Mangal Pandey - The Rising
MovieTitle | Mangal Pandey - The Rising |
User score | 6.1 |
Release date | Aug 12, 2005 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Ketan Mehta |
Production country | India |
Budget | $70,000,000 |
Revenue | $7,250,000 |
Run time | 150 min. |
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.