| Sardar | |
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| Directed by | Ketan Mehta |
| Written by | Vijay Tendulkar (script), Hriday Lani (dialogues) |
| Produced by | H. M. Patel |
| Starring | Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Benjamin Gilani, Tom Alter |
| Cinematography | Jehangir Chowdhury |
| Edited by | Renu Saluja |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Sardar is a 1993Indian biographical drama film onSardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest freedom fighters, directed byKetan Mehta and written by noted playwrightVijay Tendulkar and Hriday Lani. The film was screened retrospective on 12 August 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the IndianDirectorate of Film Festivals andMinistry of Defence, commemorating 70thIndian Independence Day.[1][2]
The film begins with a youngSardar Patel playing cards with his friends and ridiculingMahatma Gandhi and his policies to achieve independence. His views change however, when he is introduced to Gandhi by his brother, and upon listening to a lecture delivered by Gandhi, he joins him in his struggle. Sardar then successfully organises variousSatyagrahas throughout Gujarat. The film then moves to the age of theQuit India Movement and India's freedom. Sardar is instrumental in convincing the working committee of the INC and Nehru to accept aproposal for the partition of India, when riots break out on the league's call forDirect Action. Sardar realises that not tackling the problem now might result in civil war in the country.Once thepartition has been accepted, Sardar then works to get all the princely states to join the Union of India, the film depicts his handling of the problems posed by the princely states ofKashmir,Junagadh andHyderabad. The film also portrays his differences with Nehru and how they work together after the death of Gandhiji. The film ends with Sardar resting at the desert village of Shahpura inRajasthan saying that today fromKashmir toKanyakumari, there is one independent nation.
The music of the film was composed byVanraj Bhatia.