"Know then, your braves, for you the feeble, they fight unto their deaths."
"They lie hacked to pieces on the battlefield they never deserted."
"Is it the romance you yearn for?"
"Then come unto me holding your head upon your palm."
"Know then, your braves for you the feeble, they fight unto their deaths."
"They lie hacked to pieces on the battlefield they never deserted."
"Is it the romance you yearn for?"
"Then come unto me holding your head upon your palm."
Long live the Revolution!
(Screams)
(Hammer Impact Dry Wall Break)
Hurry up.
Come on.
Hurry up. Come on.
- Bhagat Singh.. - Long live!
- Sukhdev.. - Long live!
- Rajguru.. - Long live!
- Bhagat Singh.. - Long live!
- Sukhdev.. - Long live!
- Rajguru.. - Long live!
- Bhagat Singh.. - Long live!
- Sukhdev.. - Long live!
- Rajguru.. - Long live!
Open up?
What is it?
I'm Kishen Singh.. I'm Bhagat Singh's father?
- Let me talk to the superintendent. - He isn't in.
- The jailer sir? - Not in.
All evening we've heard slogans being shouted inside the jail.
- I want to know about our children.. - No one in.
- Bhagat Singh.. - Long live!
- Sukhdev.. - Long live!
- Rajguru.. - Long live!
(Revving Engine)
Open that!
Hurry up, come on!
Come on!
Hurry!
Hurry up, come on. Move faster!
(Screams)
Thow it into the river.
Come on.
Come on, fast. Fast!
- Bhagat Singh.. - Long live!
- Sukhdev.. - Long live!
- Father. - Long live!
The British have burnt some corpses at the river side.
Will you tell me what's happening?
Please, please.. keep faith.
Get the car out!
- What happened father? - Will you please take a look?
They killed Bhagat Singh.
Lift the shroud.
(Sobbing)
(Glass Shatters)
(Screams)
(Gunshots)
- Long live.. - Mahatma Gandhi.
- Long live.. - Mahatma Gandhi!
- Gandhi.. - Go back!
- Gandhi.. - Down!
- Gandhi.. - Go back!
- Come quickly, Bapu (Gandhi) - Don't worry.
- Bapu, these people are trouble.. - Nothing will happen.
- Come. - Gandhi..
Shame, shame!
- Gandhi.. - Down!
- Mahatma Gandhi.. - Shame, shame!
Calm down.
- Mahatma Gandhi.. - Shame, shame!
This is a gift from us. Take it!
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru; You could've saved them!
But you didn't!
I would've gladly given up my own life to save them.
But the truth is they themselves didn't want to live.
Like the British government, you too didn't want them to live.
That's why you didn't even try.
I admired Bhagat Singh's courage. I salute his sacrifice..
..and applaud his patriotism.
But, I will never support violence.
That's why I didn't favor their death sentences too.
- I tried my best to save them. - Why?
- Why should we believe you? - History will never forgive you!
- Come. - Gandhi..
Shame, shame!
- Gandhi.. - Shame, shame!
- Bhagat Singh.. - Lives forever!
- Rajguru.. - Lives forever!
- Sukhdev.. - Lives forever!
- Bhagat Singh.. - Lives forever!
Bhagat.. where are you?
Bhagat!
Bhagat! Come on! Run!
You understand law.
I said, harder!
If I see more than four people together..
..you will regret the day you were born!
(Gasping)
Bloody Indians!
Friends, today is the Spring Festival.
We haven't gathered here to make any trouble. - Positions.
Load!
(Guns Cocking)
Fire!
(Gunshots)
Kishen Singh!
- Greetings, Jwala. - You heard?
In Amritsar, General Dyer opened fire inside Jallianwala Baug!
Our thousands of people are dead.
(Sobbing)
Friends, today is the Spring Festival.
We haven't gathered here to make any trouble.
This meeting isn't meant to challenge the law..
..but to appeal to the government..
..to reconsider the curfew orders.
- And our leader.. - Fire!
(Gunshots)
(Screams)
Mother.
(Sobbing)
We will fight; Of course we will.
Not violently, by non-violent means.
Our weapon will be a total non-cooperation campaign.
(Crowd Applaud)
Henceforth, no Indian will..
..co-operate with the British government.
- Government employees resign their jobs! - Glory to Gandhi!
- Workers, walk out of your factories! - Glory to Gandhi.
Children, stop going to government schools!
Don't pay any tax! Burn all your imported textiles!
Bring the entire machinery of the British government to a halt!
You do this, and I promise..
..you independence within one year.
(Screams)
- Mr. Mehta, have you read today's paper? - Yes, of course.
British industrialists are panicking.
Their loaded ships are going back.
- A national boycott is very powerful! - Of course!
The mightiest of empires get shaken.
Now let us see how long this white government can possibly last.
They'll never last, Father.
My son! Come here.
Gandhi says it's a matter of months now.
No one can stop our freedom now.
- Really? - That's my tiger!
Hey stop. Where are you going?
I heard you got into a brawl with the police. Are you hurt?
Our days of being beaten are gone.
Gandhi's movement has made life miserable for the British.
- Come, come have some bread. - Long live Gandhi!
Long live Non Co-operation Movement!
Long live Non Co-operation Movement! Long live Gandhi!
In all of Lyallpur, your son is most prominent in the movement.
He belongs to Gandhi now.
- Can't hear a word against him. - Is it?
- Yes. - Tell me Aunty,
What if Uncle Ajit were to come back?
Why are you joking son?
Will such a day ever come to pass?
It is coming.
Really, God Himself has come to us, as Gandhi.
Get ready. Independence is coming. This year.
- Vande Mataram. Mr. Mehta.. - What?
Tomorrow we take the procession through the city square. - Okay.
Listen..
- I am scared. - Scared?
Of what?
- Bhagat! - Bhagat?
Let's keep him with us please.
Of course. Who will take him away from us?
Don't you see?
How obsessed he is with his country. At this age!
(Chuckles)
The Motherland, Independence..
But after all that we have seen, suffered..
Swaran, Ajit..
Not Bhagat now, not him, please.
Listen to me.
Mr. Kishen Singh, terrible news!
Gandhi has called-off the Non Co-operation Movement - What?!
What are you saying?
Yes, I just heard on the radio.
The police opened fire on a peaceful procession at Chauri Chaura.
Some people died.
Enraged, the public set a police station on fire.
22 policemen were killed.
That upset Gandhi and he withdrew the movement.
Says that our country isn't yet ready for independence.
No. No.
No.
- Bhagat. - No!
Let him go.
At his tender age, it's an unbearable blow. It'll take time.
(Horn Honking)
One. Yes, one.
- Who was Mangal Pandey's father? - What?
What are you gaping at?
Didn't you hear what Sukhdev brother asked? The name!
(Bird Chirping)
I don't know.
Enroll this freedom fighter too.
- Your name? - Atul Sachdev.
Report to the canteen after college.
In the evening at the canteen.
Tomorrow I'm moving to board club.
- Will be meeting the day after tomorrow. - Okay.
Hey Mr. Society, tell me Madan Mohan Malviya's full name.
What?
Tell us.
Fool, I just told you his full name.
British Babu!
Who took over from Robert Clive?
Warren Hastings. October 20, 1774.
What a patriot!
It's fellows like you who'll bring in the revolution here.
Saw that, Bhagwati?
Knows their history in detail..
- ..answers what I didn't even ask. - Not his fault, Sukhdev.
Colleges hammer in their history, making us forget our own.
That's why I'm taking things into my own hands.
From today I'm going to teach these fellows.
- Name? - Tell me your name.
- Markand Trivedi. - Report to the canteen after college.
- I can't come today. - Why?
Is it Robert Clive's birthday?
(Laughs)
I'm participating in the show for the Lieutenant Governor.
Hadn't I forbidden everyone from performing for those monkeys?
Sukhdev, despite your warnings..
..a show is being presented by boys from our college.
- Who's doing it? - I don't know.
Let me see how they do it.
- Organize lots of tomatoes and eggs. - Done.
- Anyone know who this is? - Yes.
That tall Sikh, who hardly speaks to anyone..
..that bookworm, what's his name?
You mean the boy from Lyallpur? Bhagat Singh.
Bhagat Singh!
"Never lose your dignity."
"Jatt-men, treasure your turbans."
"The turban is your dignity, preserve it."
"That dignity, never lose it."
"Change your destiny, break the shackles of slavery."
"Go for them, make their lives miserable."
"That dignity, never lose it."
"Change your destiny, break the shackles of slavery."
"Go for them, make their lives miserable."
"You will make the skies stoop, if only you never lose courage."
"If you desire, you can bring the stars to Earth."
"Who can stop Wind? Who has witnessed Destiny?"
"By dint of your labors, even Destiny you will change."
