Subhas Chandra Bose

Gandhi to Hitler (2011)

Actors: Raghuvir Yadav (actor), Neha Dhupia (actress), Sanjoy Chowdhury (composer), Nabeel Abbas (miscellaneous crew), Deepshika (actress), Nassar Abdulla (actor), Aman Verma (actor), Imtiaz Ali (miscellaneous crew), Rutvik Oza (writer), Neeraj Gupta (miscellaneous crew), Hemant (actor), Avijit Dutt (actor), Nikita Anand (actress), Shree Narayan Singh (editor), Vikrant (actor),

Plot: Chancellor Adolf Hitler assists Azad Hind Fauj, led by Subhas Chandra Bose, which include a group of Indians who are frustrated with the Gandhian manner of non-violence to compel the oppressive British to quit their country. Punjab-based Balbir Singh is one such member of the Fauj, who has left his wife, Amrita, and son, Veer, behind. Ironically, Amrita is a follower of Mohandas Gandhi, and patiently awaits her husband's return home. Mohandas writes to Adolf, addressing him as 'dear friend', imploring him to end the violence. The allies, which include America, Russia, Britain and France close in on the Germans, while Adolf, a little perturbed by defectors, but still in company of many loyal supporters, is determined to continue, and even makes preparations to wed his mistress of 12 years, Eva Braun. Meanwhile Balbir and the rest of the Fauj must risk their lives through treacherous territory, allied soldiers, and quite surprisingly - they themselves - when they end up bickering and fighting with each other.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)

Actors: Shyam Benegal (director), Sachin Khedekar (actor), Rajpal Yadav (actor), Kulbhushan Kharbanda (actor), Divya Dutta (actress), Udo Schenk (actor), A.R. Rahman (composer), Rajit Kapoor (actor), Aseem Sinha (editor), Florian Panzner (actor), Pankaj Berry (actor), Arif Zakaria (actor), Ahmed Khan (actor), Lalit Tiwari (actor), Arindam Sil (actor),

Plot: Born in a prominent Bengali family, Subhas had dedicated much of his younger years by being actively involved in ridding the British from India. For this purpose he joined hands with stalwarts such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohandas Gandhi, but expressed his frustration, especially with Gandhi's slow and painstaking way of trying to win over the enemy with love. It is for this reason, he decided to separate from the Congress Party. The British became weary of him, placed him under arrest, but when he started a hunger strike unto death, they let him go, but kept him under surveillance. Subhas eluded the police, under the guise of Pathan Mohammad Ziauddin, crossed the Indian border in Afghanistan so that he could enter Russia and form an Indian Army to oust the British. His efforts failed, he ended up as Italian Orlando Mashtar, with an office in Germany. He did manage to convince the Nazis, despite of Hitler's views in "Main Kempf" that he preferred India to remain colonized under the British. Nevertheless he was permitted recruit Indian-born British soldiers prisoners of war, and this is how the movement began. He secretly married his German Secretary, Emily Sanken, and did earn the ire of the Germans, who wanted to keep their race pure (Caucasian). His efforts to take his army to India through Russia and Afghanistan were in vain as Adolf Hitler declared war on Russia. Leaving his German-based army, Subhas journeyed to Singapore via a submarine, from there he entered into an agreement with the Japanese. And it was with the help of the Japanese that he marched an army of approximately 8000 troops, both men and women, against the might of the British. It was here that he was informed that he had become the father of Anita. Then, fate again played a cruel hand, when America entered the war, atom-bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender unconditionally. At this point, Subhas had two alternatives: to carry on fighting against the British and their new allies, Australia and America, or just disband his army.

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Puraido: Unmei no toki (1998)

Actors: Naho Toda (actress), Michiru Ohshima (composer), Eiji Okuda (actor), Masahiko Tsugawa (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Ayumi Ishida (actress), Ronny Cox (actor), Anupam Kher (actor), Suresh Oberoi (actor), Peter Hosking (actor), Hirô Matsuda (writer), Gitan Ôtsuru (actor), Matt Lagan (actor), Shunya Ito (writer), Shunya Ito (director),

Plot: "Pride" is the story of Japanese Prime Minister turned WWII General Hideki Tojo, the accused class "A" war criminal who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor. His struggle is seen through the eyes of his laudable wife, Katsuko, perhaps the only person to know the human side of Tojo - a family man, loving husband, and Samurai spirit with overwhelming pride, patriotism, and self sacrifice for his country. The story is set against the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which tried Tojo and 27 other Japanese officials for war crimes. Courtroom clashes take charge as the defense counsel questions whether or not the Allied Powers, who are the victors, have jurisdiction to indict officials of the defeated Japan. The defense points out that if murder in war is an indictable crime, then the very man that ordered the Atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima can be named and held accountable. But the sharp Prosecutor, Joseph Keenen, is set on using the Tokyo Trial as a platform to defend his country from future threats of Japanese militarism. By destroying Tojo's spirit and silencing the defense, even so far as cutting off Japanese translations of important testimony, Keenen's revenge is a forgone conclusion.