[Reader-list] Release of Film "Netaji Subhas Chandra BOSE - The Forgotten Hero" of Shyam Benegal on Home Video

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We are releasing Film "Netaji Subhas Chandra BOSE - The Forgotten Hero" 
of Shyam Benegal on Home Video, on the Birth Anniversary of Netaji, 
which falls on 23rd Jan. 
 
Synopsis 
Born in a prominent Bengali family, Subhas had dedicated much of his 
younger years by being actively involved in various freedom movements 
in India, for ridding India of the British Imperialist rule. For this 
purpose he joined hands with stalwarts such as Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and 
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but expressed his frustration, especially 
with Gandhi's slow and painstaking way of trying to win over the enemy 
with love ('Ahimsa'). It is for this reason, he decided to part ways  
 from the Congress Party. The British became weary of him, placed him 
under arrest, but when he started a hunger strike unto death, they let 
him go, but kept him under surveillance. Subhas eluded the police, 
under the guise of a Pathan with an alias, 'Mohammad Ziauddin', crossed 
the Indian border in Afghanistan so that he could enter Russia and form 
an Indian independence Army to oust the British. His efforts failed, he 
ended up as an 'Italian diplomat', "Orlando Mazzotta", with an office 
in Germany. He did manage to convince the Nazis, despite Hitler's views 
in "Mein Kampf" (German for "My Struggle") that he preferred India to 
remain colonized under the British. Nevertheless he was permitted to 
recruit Indian-born British Army P.O.W.s, and this is how the movement 
began. He secretly married his German secretary, Emily Schenkl, and did 
earn the ire of the Germans, who wanted to keep their race pure "Aryan" 
or Caucasian. His efforts to take his army to India through Russia and 
Afghanistan were in vain as Adolf Hitler declared war on Russia 
('Operation Barbarossa'). Leaving his German-based army, Subhas 
journeyed to Singapore via a submarine, from there he entered into an 
agreement with the Japanese. And it was with the help of the Japanese 
that he marched an army of approximately 8000 troops, both men and 
women, against the might of the British. It was here that he was 
informed that he had become the father of Anita. Then, fate again 
played a cruel hand, when the United States entered the war, 
atom-bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender 
unconditionally. At this point, Subhas had two alternatives: to carry 
on fighting against the British and their new allies, Australia and 
America, or just disband his army. 
 
Cast: 
•   Sachin Khedekar as Subhash Chandra Bose 
•   Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Jawaharlal Nehru 
•   Rajit Kapur as Abid Hasan 
•   Divya Dutta as Ila Bose 
•   Arif Zakaria as Major Dhillon 
•   Ila Arun as Ranu 
•   Pankaj Berry as Aabid Khan 
•   Nicolas Chagrin as General Auchinlek 
•   Nalini Chatterjee as Meera 
•   Pradeep Kumar Das as Servant 
•   Chris England as CID Chief 
•   Arindham Ghosh as Subhas Chandra Bose's Cousin 
•   Ahmed Khan as Mian Akbar 
•   Shakeel Khan as Sarat Bose 
•   Howard Lee as Bengal Governor 
•   Kunal Mitra as Ashok Bose 
•   Samiran Mukherjee as Bose's Cousin 
•   Rohan Nicol as CID Officer 
•   Lal Babu Pandit as Checkpost Policeman 
•   Florian Panzner as Alexander Werth 
•   Surendra Rajan as Mahatma Gandhi 
•   Charu Rohatgi as Bibavati 
•   Alaknanda Roy as Prabhavati Bose 
•   Ashiesh Roy as Spy Police 2 
•   Rajeshwari Sachdev as Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal 
•   Udo Schenk as Adolf Hitler 
•   Jishu Sengupta as Sisir Bose 
•   Gen Seto as Ambassador Oshima 
•   Rakesh Shrivastav as Spy Police 1 
•   Arindam Sil as Jail Warden 
•   Suneel Sinha 
•   Sandeep Srivastava as Nambiar 
Lalit Tiwari as Checkpost Policeman 
Christian Willis as Jail Superintendent 
Rajpal Yadav as Bhagat Ram Talwar 
 
Credits : 
DIRECTOR: Shyam Benegal 
PRODUCERS: Raj Pius and Barbara von Wrangell 
SCREENPLAY: Shama Zaidi and Atul Tiwari 
Mausic : A. R. Rahman 
Lyrics : Javed Akhtar 
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Santosh Sivan and V. Manikanadan 
EDITOR: S. Chakraborty 
 
Music : 
The music score that accompanies the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. 
The soundtrack features 19 pieces composed by Rahman, including 13 
instrumentals and orchestral themes, in addition to 6 further songs, 
with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Performers include the Western Choir 
Chennai and the Mumbai Film Choir. 
 
Track listing: 
1.  "Aazadi" (4:55) – A.R. Rahman, Western Choir Chorus 
2.  "Kadam Kadam" (2:48) – Vijay Prakash 
3.  "Ekla Cholo" (6:05) – Nachiketa Chakraborty, Sonu Nigam 
4.  "Hum Dilli Dilli Jayenge" (2:49) – Mumbai Film Choir 
5.  "Desh Ki Mitti" (5:34) – Anuradha Sriram, Sonu Nigam 
6.  "Zikr" (4:44) – A R Rahman, Rafi, Rakeeb, Shaukat Ali 
7.  "Ghoomparani" (4:25) – Sapna Mukherjee, Satyanarayan Mishra 
8.  "Durga Pooja - Rhythm" (3:22) – Instrumental 
9.  "Netaji – Theme 1" (1:22) – Instrumental 
10. "Afghanistan – Theme 1" (4:14) – Instrumental 
11. "Hitler Theme" (2:10) – Instrumental 
12. "Emilie Theme 1" (1:57) – Instrumental 
13. "Afghanistan – Theme 2" (1:19) – Instrumental 
14. "War Themes" (4:33) – Instrumental 
15. "Emilie Theme 2" (2:32) – Instrumental 
16. "Kadam Kadam Barhayae Ja – Orchestral version" (0:52) – 
Instrumental 
17. "Desh Ki Mitti – Orchestral version" (2:48) – Instrumental 
18. "U Boat Theme (Underwater battle)" (2:11) – Instrumental 
19. "Netaji – Theme 2" (4:44) – Instrumental 
 
Award: 
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, 2005 
 
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For more info contact : 
 
Mr. Subhash Chheda 
Director 
Rudraa Entertainment Private Limited 
Email: datakino at vsnl.com 
+ 91 22 28053532