Haqeeqat (1964 film)

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{{short description|1964 Hindi film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Haqeeqat
|image = Haqeeqat 1964 film poster.jpg
|caption = Film poster
|director = [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]]
|producer = Chetan Anand
|writer = Chetan Anand
|starring = [[Dharmendra]] [[Balraj Sahni]] [[Priya Rajvansh]] [[Sanjay Khan]] [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]] [[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]] [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]]
|music = [[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]] [[Kaifi Azmi]] (lyrics)<ref name=":7" />
|cinematography = Sadanand<ref name=":7" />
|editing = M. D. Jadhav Rao
|distributor = Himalaya Films
|released = 1964
|runtime = 184 minutes
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
}}
'''''Haqeeqat''''' ({{lit}} ''Reality'') is a 1964 Indian [[Hindi]]-language war-drama directed and produced by [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]]. The film stars [[Dharmendra]], [[Balraj Sahni]], [[Priya Rajvansh]], [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]], [[Sanjay Khan]] and [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]] in major roles. The music of the film is composed by [[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]] and the lyrics of the songs are by [[Kaifi Azmi]]. The film is based on the events of the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]] about a small platoon of soldiers in Ladakh pitched against a much larger adversary. The film was constructed around the battle of [[Rezang La]] in Ladakh and showcases a fictionalised version of the last stand of Ahir Company, 13 Kumaon led by Major [[Shaitan Singh]]. However the film is not only a representation of war, but a dramatic retelling of the impact war has on the common soldier. Chetan Anand dedicated the film to [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and the soldiers in Ladakh. The film is widely considered one of India's greatest black and white war-films.

''Haqeeqat'' won the [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film]] in 1965. In 2012, the colour version of the film was released. The film was screened retrospective on 12 August 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] and [[Ministry of Defense (India)|Ministry of Defense]], commemorating the 70th [[Independence Day (India)|Indian Independence Day]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-a-film-festival-that-celebrates-freedom-2962539/|title=Pune: A film festival that celebrates freedom|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=9 August 2016|access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref><ref>[https://www.indembassy-tokyo.gov.in/pdf/Independence_Day_15_August_2016.pdf Independence Day 15 August 2016]</ref>

==Plot==
Set against the [[1962 Sino-Indian War|Sino-Indian War of 1962]], the film's main plot concerns a small platoon of Indian soldiers in the hilly terrain of [[Ladakh]]. Captain Bahadur Singh (Dharmendra) is a keen young soldier who is in-charge of his platoon in Ladakh. On a visit to Kashmir and Ladakh Brigadier Singh ([[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]]), receives news of creeping encroachment by Chinese troops along the border and orders Major Ranjit Singh ([[Balraj Sahni]]) to send his officers to secure the posts. Thus begins the struggle of the soldiers, who await further instructions while facing a wily adversary.

