Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

So on 16 September 2008, I finally got to watch this film on Zee Cinema in UK. I had been dying to watch this film for some time now! I love biographical films like Sardar, Legend of Bhagat Singh, Gandhi, JFK... Full review

Yes, the movie fails on a number of cases- especially character development of Bose himself. It seems to me the whole thing was written and directed in haste. Further, some of the scenes were absolutely unnecessary (what is the need... Full review

Bose, a movie, an understatement that lingers starkly loud in the memory space. The brilliance of Benegal matches with the effortless éclat of some of the best names in the Indian movie industry to create this classic of sorts. Looking... Full review

I watched this film at its world premiere at the Harvard Film Archive yesterday night (Feb 11). I went to the movie with certain amount of expectation given the subject matter and the caliber of the director. However, I was... Full review

And Benegal carefully handles the delicate, even contentious business of depicting heroic Subhas with hubris and hamartia and revealing how, like all epic heroes, he transcends them. Subhas and Emilie's love story too is sensitively and subtly depicted, lending an endearingly vulnerable human quality to a great man with formidable image. ... Full Review

A great patriotic film....Rahman's music is truly inspiring.....The action is realistic.....Some supporting actors are brilliant, such as Kulbhushan Kharbanda (playing Uttamchand Malhotra, who gives Netaji shelter in Kabul), the woman who plays his wife, Rajit Kapoor (playing one of Netaji's trusted lieutenants, Abid Hasan), to name a few..... ... Full Review

Bio-pics are tricky things. They work only when the central character holds up the drama. To play the most turbulent and adventurous national leader India has ever produced, couldn't have been easy. ... Full Article

Bose - the very mention of the name reminds of a revolutionary that always remained a mystery. To unravel some of the mystery comes Shyam Benegal's well researched and painstakingly made ' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose - The Forgotten Hero... ... Full Article

Padamshri recipient Shyam Benegal glorifies the life and works of indomitable freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose in an epic drama 'Bose - The Forgotten Hero'. ... Full Article