Chittagong (2012)
Actors:
Shankar Mahadevan (composer),
Manoj Bajpayee (actor),
Ehsaan Noorani (composer),
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (actor),
Kalyan Chatterjee (actor),
Aldo Velasco (actor),
Aldo Velasco (editor),
Dibyendu Bhattacharya (actor),
Saurabh Varma (miscellaneous crew),
Saurabh Varma (miscellaneous crew),
Johnny Wilson (composer),
Shashank Shende (actor),
Arindoi Bagchi (actor),
Raman Prasher (miscellaneous crew),
Paritosh Sand (actor),
Plot: Set in the turbulence of the 1930s British India, a 14 year old boy, Jhunku, and his journey to find where he belongs. For the first time in Indian history, the British army is defeated by a ragtag army of schoolboys and their teacher, Masterda. Called a traitor by his peers, and let down by a man he trusts, Jhunku impulsively joins the movement. As his world is turned upside down, Jhunku is forced to confront his self-doubts. As the leaders of the movement are progressively caught or killed, Jhunku battles against seemingly insurmountable odds to win a victory of his own. The film is an exciting action-drama, made more so by the fact that it is true.
Genres:
Action,
Drama,
War,
Taglines: Ordinary Boys, Extraordinary Triumph
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010)
Actors:
Nabeel Abbas (miscellaneous crew),
Ram P. Sethi (actor),
Abhishek Bachchan (actor),
Javed Akhtar (writer),
Neeta Lulla (costume designer),
Ashutosh Gowariker (producer),
Ashutosh Gowariker (director),
Ashutosh Gowariker (writer),
Lawrence D'Souza (producer),
Deepika Padukone (actress),
Vijay Maurya (writer),
Vishal Tyagi (miscellaneous crew),
Gargi Patel (actress),
Prince Shah (miscellaneous crew),
Samrat Mukherjee (actor),
Plot: Circa 1930 in Chittagong, male teenagers are asked by British soldiers to play football elsewhere. Since there is no other ground, they decide to approach widower school-master Surjya Sen, and join his band of freedom fighters. Since Gandhi had announced a ban of violence for one year, Surjya patiently waits, then raises Rs.18000/-, with this amount he procures guns, four vehicles and 25 bicycles, and inducts two women, Pritilata, and Kalpana Dutta in his team. Their plan is to surprise the British by disabling telecommunications and transportation, liberating jailed comrades, taking guns and ammunition from the armory, and holding Britishers hostage at the European Club. Before they could carry out their plan, both women are instructed by their respective families to re-locate to Calcutta. Surjya, nevertheless decides to simultaneously carry out the attacks but his group is unable to hold any hostages due to the holiday of Good Friday, and the raid on the armory gets them rifles but no ammunition. They do succeed in cutting off communications and transportation, however, the British do recover and devise plans to capture the group. With no food nor shelter, little or no ammunition, how long will Surjya and his group elude the determined British?
Genres:
Action,
Drama,
History,