Our Struggle

Our Struggle (1951)

Andolan

A stridently nationalistic story of India’s freedom struggle, presented through the experiences of a Bengali family from 1885, when the Indian National Congress was established, to 1947. Important events incorporated into the plot were Gandhi’s satyagraha (1920), the Simon Commission (1928), Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli satyagraha (1928) and the 1942 Quit India agitations. Krishan Chander’s script, Sachin Shankar’s choreography and the acting styles owed much to the IPTA theatre of the 40s. The film, made at Bombay Talkies, was produced by the distributors of the Chicago Radio PA systems label. Kishore Kumar plays the militant hero of this quasi-documentary. Motwane included old documentary footage purchased from Kohinoor and Krishna Film, as well as a shot of Rabindranath Tagore singing his Jana Gana Mana composition, one of India’s national anthems (Arunkumar Roy’s Of Tagore and Cinema, 1994, traces this footage to Ufa, shot when Tagore visited Munich)

Date of release
1951-07-13
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 36m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Phani Majumdar

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Interesting facts

Andolan is a 1951 Indian socio-political film directed by Phani Majumdar and produced by Harnam Motwane. The film stars Kishore Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, and Sheikh Mukhtar in lead roles. The music was composed by Pannalal Ghosh. The film portrays the spirit of India's post-independence social movements and the aspirations of a newly free nation.

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