Sardar
Sardar is a 1994 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. 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.
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.
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author | Vijay Tendulkar |
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contentLocation | Indian independence movement |
director | Ketan Mehta |
editor | Renu Saluja |
genre | drama |
keywords | break out civil war direct action direct action day hyderabad hyderabad state indian independence act 1947 jammu and kashmir junagadh junagadh state kanyakumari kashmir listen mahatma gandhi partition partition of india proposal for the partition of india quit india movement rajasthan sardar patel satyagraha |
musicBy | Vanraj Bhatia |
producer | H. M. Patel |
theme | biographical biographical drama retrospective |