Sons Of Sardaar based on true story of the 21 Saragarhi Sikhs who died fighting the Afghans
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Priya Gupta (BOMBAY TIMES; August 19, 2015)
The famous 'Battle of
Saragarhi' was fought on September 12, 1897, by 21 Sikhs of the
4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment, who gave up their lives defending an
army post, fighting against 10,000 Afghans. The battle occurred in the
North-West Frontier Province and is now named the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and
is part of Pakistan. The 21 Sikh contingent was led by Havildar
Ishar Singh and they all fought to death. Apparently, they had a brave
cook too who also fought with them and died. So they were actually 22 of
them. Some historians consider it one of the greatest military battles
as a result every year September 12 is celebrated as 'Saragarhi Day'
across many parts of the world and in India. The epic poem 'Khalsa
Bahadur' has also been written in the memory of these brave men. To
commemorate these men, the British had built
two Saragarhi Gurudwaras, one in Amritsar, close to the Golden Temple
and one in Ferozepur Cantonment, the district these men belonged to. We
have learnt that Ajay Devgn's 'Sons Of Sardaar' will not be a comedy
like the first, but will be based on the story of these real sons of
sardaars, the 'Sikhs of Saragarhi.' Ajay's earlier portrayal of Bhagat
Singh won him a National Award. And we have no doubt that he will play
this brave Sikh equally well. Ajay has always
believed in a big cinema experience and we have heard that he is
planning to make this biggest battle of heroism on an international
scale, both in terms of budget and technology. 'The Battle of
Saragarhi' has all the drama, is a true story and is highly patriotic
and we have no doubt that it has the ability of becoming one of India's
biggest films ever made. He will be shooting this film post Shivaay in
July 2016 for a release on the Diwali of 2017.
This entry was posted on October 4, 2009 at 12:14 pm, and is filed under
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