Sam Bahadur

"His Life. Our History."

2023 2h 30m HI

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 39

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Synopsis

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Based on the life of Sam Manekshaw, who was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

“His Life. Our History.”

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Cast

Vicky Kaushal
Sam Manekshaw
Sanya Malhotra
Silloo Manekshaw
Fatima Sana Shaikh
Indira Gandhi
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Yahya Khan
Edward Sonnenblick
Lord Mountbatten
Neeraj Kabi
PM Jawaharlal Nehru
Govind Namdeo
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Paul O'Neill
Major (General) David Cowan

Credits

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Director: Meghna Gulzar
Writers: Bhavani Iyer, Meghna Gulzar, Shantanu Srivastava
Languages: English, Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Meghna Gulzar, shot by Jay I. Patel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nitin Baid shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Vicky Kaushal and Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "His Life. Our History.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10786774 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Meghna Gulzar directs. Jay I. Patel behind the camera. Nitin Baid cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in English, Hindi.

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1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
4Directed by Meghna Gulzar, shot by Jay I. Patel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Nitin Baid shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Vicky Kaushal and Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "His Life. Our History.".
8IMDB entry: tt10786774 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 39 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.