The region is disputed, with China claiming it as their own. The Indian soldiers have orders not to fire first and as a result the Chinese soldiers manage to effectively surround them and open fire first. Outnumbered and out-positioned, the Indian soldiers try retreating but the weather is against them. Captain Bahadur Singh makes all efforts to ensure his soldiers retreat safely however dies in the process. Soon after his soldiers are killed as well. As a parallel mini-story, before his death, Captain Bahadur Singh falls in love with a Ladakhi girl, Angmo ([[Priya Rajvansh]]), while posted in the region. Bahadur Singh also takes Angmo's brother Sonam under his wing as the boy dreams of becoming a soldier one day.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kahlon, Sukhpreet|title='Desh ko tumhari zaroorat hai' – The patriotic zeal in Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat (1964)|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/aug/17/15079/desh-ko-tumhari-zaroorat-hai-the-patriotic-zeal-in-chetan-anand-s-haqeeqat-1964|website=Cinestaan.com|date=17 August 2018|access-date=1 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chintamani|first=Gautam|date=2012-07-27|title=Bollywood's Killing Machine|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/bollywood-s-killing-machine/story-SW4Qka3rqR0YCnLRjzyhdJ.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Production==
The film was made with government and army assistance.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Devesh|date=1 July 2020|title=Filmfare recommends: Top Bollywood war films from the '60s to '80s|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-recommends-top-bollywood-war-films-from-the-60s-to-80s_-41930.html|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Filmfare|language=en}}</ref> Parts of the film were shot on location in Ladakh, thus becoming the first Bollywood film to be shot there.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Deepali|date=23 August 2020|title=8 Bollywood movies that capture the heavenly beauty of Ladakh, on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar|url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/best-bollywood-movies-ladakh-netflix-amazon-prime-video-disney-hotstar|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN|quote=Chetan Anand’s 1964 war drama, Haqeeqat, is known to be the first Bollywood movie to be shot there.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wangchuk|first=Rinchen Norbu|date=2017-11-25|title=When Tradition Triumphs Modernity: Ladakh's Dry Toilets|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/122341/ladakhs-dry-toilets/|access-date=2020-09-09|website=[[The Better India]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The "left-leaning" artists,{{Efn|"Director Chetan Anand, lyricist Kaifi Azmi and lead actor Balraj Sahni were members or supporters of CPI aligned with Moscow".<ref name=":16">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=haqeeqat+1964&pg=PA76|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=76|language=en}}</ref>|name=|group=}} belonging to [[Indian People's Theatre Association]], did not charge any money for their work on the film. This included director [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]], actor [[Balraj Sahni]], lyricist [[Kaifi Azmi]] and actress [[Shaukat Azmi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=22 October 2012|title=A Death Foretold|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/a-death-foretold/282593|url-access=registration|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Outlook India Magazine}}</ref> The colour version, converted by Chetan Anand's son Ketan Anand, was released in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Amrapali|date=11 January 2012|title=Haqeeqat in colour now|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Haqeeqat-in-colour-now/articleshow/16196338.cms|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en}}</ref> The conversion, undertaken by an Indo-Australian collaboration (Q Lab of India and Time Brush Films of Australia), was a first. The film duration was also edited down.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Ranjan Das|date=2012-02-18|title=Fading into colour|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/228237/fading-colour.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

== Themes and influences ==
The film is based on the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]], a war that started out as a cartographic battle fought over ownership of territory.<ref name=":9" /> The film is constructed around the battle of Rezang La, a battle which was considered the only part of the war in which India came out on top.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-18|title=Remembering the battle of Rezang La through the eyes of two brave soldiers|url=https://theprint.in/walk-the-talk/56-years-on-remembering-the-battle-of-rezang-la-through-the-eyes-of-two-brave-soldiers/150549/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Shekhar|date=2012-10-22|title=1962, a different story|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/1962-a-different-story/1020129/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref> Out of the 120 Indian soldiers who fought in Rezang La, 114 were killed. It is said that 1300 Chinese soldiers were also killed.<ref name=":10" /> While Major [[Shaitan Singh]] led Ahir Company of 13 Kumaon, Brigadier [[Tapishwar Narain Raina]] was in-charge of the brigade in [[Chushul]] which included 13 Kumaon. Brigadier TN Raina was awarded a [[Maha Vir Chakra]] and went on to become India's ninth [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]] in 1975; unlike the fate of many other generals of the 1962 war who "faded away in ignominy and disgrace".<ref name=":11" /> The Sino–Indian war is a story of Indian soldiers being treated as "sacrificial lambs", while a nation celebrated Diwali and a government was distracted with other foreign relations in Africa and South Korea.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web|last=Bhagat|first=Pranay|title=Haqeeqat (Old) - movie review by Pranay Bhagat - Planet Bollywood|url=https://planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=f053110044359|access-date=2020-09-07|website=planetbollywood.com}}</ref>

Gita Vishawnath writes that film has scenes which "represent the active male hero and the passive female collaborator reinforce the gendered narratives of war".<ref name=":9" /> Scenes including the portrayal of a "nationalist mother" who must produce sons for the battlefield and sisters-in-laws who are angry with their brother "because they do not want another woman in the family to suffer from long years of separation".<ref name=":9" /> In the film, Angmo ([[Priya Rajvansh]]) is raped by an enemy soldier, however she goes on to kill a number of enemy soldiers, thus "avenging the violation of her body", her territory, before dying. Seen as a possession of man, the film shows her lying beside her lover Bahadur Singh, a win for love. Despite the "national shame" surrounding losing a war, such scenes helped cover the loss of territory to China, just as Angmo had been forced on by the enemy.<ref name=":9" /> To be a patriotic soldier, Brigadier Singh must be ready to put his son in harms way. By showing that Brigadier Singh ([[Jayant (actor)|Jayant]]) and Captain Bahadur Singh (Dharmendra) are father-son duo, the film wades through the family versus nation dilemma, and shows contradictions of serving both family and nation. The film tries to show a "moral victory for India".<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|last=Viswanath|first=Gita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJoxBwAAQBAJ&q=haqeeqat+1964&pg=PA91|title=The "Nation" in War: A Study of Military Literature and Hindi War Cinema|date=2014-04-11|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-5938-7|pages=94–97|language=en}}</ref>

