Mangal Pandey - The Rising

Amir is the rising

a film on India's freedom from british rule. Aamir is a soldier, Rani is a prositute who is in love with Aamir and Amisha is a widow who is banging a white soldier. Basically the cartridges that contain the gunpowder is greased with cow and pig. Cow being sacred to Hindu's and Pig being haraam for muslims. They want these cartridges withdrawn but the Enliglish say No. So a rebellion is formed by Aamir to bring down Company Raj and gain freedom from the British. But in the end their rebllion is known and stopped and aamir is hanged to death. then starts to the big rebllion of the whole of India where they gain freedom in 1947.

His flawless performance coupled by Ketan Mehta's well executed drama has been widely appreciated and though there are handful of senior journalists and newspapers who have called the movie as an average fare Mangal Pandey opens to great reviews in India too ... Full Review

According to this source, "Mangal Pandey" disappointed the foreign audience at Locarno on several counts. Not everyone among the audience at Locarno who watched Ketan Mehta's "Mangal Pandey - The Rising" liked the historical film at its screening there last week. ... Full Review

During a fierce battle in the Afghan wars of the mid-century, Mangal Pandey "Mangal Pandey - The Rising" is an epic tale of friendship, love, loss and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. ... Full Review

The best part of the movie is....An extremely well told story of India's first cry of rebellion, 'Mangal Pandey.... ... Full Review

Bollywood cracks the epic code with "The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey," a gorgeously lensed, well-structured audience-pleaser that harks back to classic Hollywood blockbusters of the '50s and '60s. Thanks to good perfs by leads Aamir Khan ("Lagaan") and Toby Stephens, the personal conflict -- which, in true epic style, mirrors the wider drama -- is socked over at a human level that's finally very moving. ... Full Review

Hrithik recently walked the ramp for Macro Man M-Series, launching their new range of undergarments, but what caught our eye was his new look! AFTER Bollywood's biggest superstars donning ponytails - Amitabh Bachchan in Cheeni Kum, Shah Rukh Khan in... ... Full Article

August 21st, 2006 Preparations have begun for the 7th Bollywood Music Awards where topmost Indian composers and singers will be honoured for their work in 2005. ... Full Article

Today seems to be the day when Aamir Khan is making most of the news! While the world watches him on the big screen in 'Rang De Basanti', Aamir Khan has plans to invade small screens too with the screening... ... Full Article

Friday - Oct 28, 2005 Televisionpoint.com Team The film Mangal Pandey-The Rising will not be telecast on the small screen at least till November, as disclosed in Delhi high court on Friday. ... Full Article

Bollywood comedy No Entry is enjoying good run at the UK box office. In the US, Mangal Pandey The Rising is slowly closing in on one million mark. ... Full Article

Critics and historians have always been raising hue and cry over the distortion of facts in 'Mangal Pandey - The Rising ', but now the protest has been given an official stamp. ... Full Article