"Never lose your dignity. Jatt-men, treasure your turbans."
"Let's swear today, Jatt-men."
"Come, make a resolve, let's throw out the oppressor."
"Steel your hearts, steel your arms."
"Make life miserable for these whites."
"Never lose your dignity."
"Jatt-men, treasure your turbans."
"Never lose your dignity."
"Jatt-men, treasure your turbans."
"That dignity, never lose it."
"Change your destiny, break the shackles of slavery."
"Go for them, make their lives miserable."
(Crowd Cheering)
Grab him! Lift, lift him!
That's it, Bhagat?
Drop the fellow!
(Claps)
- Wonderful! - Unfair!
Your mother plies you with butter?
Shut up! Go get some yoghurt shake.
(Bird Chirping)
- Read today's papers, Bhagat? - Why?
Lajpat Rai is supporting the Hindu Council..
..because the Congress has sidelined him.
Tomorrow we'll see pamphlets exhorting ..
..Hindus to assert their identity in the Independence struggle.
Then Muslim leaders will react.
What kind of freedom can we hope for..
..if we fight over religion and caste perpetually?
You!
Bloody white monkeys! Give me that ball!
How many times have I told them not to hit the ball over here?
Hey, give me the ball.
I said the ball.
Didn't you hear?
Did you not hear what I said yesterday?
If the ball comes here again, you will not get it back.
Hey darkie! We can play wherever we want.
Don't forget, this is our ground.
And you don't forget this is our country.
I don't know about the country, but this field will be liberated today.
What did he say?
He said that, we don't know about the country..
..but this ground will be freed today from white monkeys.
They're determined to get thrashed.
And who're we to disappoint them? Come on, let's handle them.
Come on, brothers.
Mules who believe in kicks will never heed words.
Would you care to talk English, you fool.
With pleasure, white monkey.
"Those used to kicks, do not understand words."
- Number two on the left is mine. - Mr. Longface is mine.
- I want that effeminate one. - I'm cracking the cap-less one's head.
Let's go. We will get them some other day.
Hey!
Hey, how about just a token knock?
The might of our resolve and the sight of our maces did it!
That's what we are waiting for.
The day the whole country stands up together..
..they're going to back off just like this.
- Bhagwati! I've come! - This is the advantage of marriage.
No matter where you are, your food will reach you in time!
Does she ever send it for me alone, eh?
She sends for you too.
Now don't you dare touch the cans!
Sister-in-law Durga has sent food.
Glory to our sister-in-law Durga!
- Khairu, join us. - Not today.
For the first time I'm taking my wife and my sister to the cinema.
Wonderful.
Move a side.
Come. Come.
(Chair Dragging)
Come. Here.
How dare you! Get out!
Get out!
Let's get him now.
(Dog Barking)
Leave the fool!
The HRA pamphlet. Hindustan Republican Association.
Mr. Sanyal has drafted it. All the revolutionaries are involved.
- The goal is Independent India. - Great!
First, Home Rule Society, then the Gadar Party.
Now another one.. HRA. They can't achieve anything.
- So who will? - Bhagat, whether you accept it or not..
..the Congress has survived for 30 years.
Because survival is their sole aim.
They also want to work. Forget the Non Co-operation.. - Why?
Let's talk of that.
That'll be problematic, since you'll bring up Chauri-Chaura.
And why not? Didn't it happen?
Yes.. But, why did the mob have to burn down the police station?
I suppose they should've saluted and moved on, right?
Lapping up Congress propaganda! You civil servant!
Sukhdev, talk decently.
Look Sukhdev, everyone has a right to his opinion.
I'm telling you there's something about this Gandhi guy.
Sure there is.
One who can draw 12-year olds onto the streets..
..must have something about him.
Gandhi says "No white education."
Children throw their books into the gutters..
..burn their books and pencils. Ready for action.
Little boys.. Distributing pamphlets..
..carrying placards.
And suddenly one day the movement's off.
That's it. Government schools are closed to them.
Government colleges refuse admission.
Where do you go? What do you do?
Don't you remember?
Had Lala Lajpat Rai not set up the National College..
..we would've been on the streets.
Not me! I can still hire 10 servants from here.
Idiot! Let go, Bhagwati!
You'll remember the sepoys killed in Chauri Chaura,
but not who they first killed?
The Jallianwala massacre won't haunt you since you knew no one there!
Sukhdev.. Professor Vidyalankar.
Hello Sir!
Were it not for Bhagwati, I would've broken his skull.
Khairu? What happened?
At the theatre he blundered into the A Class.
Some British mauled him up. Those same cricket fellows.
(Indistinct Chatters)
(Engine Revving)
Leave him alone.
Leave him alone!
(Whistle)
Run! Police!
Which way did the boys go? Let's go.
Do you know what would've happened if you were caught?
Got beaten up, jailed?
But even so, we'd be satisfied. At least we did something.
Do you really believe that your..
..thrashing will make them mend their ways?
If they won't, we'll do it again.
And that'll drive them out, yes?
So fine then.
We won't do anything.
We'll watch passively.
Who's asking you to be passive? It is essential to rebel.
But there's a method to it.
- Non violence? - Gandhi isn't the only alternative.
The masses have enough power to uproot the mightiest regime.
Organize them Like the Bolsheviks did in Russia.
It can be done here too, definitely it can be.
There's a party here trying that.
- They believe in direct action. - Who, sir?
You mentioned it in the canteen.
HRA?
Hindustan Republican Association. Would you like to join?
Certainly sir - Think it over. The path is dangerous.
For the revolutionary it's only his ideal..
..his party that matters to him.
For him there's no comfort, no rest..
No joys, no love, no family, nothing.
We're ready to make every sacrifice.
(Anklet Sound)
- Celebration in your house? - I'm wondering too.
- Congratulations! - What for?
What's going on?
You're late, brother.
- Who are they? - Guests, from Manawale.
Father has invited them for lunch.
- The alliance is to be finalized. - Alliance?
Yes, Teja Singh is here with his family.
My future sister-in-law is here too.
- O sister-in-law? - Bhagat.
Son, hurry up. Dress up and come here.
Yes father.
(Chuckles)
- Mom.. - This is my son.
Pay your respects, son.
Bless you, son. Heard so much about you.
We're proud to have you as our son-in-law.
(Chuckles)
- Mother. - I'll just come.
Saw him?
- What are you up to? - Getting you married!
- Your father has arranged a match for you. - Without asking me?
Had my father asked me?
- But mom.. - No buts.
Did we ever interfere in your life? Even when you became an atheist?
- Now go and get dressed. - No.
Hey!
Go, go.
- He's getting married? - Forget the wedding.
Eat the sweets.
- Hey gentlemen. - Yes, uncle?
Tuck in gentlemen, get this clear.
If Bhagat refuses to marry..
..I'm going to beat the two of you up like mules.
- Okay uncle. - What will I beat you like?
- Mules. - Yes.
Enjoy the sweets.
(Bird Chirping)
- Sat Sri Akal. - Sat Sri Akal (Greetings).
Listen..
Actually, the matter is that..
I can't get married.
I've some compulsions.
- You love someone else. - No! It's not that.
Something wrong with me?
No, no, please. You're beautiful, virtuous.
It'll be a lucky man who marries you.
Then why are you refusing?
I don't want to marry.
I've chosen a path that's very difficult.
I'll walk behind you.
- It'll be a world of sorrow. - I shall bear it.
- But I cannot take you along. - Then I shall await your return.
What if I never return?
Bhagat.
'Dear father..'
'you will remember that at my initiation ceremony..'
'..grandfather dedicated me to the cause of our country.'
'It is my good fortune to fulfill that.'
'Nothing holds any meaning for me, except the struggle for freedom.'
'Therefore I am setting myself upon that path.'
'I hope you will forgive me.' Your son.
(Indistinct Chatters)
This way.
- Many uniforms around.. - The bigger menace is the spies.
This is Cawnpore, brother. The revolutionary capital of India.
Here, revolutionaries and policemen play hide-and-seek.
Meston Road.
- When is the meeting with Mr. Bismil? - 8 o'clock.
We'll be on time.
So it's decided.
After Kakori, we halt the train..
..and raid the treasury chest.
Forgive me, but there'll be armed police.
- It's risky. - For HRA, everything is risky.
Don't we need money for campaigning, arms?
But, Khan sir, why not raid..
- ..a merchant or a landlord, as usual? - No!
Definitely not.
We do get money by stealing from our own countrymen.
Such acts alienate us from our own countrymen.
Hence we target government wealth.
It's ours anyway.
The British loot it from our country.
Well said, Roshan Singh.
We're on time.
Doubts, questions?
- Comrades. - Come, Bhagat.
The desire for sacrifice now rules our hearts.
It is time to test the power of the enemy's blade.
