A still from Sardar Udham featuring Vicky Kaushal
April 13 marks 103 years of the brutal Jallianwala Bagh massacre, where peaceful unarmed protesters were killed on the orders of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer. Many people have shared their feelings while telling about the murders. Some filmmakers have tried their best to show our Indian audience what the situation was like at the massacre site. Watch five important Hindi language films that highlight the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Jallianwala Bagh (1977)
The film, starring Vinod Khanna, Parikshit Sahni, Shabana Azmi, Gulzar and Deepti Naval in lead roles, was directed by Balraj Tah. The screenplay of the film has been written by Gulzar. It portrays the story of Shaheed Udham Singh who killed Michael O’Dwyer in 1940 to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh murders.
The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
The film has been produced by director Rajkumar Santoshi. It is said to be a close recreation of Richard Attenborough’s freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, where Sardar Udham Singh was inspired to become a revolutionary after the Jallianwala Bagh incident.
Rang De Basanti (2006)
Filmmaker Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra also cast several scenes in his film Rang De Basanti to portray the massacre and its effect on freedom fighters.
Phillauri (2017)
some scenes of Anushka SharmaThe film Pillauri was shot in Jallianwala Bagh. In the film, the spirit of the primary character portrayed by Anushka Sharma cannot find peace after being played by her lover. Diljit DosanjoKilled in Jallianwala Bagh.
Sardar Udham (2021)
Sardar Udham is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language film starring actor Vicky Kaushal in the lead roles with Sean Scott, Stephen Hogan, Amol Parashar, Banita Sandhu and Christy Everton in supporting roles. This biographical drama is directed by Shoojit Sircar, scripted by Shubhendu Bhattacharya and Ritesh Shah.