==Cast==
Credits adapted from [[Bollywood Hungama]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haqeeqat Cast|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/haqeeqat-3/cast/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Bollywood Hungama|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Balraj Sahni]] as Major Ranjit Singh
*[[Dharmendra]] as Captain Bahadur Singh
*[[Priya Rajvansh]] as Angmo (debut)<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|last=Bali|first=Karan|title=Do Chetan Anand's best-known films stand the test of time?|url=http://scroll.in/article/763901/do-chetan-anands-best-known-films-stand-the-test-of-time|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Sanjay Khan]] as Indian Soldier
*[[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] as Major Pratap Singh
*[[Sheikh Mukhtar]] as Commanding Officer
*[[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Ram Singh
*In minor roles [[Indrani Mukherjee]] and [[Achala Sachdev]]<ref name=":13" />
*Levi Aharon Aharoni (Negoker), brother of Priya Rajwansh (the boy in the film)
*

==Music==
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| name = Haqeeqat
| type = Film
| artist = [[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]]
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| released = 1964
| recorded = 1964
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| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 28:18
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| prev_title = [[Gazal (1964 film)|Gazal]]
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = [[Jahan Ara (film)|Jahan Ara]]
| next_year = 1964
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The music of this film has several notable songs. The music is composed by [[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]] and all of the songs are written by [[Kaifi Azmi]].<ref name="Pathos">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-music-had-to-be-pathos-laden/282597|author=Namrata Joshi|title=The Music Had To Be Pathos-Laden|magazine=Outlook|date=22 October 2022}}</ref> In a 2012 interview with [[Namrata Joshi]] for [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|''Outlook'' magazine]], composer Madan Mohan's son Sanjeev Kohli recalls that Chetan Anand had given the music director a brief which went something like, "Indeed at the back of the mind was the lost war, but the anguish and suffering of the armed forces and the nation was all pervading. Thus, the music had to be pathos-laden, with an air of despondency. But at the end, it needed to celebrate the contribution of those that laid down their lives."<ref name="Pathos"/><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Gupta|first=Uttaran Das|date=2020-06-19|title=Frames per Second: Music for tragedy|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/frames-per-second-music-for-tragedy-120061901220_1.html|access-date=2020-09-06}}</ref>

{{Track listing
|extra_column=Singer(s)
|total_length=33:06
|all_lyrics=
|title1=Ho ke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bhulaya Hoga
|extra1=[[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Talat Mahmood]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Bhupinder Singh (musician)|Bhupinder Singh]]
|length1=07:01
|title2=Ab Tumhare Hawaale Watan Saathiyon
|extra2=Mohammed Rafi
|length2=06:06
|title3=Zara Si Aahat Hoti Hai To Dil Sochta Hai
|extra3=[[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|length3=03:51
|title4=Masti Mein Chhedke Tarana Koi Dil Ka
|extra4=Mohammed Rafi
|length4=04:10
|title5=Khelo Naa Mere Dil Se O Mere Saajana
|extra5=Lata Mangeshkar
|length5=03:34
|title6=Aai Ab Ki Saal Diwaali Munh Par Apne Kun Male
|extra6=Lata Mangeshkar
|note6=
|length6=05:07
|title7=Main Ye Sochkar Uske Dar Se Utha Tha
|extra7=Mohammed Rafi
|length7=03:17
}}
The music begins with lively romantic tunes and moves to more epic war, sad and celebratory tunes. The song "Ab Tumhare Hawaale Watan Saathiyon" sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]] has become synonymous with patriotism in India;<ref>{{cite book|author=Sujata Dev|title=Mohammed Rafi Voice Of A Nation|date=October 2015|publisher=OM Books International|isbn=978-9380070971}}</ref> with the lyrics going as "Kar chale ham fida jan-o-tan sathiyon, Ab tumhare havale vatan sathiyon" ({{lit|We have scarified our lives and our souls, the country is in your custody comrades}}).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kaifi|first=Shaukat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JCIDAAAQBAJ&q=Haqeeqat+1964|title=Kaifi and I: A Memoir|date=2012-06-25|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=978-93-81017-50-0|pages=Chapter 6|language=en}}</ref> This song, over five minutes long, comes at the end of the film with visuals of dead Indian soldiers all over the landscape.<ref name=":3"/> ''[[Scroll.in|The Scroll]]'' comments that the song "Ho Ke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bhulaya Hoga" has become a famous tune for weary soldiers, as a distraction from the ravages of war.<ref name=":22"/> "Ho ke Majboor" went on to inspire "[[Sandese Aate Hai]]" from the film [[Border (1997 film)|''Border'', 1997]] written by [[Javed Akhtar]], Kaifi Azmi's son-in-law.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web|last=Ayaz|first=Shaikh|date=2019-08-26|title=Song of the Month: Haqeeqat's "Ho ke majboor" finds the sweet spot between romance and pining in the time of war|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/song-of-the-month-haqeeqat-ho-ke-majboor-5936007/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
*1965: [[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film]]: Haqeeqat<ref>{{cite book|author=Dilip Hiro|title=The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan|publisher=Nation Books|year=2015|isbn=978-1568585031|page=449}}</ref>
*1965: [[Filmfare Best Art Direction]] Award for [[M. S. Sathyu]]<ref name=":8">{{cite book|author=S. M. M. Ausaja|title=Bollywood in Posters|publisher=OM Books International|year=2009|isbn=978-8187108559|pages=99}}</ref>