Hello Bhagat Singh.
I'm Ram Prasad Bismil.
I read Professor Vidyalankar's letter.
Why do you wish to join our party?
- For the reason that you founded it. - State your reason.
Same as everyone's. Freedom.
- How do we win it? - By fighting for it.
Does thrashing a few boys in the dark constitute fighting?
- That was a beginning. - Fighting began 150 years ago.
So where's the freedom?
Maybe the method was flawed.
History says..
..revolution succeeds only if the masses are involved.. - Now I see.
You read a few books and want to play "revolution-revolution".
A rich bored lad is out for some adventure, is it?
When the police whip-lash..
..your naked body on a slab of ice..
..all your fire will be quickly doused.
Go home, son.
This struggle demands blood.
Spilling blood is no big deal. Sir, be it one's own or another's.
But will that blood arouse future generations?
That's my dream.
Kartar Singh, the martyr is my ideal.
Moreover, what I've seen around me..
..has made me completely immune to ice and whips.
We shall have lots to talk about when I return.
Bhagat Singh, our new comrade!
(Train Horn Honking)
(Coughing)
(Train Horn Honking)
(Gunshots)
Hurry up. Let's up the train.
Don't move! Hands up!
Puck it up. Pick it up.
Hurry up.
Bandits!
(Gunshots)
Roshan Singh!
- Hello Bismil.. - Greetings.
- All of them have been captured. - Even I heard the same.
- Except Pundit, as usual. - Which side?
Heard it was towards Patna. But the police are after him.
They might discover our hideout too.
- We must remove documents, arms. - That might be dangerous.
The police may be watching.
I'll go first. Come inside after inspecting from all around.
Come on, let's go.
(Coins Cling)
- Who are you? - Who are you?
- Tell me who you are. - Identify yourself now.
- Tell me or else.. - Pundit!
- He's our new comrade, Bhagat Singh. - This is Chandrashekhar Azad!
You should've told me your name.
I might've killed you.
Party rules don't allow you to reveal your identity to a stranger.
Mr. Bismil praised you highly. Now I know why.
Pundit.. the news published in the newspaper, is it true?
Has everyone been caught?
Yes, it's all over.
The labor of years.
A well-knit group..
..destroyed in one stroke.
Now there will be life-sentences, hangings.
So much was to be done.
The party's finished.
Nothing is finished, Pundit!
They can imprison our bodies, not our cause.
The enemy can kill people, not their ideals.
And as long as our ideals live, the party lives.
We shall nourish these ideals with our blood.
Our goal is revolution.
Let us take the revolution to the masses..
..whatever the price.
"My land, my life."
"My country, my pride."
"Indestructible."
"Fearless."
"For my Motherland I'm not afraid to die."
"I am unconquerable."
"My land, my life."
"My country, my pride."
"In the fires in our eyes we can see a thousand Edens."
"The road to freedom we tread, carrying our shrouds."
"Those who live in crosshairs.."
"..aren't afraid of guns."
"My land, my life."
"My country, my pride."
"Indestructible."
"Fearless."
"For my Motherland I'm not afraid to die."
"My land, my life."
If you fight among yourselves, how will you fight the British?
Embrace!
- Long live! - Hindu-Muslim brotherhood!
We are one!
Long live our brotherhood!
So wasn't I informed eariler.
This meetings are being going on for what?
A year now.
This Naujawan Sabha seems to be everywhere.
Didn't seem like a problem, sir.
- Let me be the judge of that officer. - Sorry, sir.
I heard after Kakori..
..the so called revolutionists were finished.
Who is the leader of this organization?
He has many aliases..
- ..but his real name is Bhagat Singh. - Bhagat Singh?
- Yes, sir. - What else do you know about him?
He writes articles on..
..revolutionaries, distributes pamphlets.
Mainly lectures on Hindu-Muslim unity..
- ..gets them together for.. - Arrest him. He is a dangerous man.
- Arrest him immediately. - Right, sir.
(Firecrackers Sound)
Do you know the punishment for bombing a crowd?
There's still time confess and..
..your sentence could be light.
You people did this to implicate me.
Because you are scared as you ought to be.
The masses are awakening.
Tell these British to run away now..
- ..or they will be kicked out. - What did he say?
- Sir.. - I am saying the choice is yours, sir.
Leave my land or you'll get thrown out.
I won't stop now. I'll whip you all your life.
Your bail amount is 60,000 rupees!
You will rot in these four walls.
You can't raise that amount.
- Sir. - What is it?
- His father has come with his bail. - What?!
Don't be so disheartened, officer.
We shall meet again. You see, even I won't stop now.
(Horse Neigh)
Mother.. brother is back.
My Bhagat is back!
He's come.. He's here.
He's here..
- Studies are going on fine. - Excellent.
How are you? - Very well - And school?
- Fine. - Brother..
- How are you? - I am fine brother.
- Live long.. - Bless you, my dear one.
My child!
Oh what have these tormentors done to you?
Didn't they feed you?
- They did, mom. - Did they beat you?
Why? Am I a thief?
- Then why did they keep you? - Oh grandma, just as a pastime.
The way you like my words, even they do.
They liked my jokes. Like you do.
Is it so? - But unlike you they didn't laugh with false teeth.
False teeth?! This are my real teeth, don't call them false.
Get me sugarcane. I'll bite into it in front of you.
I was just joking.
Live long, son.
Been so long since we heard laughter in this house.
- Please never leave us again. - Of course he won't.
To recover the 60,000 rupees..
..he has to work at our dairy. Yes, Bhagat?
I heard you, I heard you, father.
(Bird Chirping)
It's nothing, mother, just..
I'm not letting you go anywhere.
You lied to me!
Was saying that he was not beaten.
You can't be away from me now.
(Sobbing)
- I'm not, you're always in my.. - I know you're great with words.
(Chuckles)
Don't ever leave me again.
Work at the dairy, okay?
Okay! Now give me my butter milk.
Why can't you simply distribute the pamphlets? Even yesterday?
I tried twice, Bhagat. But the constable is very clever.
I'll divert their attentions.
Tonight we'll release their buffaloes.
While they go on a buffalo-hunt..
- ..the pamphlets will be distributed. - Okay, fine.
Get the magic lantern ready too.
Any additions to Pundit's letter?
Tell him, the code now is Charlie Chaplin.
No! Jaidev's down again.
I warned you, right? Why were you milking the cow?
Look at how much milk you've spilt.
Father will think we drank it up.
Forget your milk.
My girl thinks I'm a revolutionary who gets beaten up by the police.
If she knew I'm getting kicked by buffaloes, she'll kick me out.
- Girls! - Where?
(Bird Chirping)
Ms. Manawale!
- Who's Manawale? - Bhagat's bride to-be.
- Which one? - The one..
The one that's refusing to look here.
I say, ma'am, Sat Sri Akal!
Sat Sri Akal - Sat Sri Akal!
Come on? I am leaving.
We came to the fair. Felt thirsty..
That's great. Bhagat's dairy is your dairy.
Have some great milk Come please, ladies.
Listen.
- Make yourselves comfortable. - She's eager to meet you.
Greet her at least.
Wait. - I'll call her. - Wait! - I'll call her.
Come ladies.. Milk? Butter?
"You're suave."
"Sweeter than sugar."
"More exciting than the most exotic.."
"..your words are to me."
"You're suave."
"My love."
"May the colors of the henna never fade from my hands."
"Day and night I have pined for you."
"May the colors of the henna never fade from my hands."
"Day and night I have pined for you."
"My love.."
"in every heartbeat, you are in every breath, I chant your name.."
"..my love."
"The vermilion on my forehead beckons you every moment."
"My bangles chime in anticipation of your touch."
"The vermilion on my forehead beckons you every moment."
"My bangles chime in anticipation of your touch."
"Your path veers away from mine never to meet."
"You do not know how tortuous my journey is."
"My love."
- No one from Bengal? - They don't concur with our views.
But, this meeting's been called for us to understand one another.
Bejoy, we have to work united now.
I tried my best to convince.
Sardar Bhagat Singh himself!
Escaped so soon from the dairy?
Been a long year, Sukhdev.
And had his lawyer's cleverness not resolved the case..
..it would've cost a lifetime to earn 60,000 rupees!
- Bathing buffaloes. - Is the new revolution!
But my mother would've been happy.
And the lady from Manawale?
No! I was just joking! No!
No, Sardar! Look, I will throw this maze at you.
Don't be crazy, I will be hurt.
- You! - How can you escape from me?
- That's my weak arm. - Deserves to be broken.
(Door Knocking)
Let go.. someone's knocking.
Yashpal, I told you to get sweets, what's this?
- He was spying. - Says Pundit sent him.
- Didn't know the code. So we grabbed him. - Release him.
Sit still!
