tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post6786427796805879202..comments2008-08-18T16:51:05.282-05:00Sanket Vyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-47731649500157313212008-08-18T16:51:00.001-05:002008-08-18T16:51:00.001-05:00p.s. TBF - thanks for adding me and have done the same for you as well.Sanket Vyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-61061298110473619102008-08-18T16:51:00.000-05:002008-08-18T16:51:00.000-05:00p.s. TBF - thanks for adding me and have done the same for you as well.Sanket Vyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-6261116164654176822008-08-18T16:45:00.000-05:002008-08-18T16:45:00.000-05:00Shweta - he is my favorite freedom fighter as well (along with Rani of Jhansi - just love her story and that she is the first female one). Ajay is one of the few actors (along with Aamir &amp; Abhishek) that I will go see a movie of without knowing what it&#39;s about. I have the version with Bobby Deol but haven&#39;t gotten around to seeing it yet...<BR/><BR/>TBF - Same to you and yes, it took every last one of them to help get India to where it is today. I was vascillating between this movie and &#39;Rang De Basanti&#39; as the review for Independence Day but stuck with this one. I thought the portrayals were excellent all around and that giving them a modern day face helped me realize how much they are still relevant today.<BR/><BR/>BV - I just read about &#39;Shaheed&#39; the other day as one of the top 10 Independence movies in Bollywood history and just ordered it. Luckily I grew up on a steady diet of masala movies and did not watch too much heavy stuff as a kid. I agree completely with what about the sacrifices - I try and watch these kind of movies not only for entertainment but also so I can appreciate what I have today as well.Sanket Vyashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410998671085464946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-13108738797955654042008-08-18T15:34:00.000-05:002008-08-18T15:34:00.000-05:00I remember watching the older Bhagat Singh movie as a kid - <I>Shaheed (1965)</I> - which had Manoj Kumar playing Bhagat Singh and remember the nightmares the prison torture scenes gave me! Never did get round to watching the newer ones - its too painful to watch the sacrifices made by our freedom-fighters and then see what use we have made of our precious freedom!bollyviewerhttp://bollyviewer-oldisgold.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-37807148553614734302008-08-16T18:30:00.000-05:002008-08-16T18:30:00.000-05:00Happy Independence Day (albeit belated), Sanket! It took every one of them, didn't it? What did you think of the portrayals of Bhagat Singh and Azad in the movie Rang De Basanti (2006)? <BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/><BR/>PS: Adding you to my blog roll. Hope it's okay. Until next time.theBollywoodFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11296407098387050782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368338.post-58230063101331237862008-08-15T16:51:00.000-05:002008-08-15T16:51:00.000-05:00Absolutely my fav freedom fighter ever (along with chandra Shekhar Azad)- and I really think ajay did an amazing job portraying him. It was v interesting that 3-4 Bhagat Singh movies came out that year- but was the strongest version I my opinion.Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543438271055378809noreply@blogger.com