== Reception ==
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| quote = Their portrayal of the soldier's psyche, both in war and in peacetime, is ummatched for realism. Stark shots of jawans in Haqeeqat, bereft of equipment, numbers, supplies, artillery of air support, who die defending their posts in sub-zero temperatures against an external enemy...
| author = Talukdar (2004)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Talukdar|first=Sudip|date=30 March 2004|title=Bollywood Battlefield. Reel Constraints of Real-life Wars.|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/leader-articlebrbollywood-battlefield-reel-constraints-of-real-life-wars/articleshow/589812.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-29|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
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The ''[[Deccan Chronicle]]'' reports that in 1964, [[Satyajit Ray]], on seeing the film, had told the director, "Chetan, I saw Haqeeqat. Strong visuals, excellent music, but no story". Reportedly Chetan Anand replied, "Haqeeqat is not a story. It is a mosaic."<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":15">{{Cite news|last=Gupta|first=Ranjan Das|date=2015-03-23|title=Inspired by love and war|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/inspired-by-love-and-war/article7024660.ece|access-date=2020-09-07|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 1965 critic Edith Laurie said that Haqeeqat "is the first movie treatment of India’s war with China," is full of "patriotic cliches". He said the enemy was depicted as per the national narrative and that "the eye-rolling Chinese are reminiscent of sinister Japanese in America’s World War-II movies".<ref name=":3" />

In the film, director and writer Chetan Anand accepts India's defeat in the war, showcasing the overpowering grief that comes as a result.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Upadhyaya|first=Amit|date=2018-07-15|title=Haqeeqat's grand battle sequences on 1962 India-China war are unmatched in cinema history|url=https://theprint.in/features/reel-take/haqeeqats-grand-battle-sequences-on-1962-india-china-war-are-unmatched-in-cinema-history/83254/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>

Film-maker [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]], a brother of Chetan Anand, said "the film glorified the [[Indian Army]] in its moment of grief. It was a tribute to our soldiers [...] You need guts to make a film like this".<ref name=":8" />

The film made about {{INRConvert|1|c|lk=on|year=1964}}.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jha|first=Lata|date=2016-08-15|title=Ten patriotic films to watch this Independence Day|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/qQYDnUIYOlQWBvoAmGUXMK/Ten-patriotic-films-to-watch-this-Independence-Day.html|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Livemint|language=en}}</ref>