Oh no!
- Who are you? - Chandrashekhar Azad told me..
..to reach Mozang House.
- I was just inquiring when.. - You've reached.
- Where? - This is Mozang House, idiot.
- Is it, so? - What's the code?
- Er.. code.. I..
- ..forgot.. - Name?
- Who's name? - Yours!
My name.. sure..
Hari.. Shivram.. Rajguru. No.
It's Shivram Hari Rajguru.. err.. Something like that.
- State your business. - Name again?
- Why are you here, idiot? - Look I'm a new member of your group.
HRA. Azad has sent this letter..
..for Bhagat Singh.
- Who is Bhagat Singh? - Give it here.
No! It's for Bhagat Singh - Give me the letter, son of Chaplin!
Charlie Chaplin.. that's the code!
Thank you.
- I'm Bhagat Singh. - Wow!
Delighted to meet you. Pundit speaks so highly of you.
I hear you have called a big meeting..
..where revolutionaries from all over India will come together.
I'm from Maratha land, brave like the great warrior, Shivaji!
An expert shooter too. Fearless.
(Chuckles)
Ah today, I slipped up a bit.
But you'll see. I'll live with you and die with you.
For the party's aim.
- Do you know the aim of our party? - Freedom!
Freedom isn't our aim!
What are you saying, Bhagat?
Only freedom is not our aim.
What is this freedom?
A transfer of power from the British..
..to a handful of rich and powerful Indians?
Is this freedom?
Will that make any difference to the life of a common man?
To the laborer.. to the poor man?
Will this freedom give them their rights? No!
Comrades! Freedom is just the first step. The aim is to build a nation.
A nation which guarantees equal rights to all in society.
A society that doesn't discriminate on grounds of religion.
A nation that does not tolerate the exploitation of man by man.
Too idealistic, Bhagat. Very difficult.
Difficult, Fani. Not impossible.
It isn't easy to keep a country that has so many..
..religions, castes, cultures, languages united.
Unless we understand this task now..
..unless we struggle for it now..
..India will still get freedom.
But, it will degenerate into a corrupt..
..exploitative and communalized society.
Comrades; Our aim is a socialist society.
Our party's name must clearly reflect that.
I'm proposing that the Hindustan Republican Association..
..be renamed as Hindustan Socialist Republican Association!
Azad has sent news that..
..he will abide by whatever decision is taken over here.
- Are you with me? - Yes.
Then comrades, from today, let us declare a war on British rule!
Our first target: Drive back the Simon Commission.
We shall fight beside Lala Lajpat Rai.
To the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. - Victory!
Simon, go back!
- Simon, go back! - Lala!
Lala!
The old man. He is the leader, catch him!
Go back.
Simon, go back!
Lala!
Simon, go back!
Lala's murder is a slap on the face of the nation!
Two 22-year old policemen..
..batter him to death in public.
- No one even protests? - Who says?
They are.. Congress condemns it.
- The Hindu Council denounces.. - Nonsense!
Nonsense!
The ugly fact is that all have become eunuchs.
This helplessness is everywhere.
We will have to answer this.
Scott has to be killed.
Absolutely! It's the only way to teach the government a lesson.
We must strike terror in their hearts.
Our action will do so.
They will think ten times before repeating such an act.
Murder..
Will we become murderers?
See, Jaigopal..
..we cherish human life.
We'd sooner die than kill an innocent man.
But this policeman is not innocent.
His actions reflect the cruelty and..
..inhumanity of the power behind him.
By hitting him, we attack that power.
Great! I'll barge into the police station and blast him right now.
Rajguru.
For the hottest of actions, you need a cool head.
Who wants to join this action?
Think it over. Being caught means the noose.
That's why I'll participate. Sukhdev will plan.
The map. Police headquarters and adjoining areas.
Bhagat Singh and Rajguru will fire.
Bhagat first.
Pundit, you will cover them.
Jaigopal, keep an eye on Scott.
Your job is to identify him on that day.
Day of action: 17 December.
(Engine Revving)
Not Scott, he's Saunders.
(Gunshots)
Stop. I say.
Run.
- Get them! - Yes sir!
Stop!
Turn back! I don't want to kill an Indian.
Go!
Run!
An officer of the crown is murdered in daylight..
..and we really don't have a clue, who killed him!
We have three witnesses, sir.
Then get me the suspects, you morons!
Block all exists!
Highway checkpoints, bus stands, and railway stations!
Raid hostels and boarding houses!
And if anybody runs, shoot the fool!
(Gunshots)
Any news of Bhagat?
Is it true was one attacker a Sikh?
(Gasping)
O God!
The police have cordoned off the town.
How will he get out?
(Train Horn Honking)
Watch each face carefully.
Watch every face. You've seen the assassins.
They mustn't escape.
No one can evade your eyes.
Your fortunes are about to turn.
Hail the Lord!
You have a good fortune. Hail the Lord!
(Horse Neigh)
Any suspect, pull him out!
- Nab anyone even slightly suspicious. - Take him in!
If you even suspect anybody, pull him out!
(Baby Crying)
Oh my baby!
Watch them carefully. They may be in disguise.
Watch out for disguises.
They might have false beards, shaved moustaches.
- Let's go back. - Get going.
- But.. - Come on.
- Sorry? I fell. - I know that you are a lowly man.
- Get up, scum! - Forgive him, he's poor.
- I never wanted to return from London. - Excuse me.
Shut up! - But you insisted on seeing your relatives.
- Look at the kind of people living here. - Shut up, will you?
Oh, sorry.
You need officers like him.
For 150 years they caned you. But you never improved.
This one did. Became a policeman! Smart Indian.
Thank you, sir. - Let's go. - Come, sir.
Come on, will you.
Get back, make way for the gentleman!
Move back. Come sir.
Thank you.
What are you staring at? Look over there.
Watch carefully.
Let's see how those killers get out of Lahore.
You're right, Bhagat.
I am here since so many days. Hardly any one here knows of our party.
And no one knows of its principles or aims, at all.
If it's like this in Calcutta, what about the rest of the country?
But why? Didn't we risk our lives to avenge Lala's murder..
..because it was the wish of the people.
Sister-in-law, who knows that?
Four posters in Lahore, a few articles in Lucknow and Cawnpore..
..don't cover the country.
People do not know our ideology; That we speak for them.
In their eyes, we're what the British have labeled us. Terrorists.
Even Congress leaders call us that.
And what's published about us forms public opinion.
Face it. We're isolated from the people.
The truth is that we have still not been able to be their part.
The revolution we dream..
..of can never be fulfilled until the common people are with us.
You're right, Bhagat.
We may die or kill for the country. But no one will know.
And they?
Even if they sneeze, the nation hears.
But, we too will something..
..which will echo throughout the country.
We'll explode bombs.
There's a professor here who knows how to make bombs.
Jatin Das. A guru!
I know. Great fellow. He can teach us.
He'll never teach us bomb-making. He's hates any violence.
He will not come.
He did refuse.
But, if Bhagat speaks, he may agree.
No way. I'm not with you people.
Do you know where you will end up?
Life imprisonment or gallows!
That is if we get caught.
As long as I have this, no one can catch me alive.
I'm Azad, free. And will always be free.
Those who worry about consequences can never fight for the country!
Okay, okay. But, why bombs and guns at all?
Even the Congress is fighting.
Why can't we join the Congress in this struggle?
Yes, the Congress is struggling alright. We just heard Gandhi..
- ..ask for Dominion status. - Dominion status! Half-rule!
We get the throne, they keep the reins.
Begin every assembly session with, "God save the King!"
Is that what you want?
- For every policy decision, seek British approval!
That'll be freedom. You know this.
That may be so, but the people are with the Congress.
The Congress only wants power, by hook or by crook.
They aren't even thinking about what this country really needs.
If the freedom is attained according to the Congress..
..then even when the British go, we will continue to be slaves.
With their way, nothing will change.
The rich will get richer, the poor will become poorer.
And a time will come when..
..this country will get devoured by communal passions.
That is the nightmare of the future..
..even then I cannot favor violence! No violence.
- What? - What is justice? Tell us!
Violence is when you use force to exploit people, to oppress them.
The fight for one's life, for dignity, for rights..
..is not violence. It is self-defense!
- Bhagat, you are trying to justify violence. - What violence!
I will not call your act violence. It is self defense.
- That's what I've been saying. - Go to hell.
Okay. Take me to my death!
- Say that sweetly, brother.. - Indeed!
This man pulls a gun on me. You try to strangle me!
- Okay, okay. Order some sweets now? - Yes, sure.
(Bomb Explosion)
(Crowd Applaud)
For 45 days, we've been on strike! We ask for basic things..
..food, education for our children.
But, our employer gives us a lecture on freedom?
What freedom? Will it improve our lot?
