The Legend of Bhagat Singh’ is a dramatic and vivid account of Bhagat Singh’s life and his tireless fight against the British colonial rule from the early 1920’s right up to his mysterious death in 1931.

Starring the talented ‘Ajay Devgan’ in the lead role and with music supplied by A.R. Rahman, this is probably the best film in its class to watch.

The story begins with twelve year old Bhagat Singh witnessing the Jalianwala massacre in Punjab, where more than 400 people lost their lives whilst thousands of others were left injured. Affected badly the turn of events, his memories would become the foundation for his later schooling and the reason for his resentment towards the British.

His education and his ability to read and write would also make him available to participate in raising awareness amongst the working peasants in India, and teach them how to take arms against a fundamental and oppressive regime of cruelty and abuse that he saw in the British Rule.

But it would also get him into trouble. Passionate and totally committed, Bhagat Singh whole-heartedly participates in Gandhi’s non-co-operative movement, only to see his hopes shattered when Gandhi calls it off. Unwilling to give up his fight, the film ends with his capture and his death at the tender age of 23.

Apart from the historical turn of events, the film also captures Bhagat Singh’s personal life in detail. His relationship with his parents who thought the world of him, and his lover who waited for him in the hope that he would be freed.

If he achieved anything at all in his short life then it was to expose the wrong doings of the British government in India and to die for his country as a martyr.

Be sure to take a couple of hankies with you as this one could prove a weepy!