== Legacy and commentary ==
''Haqeeqat'' is widely remembered as one of India's greatest black and white war films, if not the greatest.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Kohli|first=Suresh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSVCCwAAQBAJ&q=haqeeqat+1964&pg=PT209|title=Houseful The Golden Years of Hindi Cinema|date=2012|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-80070-25-4|editor-last=Salam|editor-first=Ziya Us|pages=Haqeeqat 1964|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":15" /> Despite India losing the war and history fairly blaming Nehru for the loss, Haqeeqat "makes its admiration for Nehru clear" and in the film Anand goes along with the government line that the war and its outcome was the fault of the Chinese.<ref name=":42"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|date=2012-11-23|title=CINEMA CURRENT: Something like a war|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/tPfvW9W8GpXQ9qvazskp6M/CINEMA-CURRENT-Something-like-a-war.html|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Livemint|language=en|quote=Although Anand was a leftist, he suspended his scepticism and peddled the Jawaharlal Nehru government’s line that the war was a result of the back-stabbing and mean-spirited Chinese.}}</ref><ref name=":16" /> However Nehru died before the film could be released in 1964. Chetan Anand dedicated the film to Jawaharlal Nehru and the soldiers in Ladakh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Rudradeep|date=17 May 2020|title=To 'the blossoms in the dust and the red rose': The quirkiest and most heartfelt film dedications|url=https://scroll.in/reel/962149/to-the-blossoms-in-the-dust-and-the-red-rose-the-quirkiest-and-most-heartfelt-film-dedications|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> The film has been called a "cultural document about an event that had severe long-term impacts on the country".<ref name=":5" /> For most, Haqeeqat is the only film reference of the war.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Unnithan|first=Sandeep|date=19 October 2012|title=China's 'Haqeeqat': A stark documentary on the 1962 war|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/1962-indo-china-war-50th-anniversary/story/chinas-haqeeqat-a-stark-documentary-on-the-1962-war-119161-2012-10-19|access-date=2020-09-06|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> In 2012 [[Namrata Joshi]] wrote in [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|''Outlook'' magazine]] that Haqeeqat was to be "a reminder of China’s betrayal" and the feelings that came along with this were reflected in the film, such as the scene of a bayonet stabbing [[Mao Zedong]]'s [[Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung|''Red Book'']].<ref name=":0" />

In 2016, the film was screened at the ''Independence Day Film Festival'' by the [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] and the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=2017-08-13|title=Haqeeqat film 1964: An epitome of patriotism|url=http://www.himbuds.com/haqeeqat-film-1964-epitome-patriotism/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=HimBuds.com|language=en}}</ref> On [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] in 2017, ZeeTV premiered the film on [[Zee Classic (TV Channel)|Zee Classic]].<ref name=":6" /> In the backdrop of the [[2017 China–India border standoff|2017 Doklam standoff]] Haqeeqat was again remembered by the Indian media as a comparison for 1962 and the current tensions; to be specific the last stand of Ahir Company, 13 Kumaon led by Major [[Shaitan Singh]] at [[Rezang La]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Anil|date=5 September 2017|title=Sino-India rift reminds of 1964 movie Haqeeqat|url=http://old.tehelka.com/sino-india-rift-reminds-of-1964-movie-haqeeqat/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Tehelka|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-22|title=Ladakh scuffle amid Doklam standoff: What we know about Pangong Tso, the lake made popular by Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ladakh-scuffle-amid-doklam-standoff-what-we-know-about-pangong-tso-the-lake-made-popular-by-aamir-khans-3-idiots/819265/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Sushant|date=2017-08-22|title=Ladakh scuffle: The importance of Pangong Tso|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ladakh-scuffle-india-china-clash-beauty-strategy-the-importance-of-pangong-tso-doklam-sikkim-stand-off-4807716/|access-date=2020-09-06|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> In the backdrop of the [[2020 China–India skirmishes]], on 6 July 2020, an article in ''[[The Quint]]'' by Pankhuri Shukla comments on the "unsanitized" two-hour long portrayal of war in the film. The fights are not "sugarcoated" and the internal conflict of what is means to be a soldier are depicted.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shukla|first=Pankhuri|date=2020-07-06|title=A Millennial Look at How 'Haqeeqat' Portrayed Indo-China Conflict|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/millennial-review/bollywood-depiction-of-india-china-conflict|access-date=2020-09-06|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref> In July 2020, ''[[Filmfare]]'' listed Haqeeqat as one of Bollywood's top war films.<ref name=":14" />

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==References==
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== Further reading ==
*{{cite book |last=Deshpande |first=Anirudh |title=The Practice of History in India: Essays in Search of a New Past |year=2021 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-032-14640-9 |doi=10.4324/9781003240327 |pages=116–126 |s2cid=242976012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5w5EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT105}}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XMrfCgAAQBAJ|title=Filming the Line of Control: The Indo–Pak Relationship through the Cinematic Lens|publisher=Routledge|year=2012|isbn=9781136516061|editor-last=Bharat|editor-first=Meenakshi|editor-last2=Kumar|editor-first2=Nirmal}}

==External links==
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Haqeeqat (1964 film)