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Wikipedia article
'Shaheed Uddham Singh' is a 1999 Indian Punjabi-language biographical film based on the life of Udham Singh, an Indian Indian revolutionary who had witnessed the 1919 Amritsar massacre and wanted to avenge the mass killing of his countrymen. He was desperate to punish Michael O'Dwyer, the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab for his involvement with the massacre. The film was theatrically released in India on 24 December 1999, just two days before Singh's birth centenary. The film was screened retrospective on 13 August 2016 at the 'Independence Day Film Festival' jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.
Summary
Udham Singh Kamboj was born and brought up in a Sikh family in Punjab, British India. Enraged over Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place in Amritsar in April 1919 during the day of Baisakhi festival, Singh swears vengeance. He sets about creating obstacles for the British colonial government, and is soon on wanted lists by the authorities. On one occasion he is shielded by a courtesan, Noor Jehan (Juhi Chawla). In order to achieve his vengeance, he travels to the United Kingdom, befriends some local Indians, as well as Irish nationalist, Irene Rose Palmer (Charleen Carswell). He kills Michael O'Dwyer (Dave Anderson), the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, who in 1919, who had authorised Dyer's use of force, during a program at Caxton Hall in London. He is quickly apprehended, and jailed. He refuses to cooperate with the authorities, nor is he willing to accept that he is mentally incapable. During his trial, he is offered the opportunity to state his case for acquittal but his remarks were deemed incendiary by the judge, who forbade the press from publishing them. He was hanged on 31 July 1940 at Pentonville Prison in north London.
Cast
* Raj Babbar as Sardar Udham Singh Kamboj
* Gurdas Maan as Bhagat Singh
* Harsharan Singh as Sukhdev Thapar
* Shatrughan Sinha as Muhammad Khan
* Amrish Puri as The Sufi Saint
* Juhi Chawla as Noor Jehan
* Ranjeet as Giani Ji
* Tom Alter as Brig. Gen. Edward Harry Dyer
* Joseph Lamb as Lord of Adm. Winston Churchill
* Dave Anderson as Michael O'Dwyer
* Barry John as Lord Keeper Clement Attlee
* Barry John as Michael Atlee
* David McLennan as Neville Chamberlain
* Ranjeet as Gyaniji
* Charleen Carswell as Irene Rose Palmer
* Chetana Das as Udham Singh's mother
* Raman Dhillon as Udham Singh's aunt
* Kimi Verma as Meeto
Music
The film's music was composed by Jagjit Singh..
* Song - "Zaat" sung by Durga Rangila
* Some songs sung by Gurdas Mann
References
Category:1999 films
Category:Punjabi-language Indian films
Category:Indian biographical films
Category:Films set in the Indian independence movement
Category:Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners
Category:Cultural depictions of Bhagat Singh
Category:Films set in the British Raj
Category:Films set in the United Kingdom
Category:Cultural depictions of Winston Churchill
Category:Films set in Amritsar
Category:Cultural depictions of Neville Chamberlain
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