Mangal Pandey - The Rising
6.0(71) 2005-08-12 150 minDramaHistory
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.
DirectorKetan Mehta
ScreenplayFarrukh Dhondy
ProducerBobby Bedi
ProducerKetan Mehta
ProducerDeepa Sahi
Original Music ComposerA.R. Rahman
Cast & characters
Aamir Khan
as Mangal Pandey
Rani Mukerji
as Heera
Toby Stephens
as Captain William Gordon
Ameesha Patel
as Jwala
Om Puri
as Narrator (uncredited)
Kirron Kher
as Lol Bibi
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Ben Nealon
as Captain Hewson
Habib Tanvir
as Bahadur Shah Zafar
Varsha Usgaonkar
as Rani Laxmibai
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Shrirang Godbole
as Nana Saheb
Kenneth Cranham
as Mr. Kent
Albert Welling
as Lord Charles Canning
Tom Alter
as Watson
Mukesh Tiwari
as Bakht Khan
Shahbaz Khan
as Azimullah Khan
Deepraj Rana
as Tatya Tope
Sanjay Swaraj
as Jemadar Ishwari Prasad
Murali Sharma
as Shaikh Paltu
Lalit Tiwari
as Dawar Ali
Anupam Shyam
as —
Simon Chandler
as Officer Lockwood
Christopher Adamson
as General Anson
Disha Vakani
as Yasmin
Subrat Dutta
as Parmanand Jha