- No! - You are right.
Even today he has come with the police..
..to take his goods from the warehouse.
We will give up our lives but won't let them do this.
- We won't, we won't? - We are leaving.
Officers, I want all of them out of here immediately!
(Horse Neigh)
We shall fight for the revolution!
Workers stop work only when their suffering becomes unbearable.
In the last year itself, there were 200 strikes, in this country.
And yet, no one is doing anything..
Instead, the government has drafted..
..the Trade Disputes Bill and Public Safety Bill..
..to declare all strikes illegal.
Any protestor can be locked up without evidence, without trial.
- What're you proposing, Bhagat? - On April 8..
..the Viceroy will force both the bills through the Assembly.
We will oppose that.
By exploding a bomb there. - Bomb? - What is he saying?
Silence!
But Bhagat, there'll be Indians in that session too.
The purpose of the bomb will not be to cause any injury or death.
Then why throw a bomb?
Because the whites are deaf.
And it takes a loud sound to make the deaf hear.
It'll be a warning for them: Enough is enough!
We aren't going to be silent now.
Brilliant Bhagat! Brilliant!
This explosion will shake up England.
And, in the pandemonium our bomb-throwers will escape easily.
No, Punditji.
This time there'll be no running away.
They will court arrest.
A revolutionary never surrenders.
He fights all the way.
We too will fight till the end.
So shall we. We have been called irresponsible terrorists.
By not running away, we will show that..
..our actions are deliberate that we take responsibility for them.
This act will put us in the public eye The masses will get to know us.
And, during the court case our statements will be recorded.
Newspapers will be forced to publish our reasons, our arguments.
The means we've been looking for to reach the people..
..will be gifted to us by the government itself.
We will use their platform, their channel to reach out to people.
- Wonderful. - Marvelous.
We need two men.
- One of them.. - Will not be you, Bhagat!
- Pundit. - Not you.
- I've worked out what to say, how to. - Sure.
Instruct the comrades. They will do it.
Why not I?
The Saunders murder case can be re-opened..
I don't want to risk your..
- Pundit, no one can do this better than me! - I will decide that.
I will choose the boys for this mission.
- Please Pundit.. - That's my order, Bhagat.
I am the commander-in-chief of HSRA!
Sukhdev, you don't understand.
You weren't present there. I tried my best, but he wouldn't..
And you gave up?
To fight in a British court requires language..
..Bhagat! An impeccable understanding of history, politics.
The power of arguing, conviction, wit..
..presence of mind and the nerve to take on the best of them!
(Bird Chirping)
And the man who can do it all will not be there!
He'll write articles, draft proposals..
- ..while others go to their death. - Sukhdev!
Suddenly discovered a desire for life, Sardar Bhagat Singh?
I discarded that desire as soon as..
..I became conscious, Sukhdev.
- And you're accusing me of cowardice? - I am not.
As your friend, I remind you of your duty.
You know that no can do this better than you.
Then why? Why is someone else going?
(Bird Chirping)
Fine. If you are determined to disobey me, then why ask?
It's not that.
If anyone here can say that he can do this better.
I'll withdraw..
..voluntarily. It's the HSRA principle..
..Choose the best man for the job.
- But the Saunders murder case.. - Pundit.
All of us risk our lives.
- We can't let the mission suffer for that. - Very well.
Who accompanies you?
- I shall. - No, Sukhdev.
After me, Sukhdev will take my place here.
It'll be a two-pronged battle.
We'll do our propaganda from inside Outside you'll organizes the masses.
I will accompany Bhagat.
Do you know English? Sit down.
I'll learn everything written by Bhagat.
Why is he so eager to die?
Just once.. let me die for my country.
- Then I'll live in peace forever. - Wonderful!
You've all gone crazy!
Yes, Bhagat?
- Batukeshwar Dutt will be with me. - Me?
Thank you, Bhagat..
"Respected father, I don't know whether I will see you again."
"I have reached that stage of my journey, where I am.."
"..no longer a son, a brother or a friend."
"I am only a revolutionary whose only aim is.."
"..freedom for his country. I am sure I have your blessings."
"Yours, Bhagat."
Special envoy of the viceroy his Excellency..
..Lord Irvin, Mr. George Suster.
By the special powers..
..vested in the hands of his Excellency of the Viceroy of India..
..I proclaim the Public Safety Bill passed as law.
Likewise, with the same of quality and power..
..I proclaim the Trade Dispute Bill passed.
(Bomb Explosion)
Long live Revolution! Down with Imperialism!
Long live Revolution! Down with Imperialism! Long live Revolution!
Down with Imperialism!
Arrest him!
Long live Revolution! Down with Imperialism!
With the explosion of the bomb, both Lord Irwin..
- ..and Emerson were badly shaken. - Dirty Indian. Fool!
But they were more perplexed by the fact..
..that the revolutionaries did not want to kill anyone.
They deliberately threw the bombs at the empty benches.
But you said they also had a gun.
They handed it over to the police sergeant when they surrendered.
Handed it over?
Lunatics.
The word would be dangerous, sir.
(Door Knocking)
The prime minister himself.
Irresponsible young men!
They have maligned the freedom struggle! Regrettable!
This is a very dastardly act. Freedom is even more difficult now.
This cannot be condemned enough.
The youth of this country..
..will have to choose their path.
Mahatma Gandhi's? Or this Bhagat Singh's?
Long live Revolution! Down with Imperialism!
If the prisoners have finished entertaining the court..
..perhaps they would like to say something pertaining to the case..
..before I pass my sentence.
Your Honor, my clients want to tell the court..
..their reason and the motive for throwing the bomb.
They have committed such a dastardly act..
..but this court is not interested in their reasons or motives.
Your Honor, have you ever sentenced anyone to death?
What kind of ridiculous question is that?
Of course I have. Several times.
If your motive is ignored..
..you become just a common murderer.
Great going, Bhagat!
Well spoken. Justice can never be done..
..without knowing the motive behind the crime. May I? - You may.
You may.
We know how to make bombs, so we understand their power.
We didn't include chemicals or shrapnel in them.
We threw them in a safe area.
Because we value and respect human life.
Our motive was not to kill.
It was to make ourselves heard.
It takes a loud sound to make the deaf hear.
Hence the bombs were thrown.
They were a warning to the British.
Your time here is over.
To our Assembly members:
Stop betraying your people. Stop it. So, we threw the bomb.
Our country's real strength comes from our farmers, our laborers.
But, not only are they cruelly exploited, their right to protest..
..was being quashed by the Trade Disputes..
..and Public Safety Bills.
It was our duty to highlight their conditions.
Hence the bombs were thrown.
We want our youth..
..to determine their own future. Learn to ask questions.
Following someone blindly is also slavery.
And finally, let our great leaders stop preaching to the people..
..Instead listen to them.
Criticizing Gandhi has become fashionable.
The accused says that the holds human life dear..
..but it has been proven that the..
..bombs were thrown with a clear intention of causing death.
Therefore, I will give the severest punishment..
..transportation for life for both the accused.
Long live Revolution! Down with Imperialism!
Long live Revolution!
My child..
..forget him.
Can you?
Mine is different..
I am his mother.
And I?
Do only ties of blood matter not ties of the heart?
(Bird Chirping)
(Door Knocking)
Kishori, what are you up to?
All the explosives are lying here? Hide them.
Sukhdev-bhai, Azad-ji's letter.
Police! Run!
(Glass Shatters)
Don't hit me..
- Ushering in a revolution? - Yes.
- Making bombs? - Yes.
Making bombs?
Who are your accomplices?
Tell me!
Name your accomplices!
You must be tired; Ask another slave to help you.
Sorry, pal. We were keeping the movement going.
It happened so suddenly We never had a chance.
- The police raided us so suddenly? - Sorry brother.
Don't lose heart.
We're still together, aren't we?
We are united. We'll continue the struggle.
But why have they called us here?
I hear the Saunders case has been reopened.
Saunder's murder case?
- On what basis? - What evidence can they have?
Stand in a line!
Bring the approvers.
Identify them.
I am sorry Bhagat.
You come forward and identify them.
Yes, sir.
Kishorilal.
Ajoy Ghosh.
Shiv verme.
Gaya Prasad.
Jaidev Kapoor.
Batukeshwar Dutt.
- Bhagat Singh? - Loudly!
Bhagat Singh.
And me? I am Sukhdev!
Identify me! Meet my eyes, you fool!
Remember how I fed you?
You fool! How could you do this to us?
- Leave him. - I'll kill you, traitor.
Traitor
I'll kill him.
Let go of me, Bhagat.
It's all over, Bhagat..
It's all over.
When our own friends have betrayed us who will believe in us?
(Sobbing)
Who will believe in us?
- Viceroy and Emerson were relieved? - It lasted very long.
