Jallian Wala Bagh
1977 Indian film
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Jallian Wala Bagh is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language film written, produced and directed by Balraj Tah, with a screenplay by Gulzar. It is based on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, where in 1919 Colonel Reginald Dyer ordered his Nepalese (Gurkha) and Indian (sepoy) troops under his command to fire into a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians, killing at least 379.
| Jallian Wala Bagh | |
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| Directed by | Balraj Tah |
| Screenplay by | Gulzar |
| Produced by | Balraj Tah |
| Starring | Vinod Khanna Parikshat Sahni Shabana Azmi Deepti Naval Om Shivpuri |
| Cinematography | Jaywant Pathare |
| Edited by | Lachhman Dass |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
It stars Vinod Khanna, Parikshat Sahni, Shabana Azmi, Sampooran Singh Gulzar, and Deepti Naval.
The film is also a part-biopic of Udham Singh (played by Parikshit Sahni) who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer, the governor of Punjab at the time of the massacre, in 1940.
Cast
- Vinod Khanna
- Parikshat Sahni as Udham Singh
- Shabana Azmi
- Sampooran Singh Gulzar as Suneel
- Om Shivpuri
- Ram Mohan
- Deepti Naval
- Sudhir Thakkar
- Mark Freeman
Music
- "Ditti Heer Likha Ke Ae He Chitthi" – Bhupinder Singh
- "Suliyon Pe Chadke Choome (Part 1)" – Bhupinder Singh
- "Suliyon Pe Chadke Chume (Part- 2)" – Bhupinder Singh
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