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Sardar Udham

- An assassination which shook the British Empire

A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to avenge the lost lives of his beloved brethren.

Release Date : 2021-10-16

Language :EnglishHindi

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Kino WorksRising Sun FilmsMD TradeAlchemie Overseas

Production Country : IndiaRussiaUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Udham Singh

Original Name : Vicky Kaushal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael O'Dwyer

Original Name : Shaun Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Inspector John Swain

Original Name : Stephen Hogan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shaheed Bhagat Singh

Original Name : Amol Parashar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eileen Palmer

Original Name : Kirsty Averton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reshma

Original Name : Banita Sandhu

Gender : Female

Character Name : General Reginald Dyer

Original Name : Andrew Havill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Deighton

Original Name : Sam Redford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junior Detective

Original Name : Albrekht Tsander

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Hutchison

Original Name : Tim Berrington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Superintendent Sands

Original Name : Mark Lingwood

Gender : Male

Character Name : King George VI

Original Name : Simon Weir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Winston Churchill

Original Name : Tim Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : Richard Glover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justice Atkinson

Original Name : Nicholas Gecks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Koppikar

Original Name : Ritesh Shah

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surat Ali

Original Name : Jogi Malang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johal

Original Name : Kuljeet Singh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Informer to Udham Singh

Original Name : Tushar Sheetal Singhal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Main Government Spokesperson

Original Name : Andrey Tolshin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interpreter at Scotland Yard

Original Name : Sarfaraz Alam Safu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senior Minister

Original Name : Sergei Mazurenko

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

It is interesting to watch this film now, in a week where a British MP has been brutally stabbed to death doing his job, and to maybe ask ourselves a question. What has the killing of a man ever actually achieved? It never makes anything any better. It serves to galvanise both sides and retrench enmities and bitterness that can take many years to wain. This film depicts one such story. That of a man who also passionately believed it was acceptable to take a life. His motives appear demonstrably justifiable as we watch this beautifully shot, frequently harrowing, depiction of the lead up to the atrocity of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919. It is told through the eyes of the assassin - Udham Singh (Vicky Kaushal) and over the course of the next two hours, we are exposed to the events that drove a decent man to commit the ultimate sin, and to pay the ultimate penalty. Whilst it does take a little while to get going, Shoojit Sircar develops a story replete with conflicting emotions, that offers a critique on the prevailing imperial attitudes and on the very value of life itself. It clearly, and succinctly, exemplifies the cruelty visited on people who just wanted to be left to govern themselves; and of the shockingly arrogant superiority complex of those who believed these people to be little more capable of such aspirations than pets, or sheep. The film looks stunning - the imagery of India from grand scale to violent aftermath; the settings in London - all add hugely to the gutsy integrity of this story. As with so much about the man himself, much is still be be made public about these events and about the true intent of the vice-regal, or British, governments in making an example of these unarmed protesters - but this surmising offers an entirely plausible assessment of man's inhumanity to man - and sadly, over 100 years on from this - we appear to have learned little about the merits of killing another human being - friend or foe.

badelf

@badelf

2022-10-05

It's quite the captivating story. Sadly, humanity seems to learn nothing from history, and so we are doomed to the fatal repetition of the past. This is one story that should have taught us a lesson, yet governments all over the world suppress and repress the truth. The non-linear film seems a little scattered in organization but picks up all the dangling pieces by the final reel.