What can Bhagat Singh do now?
I don't think that pet dogs are going to stop me.
If you will the superior, they just crumble.
Very certainly.
Their engine seems to be spurted and die before even the race could begin.
Well, I guess you'll have no more trouble from this Bhagat Singh now.
And some sleep, sir.
Come on move!
Come on. You join us.
(Indistinct Chatters)
Move ahead!
- Is everything over? - Move!
Hey freedom fighter! Take your lunch.
Fast!
- I'm not eating this. - Why?
- Look at the way food is.. - This is how it is.
- And this is what everyone eats. - I won't.
Why won't you eat?
Because this food isn't fit for humans.
What is the problem, Bahadur?
The gentleman there.. Wants good food, sir.
Please remind him where he is. This is jail.
And the jail is governed by law.
The law is same for everybody, sir.
What are you trying to say?
Those white prisoners are given every facility..
..but we're treated worse than animals.
Dirty filthy clothes rats and cockroaches on the food..
Feed us simple stuff, but keep it clean at least..
Law is equal for everyone, Jailor Sir.
Jail rule says there will be no discrimination.
- To hell with the rule! - This is what you will get. That's it!
Then I won't eat.
Ask him how long.
Until we're treated like human beings.
Decent food, clean clothes, books to read, newspapers.
- Tell him he won't get anything. - You'll get nothing!
Then I won't eat.
- For how long? - Until you agree to my demands.
- We'll see. - Sure.
Really?
(Dog Barking)
Bhagat, eat.
You haven't eaten for so many days.
For God's sake, don't refuse..
Thank you, Sir, but I can't.
I got it made at home.
You wanted good food, didn't you?
It isn't just about food and clothes.
Nor is it about me alone.
- The government must agree to.. - The government won't give anything.
Then I'll die of starvation, I guess.
They won't let you die either.
Batukeshwar Dutt too is on hunger strike.
News of your hunger-strike is already in the papers.
You've no idea what they can do to break your spirit
I'll know soon, I suppose.
Won't eat, will you?
Let's see.. Open his mouth!
- Open his mouth! - Open your mouth!
Put it in the nose! In the nose!
Shove it in!
Open.
Hold him!
It's just been 15 days. Know this well..
I will do whatever it takes to break your hunger strike.
Get me? Give me an answer!
- What about our demands? - Nothing!
Your demands will never be met. Never!
It will go on the way it was that's all.
Understand this, Bhagat.
Your hunger strike makes no difference.
Why are you doing this?
- Because I can't tolerate injustice. - And I can't tolerate disobedience.
Very well, Jailer.
You be loyal to your job.
I'll be loyal to my country.
(Engine Revving)
- Hey Bhagat. - Bhagat.
- Bhagat.
What is this madness?
Why are you doing this?
You.. B. K.. didn't you stop him? You've joined him too?
Why aren't you eating? What will we achieve?
Bhagat Singh, keep going! We are with you!
Long Live Bhagat Singh!
- Long live! - Revolution!
"The desire for sacrifice now burns inside our hearts."
"The time has come to test the strength of the enemy's blade."
"The desire for sacrifice now burns inside our hearts."
"The time has come to test the strength of the enemy's blade."
"Do you see the writing in the skies?"
"Our resolve weakens the enemy."
"The spirit of sacrifice."
"I n our blood we will etch our history."
"From the tyrants we shall redeem our land, our skies."
"I n our blood we will etch our history."
"From the tyrants we shall redeem our land, our skies."
"Imbued with the spirit of Sacrifice, fear not even Death."
"You are young and your Motherland is threatened."
"Should you stand mute witness?"
"Witness, every heart craves to perform the ultimate sacrifice."
"The desire for sacrifice now rules our hearts."
"It is time to test the strength of the enemy's blade."
Long live Revolution! Down with Imperialism!
Long live Revolution! Down with Imperialism! - Order! Order!
Lahore conspiracy case continues.
Mr. Gaurdener, please proceed.
- Thank you. Your Honor. - Long live Revolution!
- Your Honor.. - Long live Revolution!
Your Honor.
(Laughs)
- Your Honor.. - Long live Revolution!
Long live Revolution!
(Screams)
Bhagat singh, I won't leave you fellows alone.
- Sir.. - Lahore conspiracy case suspect..
Shivram Hari Rajguru from Pune.
Brave like the great warrior, Shivaji!
Put him in the dock with the others.
I thank you, O government lap-dog!
Thank you.
Come dear. How did you come?
- Sukhdev.. I missed you boys? - Even we missed you.
Your Honor, is this a murder trial or celebration?
It's a celebration! The celebration of the revolution!
Long live Revolution!
Inquilaab? What the hell is your Inquilaab?
You shout slogans of Inquilaab.
Do you even know the meaning of revolution?
Revolution is a war against tyranny and injustice!
It is a weapon to fight exploitation!
A call to the youth to unite!
A warning to this barbaric government!
A wake-up call for the passive masses!
A cry to arouse your buried conscience!
Thank you for the explanation.
So come join the celebration!
Order, order please.
Your Honor, the prosecution wishes..
- ..to present a government witness. - Yes, sure. Call him.
Order, order.
Permission granted.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Mr. Phonindranath Ghosh to be presented.
Did the accused set up an illegal bomb-factory?
Yes.
Hey, look me in the eye, coward!
Blushing like a bride, are you?
Are they sending you to Britain, traitor?
- Dog! - Order, order please.
Were you part of the bomb-making?
Yes.
Your Honor, we have already submitted his written testimony..
Sorry, Your Honor, his testimony is false!
He isn't one of us. He knows nothing about making bombs.
What?
Don't I know how to make bombs?
Brother Jatin is standing there. He is my teacher.
- Jatin-da. Tell them that I do know. - No, you don't.
You Honor.
- He doesn't, your honour. - What are you saying?
If you do, tell us what ingredients are used to make bombs.
Yes, this is no big deal. I'll tell you..
- You need mainly nine items to make bomb.. - Tell us.
- Yes, go on? - Yes, go on.
- Gun cotton. - Gun cotton.
- Gauze wire. - Gauze wire.
- Ammonium carbonate. - Ammonium carbonate.
- Sulphur. - Sulphur.
- Red phosphorus. - Red phosphorus.
- Red sulphide. - Red sulphide.
Carbolic acid, Nitric acid.
Sulphuric acid, That's all.
Nothing left now.
Are you sure?
No way. Yes.. no, wait two more.
Yes, red paper..
For capping the bomb, and iron pieces for the clip.
That's it. Well Jatin, what do you say?
Yes, you are absolutely correct.
I am proud of you.
What're you laughing at?
Want to test him further?
- Enough. - We have nothing more to ask.
It took us years to learn..
..now every child will read it in the newspapers.
Thank you, Mr. Khan.
- Long live Revolution! - Order, order.
Long live Revolution!
- The kids were wonderful! - Now every kid can make bombs.
We hear that all comrades are now being kept together in the same jail.
Bad times for the British!
Run! We are ruined.
Run.
Boys, what's going on? Come on, eat your lunch.
Come to eat, man.
Bhagat, you tell them.
Brother, who will understood him.
Go on, eat.
- No Bhagat, no one will eat. - I'm not eating.
I'm not eating.
- Nor I. - Not me.
We're in this together!
Look, this isn't easy.
Once you begin a strike..
..you go all the way.
Breaking it is our defeat.
- If even one of you.. - No one's going give up.
We're with you, all the way.
We will not back off, Bhagat.
- Not one of us will weaken. - We're going to fight all the way.
You will die one inch at a time, every single day..
Long Live Revolution! Long Live Revolution!
This is the third time the rigorists reported it, sir.
It is right there. 26 days without food.
It is just a publicity stunt.
He knew that Bhagat Singh's strike can put them into trouble.
He ignored the caution.
I don't think. He is not Gandhi. No one cares if he eats or not.
Get me the jailor of Lahore.
Hey, don't move. Open your mouth.
(Coughing)
Careful.
Today the Bengal Tiger really struck firm.
Jatin-da thrashed them. A guard is still clutching his groin.
(Coughing)
Wonderful!
Didn't let one drop go in!
I had told you.. all the way.
Get me water. Water!
Water!
- Water! - Fools!
All night they kept us without water.
Can someone hear? Water!
At least bring our water, you fool!
Water! Water!
Water!
This crazy Kishori, swallowed chilli-powder to inflame his throat.
To stop them from inserting tubes.
His throat's been on fire since?
Give me water, please..
Water has come!
Fool!
Were you born of beasts?
Look at these idiots! They've given us milk instead of water.
(Sobbing)
"The desire for sacrifice now rules our hearts."
"It is time to test the power of the enemy's blade."
"The desire for sacrifice now rules our hearts."
"It is time to test the power of the enemy's blade."
