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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = 23 March 1931: Shaheed<br />
| image = 23rd March 1931 DVD cover.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Guddu Dhanoa]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/14intro.htm|title=rediff.com, Movies: 23 March 1931 -- Shaheed -- The Story In Pictures|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><br />
| producer = [[Dharmendra]]<ref name="auto1"/><br />
| writer =Sanjay Masoom (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = Sutanu Gupta<br />
| starring = [[Bobby Deol]]<br>[[Sunny Deol]]<br>[[Amrita Singh]]<br>[[Rahul Dev]]<br>[[Suresh Oberoi]]<br>[[Shakti Kapoor]]<br>[[Divya Dutta]]<br />
| music = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Anand Raj Anand]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/2002/06/23rd_march_shaheed.shtml|title=BBC - Shropshire - Movies - 23rd March 1931- Shaheed|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><br>'''Score:'''<br>[[Surinder Sodhi]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Tirru]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/the-legend-of-bhagat-singh-23rd-march-1931-shaheed-1200547542/|title=The Legend of Bhagat Singh / 23rd March 1931: Shaheed|first1=Derek|last1=Elley|date=28 June 2002}}</ref><br />
| editing = Keshav Naidu<ref name="auto"/><br />
| studio = [[Vijayta Films]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|06|07}}<br />
| runtime = 185 min.<ref name="auto"/><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
'''''23rd March 1931: Shaheed''''' is a 2002 Indian [[Hindi]] [[historical film|historical]] [[biographical film]] about [[Bhagat Singh]], directed by [[Guddu Dhanoa]] which depicts the events leading up to the hanging of Indian [[Bhagat Singh|freedom fighter Bhagat Singh]] and his companions [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]] and [[Sukhdev]] on 23 March 1931. The film stars [[Bobby Deol]] as Bhagat Singh, his elder brother [[Sunny Deol]] as [[Chandrashekhar Azad]] and [[Amrita Singh]] in her comeback role as Bhagat Singh's mother.<br />
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The film's release coincided with another film based on Bhagat Singh directed by [[Rajkumar Santoshi]] and titled ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/03bhag.htm|title=rediff.com: Movies: Which Bhagat Singh do we choose?|website=rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/At-the-movies-The-Legend-of-Bhagat-Singh/articleshow/12303758.cms|title=At the movies: The Legend of Bhagat Singh |website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Set in the mid-1920s, [[British India]], the film tells the story of freedom fighters [[Bhagat Singh]] and [[Chandrashekhar Azad]] who have only one motive in mind: Freedom for India. They set about doing this task together with two other men, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Bhagat Singh is enraged when his mentor [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] is mercilessly beaten to death by the police, and he sets about to avenge his death. He and his colleagues do succeed in killing one of the officials responsible, but they are identified, and as a result, Bhagat and [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]] are arrested and held in prison, where they are tortured relentlessly.<br />
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When produced in court, they dramatically admit to the killing and claim that it was done in the name of "freedom". The judge and the public prosecutor do not see it that their way, and they are sentenced to life in prison. Bhagat's mother, Vidya, comes to meet him in prison, and he goes to greet her, shackled in chains from head to toe, and he foretells that [[India]] will continue to suffer, even after independence from the [[United Kingdom|British]], and that he will return in another birth to free his motherland. Subsequently, all three are charged with treason and assassination and are sentenced to death.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Sunny Deol]] as [[Chandrashekhar Azad]]<br />
*[[Bobby Deol]] as [[Bhagat Singh]]<br />
*[[Amrita Singh]] as Vidyavati Kaur <br />
*Ranjan Koshal as Kishan Singh<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020607/art-trib.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Arts Tribune|website=m.tribuneindia.com}}</ref><br />
*[[Rahul Dev]] as [[Sukhdev]]<br />
*Vicky Ahuja as [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]]<br />
*[[Divya Dutta]] as [[Durgawati Devi|Durga Bhabhi]]<br />
*[[Vivek Shauq]] as [[Bhagwati Charan Vohra]]<br />
*[[Sachin Khedekar]] as [[Asaf Ali|Advocate Asaf Ali]]<br />
*Vivek Kumar Rawat as [[Batukeshwar Dutt]]<br />
*[[Suresh Oberoi]] as [[Jailor]] Chaddha<br />
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Chattar Singh<br />
*[[Raja Bundela]] as [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]<br />
*[[Akshay Anand]] as [[Ram Prasad Bismil]]<br />
*[[Suresh Chatwal]] as [[Kishori Lal]]<br />
*Imran Khan as [[Kartar Singh Sarabha]]<br />
*Deepak Sharma as [[Jatindra Nath Das]]<br />
*Sanjay Tripathi as [[Hans Raj Vohra]]<br />
*Raman Khatri as [[Ashfaqulla Khan]]<br />
*Rana Jung Bahadur as [[Lawyer]]<br />
*[[Tej Sapru]] as Dilbagh Singh<br />
*Indal Singh as Jaigopal<br />
*[[Samaresh Routray]] as [[Yashpal]]<br />
*[[Rajesh Khera]] as [[Sardar Ajit Singh]]<br />
*[[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]] as Veerbhadra Tiwari<br />
*[[Aishwariya Rai]] as Mannewali (special appearance in song "Jogiya Ve")<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Song !! Singer(s)<br />
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|-<br />
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| 1<br />
| "Mera Rang De Basanti Chola"<br />
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Bhupinder Singh (musician)|Bhupinder Singh]], Veer Rajinder<br />
|- <br />
| 2<br />
| "Deshnu Challo"<br />
| [[Hans Raj Hans]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Jogiya Ve"<br />
| [[Alka Yagnik]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Watanparaston Ki"<br />
| [[Hans Raj Hans]], Veer Rajinder<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Pagadi Sambhal"<br />
| Veer Rajinder<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna"<br />
| [[Bhupinder Singh (actor)|Bhupinder Singh]], Mohammad Salamat, [[Vinod Rathod]]<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Aye Watan" <br />
| Veer Rajinder<br />
|- <br />
| 8<br />
| "Khush Raho"<br />
| Veer Rajinder<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0324951}}<br />
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[[Category:Films scored by Anand Raj Anand]]<br />
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[[Category:Films scored by Surinder Sodhi]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the British Raj]]<br />
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