A documentary on Bhagat Singh titled INQILAB was previewed and released on
July 13, 2008 at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) Auditorium.
The documentary has been produced by the NMML in collaboration with ANHAD
and has been scripted and directed by Gauhar Raza. Well known actor and
social activist Rahul Bose released the DVD of the documentary and Dr. Karan
Singh, Vice Chairman of the NMML presided over the function.
The 40-minute documentary traces the course of Bhagat Singh's life and
provides rare insights in the context of India's freedom struggle. It weaves
through the biographical turning points to construct Bhagat Singh's dream of
a free, egalitarian, socialist and multicultural India.
Parts of the documentary contain narration by Zohra Sehgal, Suchitra Gupta
and Sarah Hashmi. Apart from this a galaxy of well known social activists,
intellectuals and historians, including Swami Agnivesh, Kuldeep Nayyar,
Prof. Bipan Chandra, Prof. V.P. Dutt, Prof. K.N. Panikkar, Jagmohan Singh,
Prof. Shantha Sinha, Prof. Chaman Lal, Prof. Urvashi Butalia, Dr S. Irfan
Habib, Kamla Bhasin and Arpana Kaur, have also narrated parts of the script.
The documentary is based on meticulous research and creatively uses rare
documents as visuals shot at various available repositories. Visuals have
also been shot at Lahore, Banga (birth place of Bhagat Singh), Kolkata,
Kanpur, Amritsar and Delhi.
Manu Kohli in her melodious voice has sung 'Bhagat Singh's' Ghodi in the
documentary. The Ghodi in Punjabi language was composed by students of DAV
College, Lahore just after Bhagat Singh's execution and even now is part of
folk tradition on both sides of the border.
The documentary is produced as a part of the year-long celebrations
organised by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in connection with the
100th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, 60 years of India's
independence and 150 years of the great upheaval of 1857.
Many eminent personalities like Dr. Karan Singh, Zohra Sehgal, Mridula
Mukherjee, Rahul Bose, Gauhar Raza, Shabnam Hashmi, Swami Agnivesh were
present on this occasion.
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