"Come the time, we'll leave for all the world to see.."
"what joy there is in obsession.."
"in pursuit of the goal."
"The desire for sacrifice now rules our hearts."
"It's the flame of sacrifice."
"As we hang to the last threads of hope.."
"trying to hold on to a dream we dreamt together."
"What resolve can torture break?"
"The flame of sacrifice burns inside our hearts."
"Now put to test the strength of the enemy blade."
"Like the fragrance of the grain.."
"We will live in every crop..
..our farmers raise like the humming of life.."
"we will live on the breaths of every generation to come"
"we will live in every crop..
..our farmers raise like the humming of life.."
"For generations to come."
"The flame of sacrifice burns inside our hearts."
"Now put to test the strength of the enemy blade."
"Come the time, we'll leave for all the world to see.."
"what joy there is in obsession.."
"in pursuit of the goal."
While on one hand the whole of country was supporting..
..the hunger strike of the revolutionaries..
..on the other hand delicious feasts were spread. But..
What is it? What is going on outside?
There seems to be some sort of strike today. - I saw that too.
Who is this Bhagat Singh that everyone is suddenly talking about?
I don't bother too much, madam. He is one of the..
Revolutioner. He has gone on a hunger strike.
But why all this fuss about that?
Mr. Gandhi goes on a hunger strike every couple of days.
I just love Mr. Gandhi.
Nonviolence. He is my kind of enemy.
But will somebody.. everyone is so agitated about this Bhagat Singh.
Bhagat Singh and his friends have not eaten for the past 55 days madam.
- 55 days? - My God.
That is impossible. The man is looking out for some sympathy.
- How come not eaten for 55 days? - He has not, madam.
Even my family members have been fasting for him from past few days.
Can I give you some fish?
Oh no, goodness. Excuse me.
And fire fuelled by Bhagat Singh reached the Viceroy's Palace.
Herbert, didn't you like the music?
I had warned you, sir that man is dangerous.
Now they've been talking here for God sake.
I am sorry, sir.. but you see he is everywhere.
- Poison guys. - He?
You mean, your Bhagat Singh, new fellow.
Mr. Gandhi is sober presented to the people.
He has been willing to talk to us.
But if this Bhagat Singh wave continues..
..Gandhi may not be left with any people to represent.
What do you mean?
At this point, sir. Bhagat Singh's popularity is as much as Gandhi.
- Who said this? - My sources.
- No other sources. - Within the congress party.
Now, Bhagat Singh's popularity was as much as Gandhi's.
It was very important to break this hunger strike.
What are their demands.
Eat a sweet! The whites are defeated!
They broke before our children's resolve!
Long live!
The British have relented!
Jatin Das.
No food for 63 days.. Refuses to take medicine..
If he won't listen, I can't help it.
Someone please tell him.
Jatin.. brother..
- Brother. - Bhagat.
We won? We won, my brother.
They agreed to our demands.
- Take the medicine, please.. - Bhagat, I promised you..
Not a drop.. today too..
..with you all the way.. All the way..
(Sobbing)
"Swear o' countrymen.."
"never to grieve."
"Celebrate this freedom, do not weep for me."
"We were unafraid.."
"of even looking Death in the eye."
"To my Motherland.."
"my life."
"My country.."
"my life."
"My country.. my pride."
"My country.."
- Jatin-da.. - Lives forever.
Even I mourn the death of this boy.
But, I regret to say that if we followed their path,
we can't create a society.
- It'll cause destruction. - Destruction is hardly our aim.
Our aim is to free India From these alien plunderers.
We're prepared to shed our blood for it.
Non-violence and love are the only two ways to attain freedom.
Because with them we can win the hearts hearts of our enemy.
In all these years of love and non-violence..
The hearts of how many General Dyers and Lord Irwins have we won?
We are ready for a dialogue with the British.
There can be no dialogue, no pact between a slave and a master.
The British must quit India first; Then we'll negotiate with them.
We have demanded Dominion Status, and we shall have it.
Total independence!
- It's our right and we shall seize it. - Long Live Revolution!
Bapu, I..
You actually endorsed his views?
And, in the Congress Bulletin?
- I wanted a debate on it.. - Debate?
Congress principles are fundamentally opposed to his
I'm.. sorry.
But I must point out that..
The youth of our party now speak Bhagat Singh's language.
Here we wait for the Viceroy's reply..
..to our appeal for Dominion Status..
..and there, our youth echoes Bhagat Singh's slogan..
Total Independence!
- Long live. - Mahatma Gandhi.
Total Independence.
Let the British government get this loud and clear.
Congress will not make any compromise on its demand..
..for Total Independence!
- Total Independence! - Total Independence!
Total independence? What's got into congress all of a sudden?
Bhagat Singh, sir.
Bhagat Singh's popularity is forcing congress to behave more militantly.
- Just we know. - They are in the jail, Herbert.
And I thought I had enough witnesses in this case.
The case has become a comedy, sir.
Bhagat Singh and his friends wrote down revolution from jail.
Treat the court like the propaganda office.
You are not making sense Herbert.
Sir..
The British regime was now clear about what was happening.
The advertisement of Bhagat Singh..
..via the court was awakening people of the country.
You have to stop him.
Herbert, for God sake. I have to follow the law. - You are the law.
If you declare an emergency, you can change the law.
With the ordinance.
So, as per the Viceroy's new ordinance the case..
Can proceed even in the absence of the accused.
The verdict is pre-determined.
And no appeal is permitted either.
There is no doubt about the audience.
So, now the British government will commit murder in broad daylight.
But, that was exactly Bhagat's aim.
To provoke the government into revealing its true barbaric nature.
It's done that. They stand exposed?
Hence, they want to finish him off!
We can't lose Bhagat. We won't.
(Bird Chirping)
Bhagwati, we will surely get him out. - Nirwhad. - Yes, Pundit.
Send word to Bhagat to be ready.
We'll spring him on the way to court.
He has accomplished his mission.
No Sinha, I haven't accomplished even a thousandth of what I want to.
Tell Pundit-ji, the war continues.
And I can't flee now.
Do you realise where this is headed? To the gallows!
What will you achieve by dying?
Do you know what I really dream of?
I dream of my death inspiring the youth of..
..this country to plunge into the battle for freedom.
They also jumped into the fight for freedom without fear.
You know, if that happens.. Then our dream..
..of a great nation, will surely come true.
Of an equal society free from exploitation.. a secular country.
Blood won't be shed between communities.
Where Hindus and Muslims don't kill each other over temples and mosques..
Where every religion and sect happily co-exist..
That dream of a genuinely secular society..
Will come true!
Then India will be great!
Long Live Revolution! Down with Imperialism!
Long Live Revolution! Down with Imperialism! - Order. Order.
Mr. Singh, some hard decisions have to be taken to rule this poor and..
- ..illiterate country. - I strongly object, Your Honor.
Neither my country is poor nor it is illiterate.
Before your ancestors had a language,
our children were reading scriptures.
Hear, hear!
The fame of our golden land dragged you all the way from England.
Under the guise of trade, the?
English came here to plunder us.
You! And you call us poor? Have you no shame?
Bloody hell, even your queen wears the Kohinoor diamond stolen from us.
- Thieves. - Well done, Rajguru.
- Order, order. - What's with this order-order?
Do you think 3 judges instead of one scare us?
Bring on another 300 if you will.
We speak the truth and you will hear us.
What are you people so proud of anyway?
Because you use spoons and forks instead of your hands?
Or because you use paper instead of water?
Order, order.
Get out while you still can, fellows!
If our 300 million Indians were to just shout in unison..
You hundred thousand Britishers will be running away deaf.
Order, order.
Your Honor, they always waste the precious time of the court.
Please allow me to call the government witness Ram Saran Das.
Please, proceed.
- The traitor. - Forget him.
- Where're our sweets? - Must've blocked them at the door.
Those policemen will gobble them up.
- Mr Ram Saran Das, in your deposition.. - It's a lie!
- I did not give any statement? - Your Honor.
- He signed testimony with us. - All lies!
The police beat me up. Forced me to sign the testimony.
He is lying. - You are lying. - He is lying.
Order, order.
Long Live Revolution!
Your Honor, I want you to call Mr. Jai Gopal to the court.
No! We won't allow that now! He's a liar!
Your Honor, it is clear that how witnesses..
..are being coerced by police beatings.
The testimonies of all government witnesses should be dismissed.
That is impossible. I want Mr. Jai Gopal here, Your Honor.
Call Mr. Jai Gopal. - This is not right! - We won't allow it!
Order. Order.
Now Mr. Jaygopal you tell the truth to the court.
My statement is absolutely true.
The plan to kill Scott was made by.. - Snake in the grass! - Liar!
- Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. - Dog! Fool!
