After a feeble attempt by Vishal Bharadwaj of capturing the India and East during Second World War in his movie Rangoon, Bollywood is giving us another war movie of the time in Raag Desh. Set in the 1945 around what are famously known as the Red Fort Trials, the movies tells the story of three soldiers of the British Indian Army arrested and prosecuted for treason.
Raag Desh Cast
Shot in Mumbai and Uttarakhand, the movie uses widescreen format to give the right tone to the war story. The movie is written and Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and has a strong cast.
Raag Desh (2017) Directed By: Tigmanshu Dhulia Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mohit Marwah, Vijay VermaRelease Date: July 28 2017
Raag Desh Story
Raag Desh story begins around 1945. India had a big army under the British rule, which was fighting alongside the Allied forces during the Second World War. During the same time, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose saw Second World War and the stretched British Forces as an opportunity to hasten India’s Freedom bid by joining forces with the invading Japanese Army.
Many officers and soldiers of the British Indian Army in the East defected to form Indian National Army or the Azaad Hind Sena under Bose. These officers were later arrested for treason and other counts and court-martialed in multiple trials starting with the trials at the Red Fort. The soldiers in the Red Fort trials included Shah Nawaz Khan (Kunal Kapoor), Amit Sadh (Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon), and Prem Sehgal (Mohit Marwah). Raag Desh is the story of these first three who were put on trial at the Red Fort in 1945.
Raag Desh Trailer
Watch this intense trailer of Raag Desh and tell us if you are eager to watch this forgotten chapter of Indian history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC2YlQNHpYs
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