The Rising - Mangal Pandey

Aamir Khan, Amisha Patel, Rani Mukherjee, Kiron Kher, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed, Mona Ambegaonkar, Varsha Usgaonkar, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Amin Hajee, Anupam Shyam, Lalit Tiwari, Shahbaaz Khan, Murli Sharma, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Tom Alter, Sulbha Arya, Rohit Raj, Dinesh Lamba, Richa Sharma, Ravi Jhankal, Kailash Kher, Sohrab Ardeshir, Alyssa Fountoutalis, Subrata Dutta, Ehsan Baksh, IRFANOUZZAMAN, Ch

Aamir Khan is a rabble rouser. It's a role he has mastered to perfection. His nostrils flare up, eye sockets pop and righteous indignation spills across the screen. It's no surprise, then, that it is this Angry Khan plastered on all posters for Mangal Pandey The Rising. Read More

To sum up,, MANGAL PANDEY is a brave attempt on the part of its makers to bring to life an important chapter from history. And make you realize that the freedom we enjoy today is only because of our predecessors, who gave their blood for the nation. Read More

The story of Mangal Pandey, an ordinary infantryman who rises against the British Empire and single handedly stirs up the first Indian Mutiny of 1857. Based on real historical events, this sweeping saga is drenched in valour but dry of sentiment. Read More

A R Rahman's songs though pleasing to the ear with their rustic nature, only jar the narrative further as Mehta and Prasad uninspiringly place them in unwarranted situations. The score too suffers a similar spate due to ineffective usage. Read More