- I was part of the conspiracy.. - Traitor fool! Take this!
- Prem, are you out of your mind? - Your Honor.
This is contempt of court.
They all should be handcuffed.
- Handcuff them all! Call the police. - No.
This is a court, your honour. You can't handcuff us here.
I apologise for my friend's behaviour.
- Go on, say it. - I'm sorry I'll accept any punishment.
But please don't penalize them all.
- Mr. Hilton. - I want all of them to be handcuffed.
- We refuse to be handcuffed! - This is a court!
Not a jail! - Handcuff them! - No.
No one submit to this! It's against their own law! - Quick.
Mr. Hilton, please stop them.
(Sobbing)
This! Is this your law? Is this your justice?
You are cowards, killers in the guise of judges!
Never again shall we set foot in this dishonest and corrupt place!
Order, order. - To hell with your order and to hell with your law.
You may pronounce your pre-determined..
..sentence whenever you wish.
Long Live Revolution!
Let the court room be empty.
Just finish the case. Finish it.
Do you realise what you have done?
You have gone and abjectly appealed..
..for mercy to that very court, the very government that we reject?!
I know you don't agree with my methods.
But, you have no right to interfere with my fight.
Forgive me, Babu-ji..
- But you have stabbed me in the back. - Bhagat,
no son!
I'm your father!
You tell me what could I do?
What could a father do?
You can be an inspiration for other fathers..
..so that they do not hesitate to send their sons to die for freedom..
This is a test for all of us, father.
We will have to be strong?
We will have to be strong..
After taking into account the entire evidence and arguments..
..the tribunal pronounces the following sentences..
..in Lahore conspiracy case.
Bejoy Kumar Sinha, Kishorilal..
..Mahaveer Singh, Verma..
..Gaya Prasad, Jaidev, and Kamalnath Tiwari.
Transportation for life.
Rajguru.. Under sections 121 and 302..
- Death by hanging! - Great!
Sukhdev..
Under sections 121 and 302. Death by hanging!
Delighted!
Bhagat Singh..
Under sections 121 and 302..
Death by hanging!
All three to be hanged by the neck till they are dead.
Thank you very much.
Long Live Revolution!
- Long Live.. - Bhagat Singh!
- Long Live.. - Sukhdev!
- Long Live.. - Rajguru!
Long Live Revolution!
- Long Live.. - Bhagat Singh!
- Long Live.. - Sukhdev!
- Long Live.. - Rajguru!
- Long Live.. - Bhagat Singh!
- Long Live.. - Sukhdev!
No matter what Bhagat says. He is very precious for the country.
We must free them.
Pundit, I have to receive my sister.. I shall go now..
Virbhadra..
Be alert, son. Times are bad. Go.
(Bird Chirping)
(Footsteps)
Pundit, the police are getting increasingly desperate for you..
We've arranged the money.
- Why Don't you escape to Russia? - No,
It's a war for this land.. I shall fight it here.
Give this money to Rajguru's mother. She needs it.
(Gunshots)
Sukhdev.
- Pundit. - Sukhdev-Raj! Run!
(Tyres Screeching)
(Gunshots)
Chandrashekhar Azad!
Revolutionary dog!
Forgive me, Mother. I could not serve you longer.
Glory to the Motherland..
(Footsteps)
(Sobbing)
No dear.
You're my brave brother, aren't you?
My sister. Have courage.
Live long, my dear one..
You have made us proud, son.
May the Lord be with you, always.
My Bhagat.. towers above all..
It is you who taught me to walk on the path of freedom, Father.
Tell me, Bhagat.. You think about everything..
Your ideals, your country, your struggle.
Didn't you ever think about your mother?
Whenever I thought of my country,
you were the one I saw..
You were my inspiration, Mother you are my strength..
At such a young age you will leave everyone and go away?
(Sobbing)
No Ma, don't cry..
See if you cry, so will I..
Then what will the world say?
That Bhagat Singh cried because he feared death?
No one will say that.. Your Ma will not weep..
And nor will Bhagat Singh.
Go son.. Remember to say Inquilab Zindabad.
In one voice the whole country demands only one thing..
Commute the hangings of Bhagat Singh and his friends!
Bhagat Singh is not just a person.
He is a wave of revolution that is sweeping over the country.
Some may not concur with his methods.
But no one can deny his spirit of sacrifice and patriotism.
Bhagat Singh must be saved. - Yes, yes.. Long Live.. - Bhagat Singh!
- Long Live.. - Bhagat Singh!
Long Live.. - Long Live.. - Rajguru! - Sukhdev!
The cry of Save Bhagat Singh was echoing all over the world.
Even British MPs..
..all of them is asking you to stop Bhagat Singh's hanging.
Must you insist on bringing this here, Herbert?
We've already received a million appeals, sir.
Some of them are signed in blood.
Right now my only concern is to get Gandhi to sign that pact.
Yes, sir.
Meeting schedule is 8 pm.
Pundit.. we have to save Bhagat Singh.
We have to save Bhagat Singh.
Silence, please..
The entire country wants Bhagat Singh and his friends saved.
And everyone knows that only Gandhi-ji can do this.
- Yes, only Gandhi-ji can. - I do understand.
See, Bapu understands.
- He is meeting the Viceroy today. - He shouldn't sign the Irwin pact.
Not until their sentences are commuted.
If he signs unconditionally, the Congress will be disgraced.
Doesn't I and Bapu care for the Congress.
You ought to be ashamed..
See, Bapu will do whatever he can.
Trust me.
Would you like some tea?
There was another thing.. Not connected with the pact.
Three young men are to be hanged..
Do you mean Bhagat Singh?
If he is martyred, the atmosphere in the country could get prejudiced..
Can something be done about this?
I quite appreciate your view, Mr. Gandhi.
But I cannot conceive of any one who is more..
..probably deserting the capital punishment for Bhagat Singh.
Hello.. sir.
But the time for hanging is tomorrow morning..
Sir.. yes sir.
Sir..
Yes, sir.
Sir.
- Singh! - Sir.
Bhagat Singh.. Sukhdev, Rajguru..
- Prepare them for the hangings. - Now?
- But they're supposed to hang tomorrow. - Fresh orders.
The hangings will take place at seven this evening.
(Metal Door Creaks)
- It's time, Bhagat.. - Two minutes, jailer sir.
Am reading about Lenin. A meeting of two revolutionaries!
Let's go.
- No handcuffs. - You have to.
Today, we shall walk free.
Put them on, Sukhdev. No point upsetting someone just before going?
- Okay, if you insist. - Let it be.
It's all right.
- Thanks jailer sir. - Grateful.
"Give me the colour saffron."
"Mother, paint my shroud in colours of the saffron."
"Give me the colour saffron."
"Mother, paint my shroud in colours of the saffron."
"Her braves venture forth, holding lives in their hands.."
"..they bare their breasts.."
"laughing defiantly courting death.."
"to usher in a free dawn."
"To show the world there's life even in death.."
"our sons set out to protect the honour of their mothers."
"To show the world there's life even in death.."
"our sons set out to protect the honour of their mothers."
"The spark of freedom thrills the blood in my veins."
"O'give me the colour.."
"Mother, paint my shroud bloody in colours of the saffron."
"Give me the colour saffron."
"Mother, paint my shroud bloody in colours of the saffron."
"On a glorious day.."
"like golden Spring.."
"we venture wearing our shrouds for the ultimate sacrifice."
"In restless hearts, ecstasy abounds.."
"for time is near when we bid our Motherland farewell."
"But unto Her seasons to come, we will leave like a waft.."
"a whiff of fragrance."
"Lucky are ones given a chance to die such deaths."
- "Like a wedding march.. - We walk to wed revolution."
"O'give me the colour.."
"Mother, paint my shroud bloody in colours of the saffron."
"Give me the colour saffron."
"Mother, paint my shroud bloody in colours of the saffron."
Today you will get to see..
How true revolutionaries embrace death with a smile for their ideals.
You're lucky.
- Lucky.. - Very lucky.
Bhagat, remember God.. Now at least..
Forgive me, sir. Neither do I fear death.. nor do I believe in Him.
Farewell.
Any last wishes?
For the last time, we wish to embrace.
Untie their hands.
Long Live! Revolution!
Tie their hands.
"From our hearts can never be purged.."
"love for the Motherland."
"From dust to dust.."
"I carry the fragrance of my Motherland."
Know then, your braves for you the feeble, they fight unto their deaths,
they lie hacked to pieces on the battlefield they never deserted.
Is it the romance you yearn for?
Then come unto me.. come holding your head upon your palm.
Know then, your braves for you the feeble, they fight unto their deaths;
They lie hacked to pieces on the battlefield they never deserted.
Is it the romance you yearn for?
Then come unto me.. come holding your head upon your palm.