vanraj Bhatia
Release date	7 January 1993;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Sardar is a 1993 Indian biographical drama film on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest freedom fighters, directed by Ketan Mehta and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar and Hriday Lani. The film was screened retrospective on 12 August 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defence, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film begins with a young Sardar Patel playing cards with his friends and ridiculing Mahatma Gandhi and his policies to achieve independence. His views change however, when he is introduced to Gandhi by his brother, and upon listening to a lecture delivered by Gandhi, he joins him in his struggle. Sardar then successfully organises various Satyagrahas throughout Gujarat. The film then moves to the age of the Quit India Movement and India's freedom. Sardar is instrumental in convincing the working committee of the INC and Nehru to accept a proposal for the partition of India, when riots break out on the league's call for Direct Action. Sardar realises that not tackling the problem now might result in civil war in the country. Once the partition has been accepted, Sardar then works to get all the princely states to join the Union of India, the film depicts his handling of the problems posed by the princely states of Kashmir, Junagadh and Hyderabad. The film also portrays his differences with Nehru and how they work together after the death of Gandhiji. The film ends with Sardar resting at the desert village of Shahpura in Rajasthan saying that today from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, there is one independent nation.

Cast

Paresh Rawal as Sardar Patel
Annu Kapoor as Mahatma Gandhi
Benjamin Gilani as Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Sri Vallabh Vyas as Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Tom Alter as Viceroy Lord Mountbatten
H.M. Patel as himself
Lalit Tiwari as Maulana Azad
Ashish Vidyarthi as V. P. Menon
Govind Namdeo
Satish Kaushik
Suhasini Mulay
Raghuvir Yadav as Patel's servant
Vanya Joshi as Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
M. K. Raina
Narendra Sachar as Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Vanraj Bhatia.

Awards

National Film Awards 1993

References

^ "Pune: A film festival that celebrates freedom". The Indian Express. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "70 Saal - Independance Day" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

External links

Sardar at IMDb

[1] "Pune: A film festival that celebrates freedom". The Indian Express. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[2] "70 Saal - Independance Day" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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