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The Legend of Bhagat Singh, which is a biographical period film, has completed 19 years from its release. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, the movie features Ajay Devgn as Bhagat Singh – a freedom fighter who fought for Indian independence along with fellow members of the Hindustan Republic Association.
As the movie completes 19 years, Ajay Devgn took to social media and panned down a thoughtful post about Bhagat Singh. “It is not sufficient to play a revolutionary like Bhagat Singhji, once in your lifetime & career. You need to keep him there constantly… After all, these are those who wrote history with their blood”, the actor tweeted.
It is not sufficient to play a revolutionary like Bhagat Singhji, once in your lifetime & career. You need to keep him there constantly…
After all, these are those who wrote history with their 🩸#19YearsOfTheLegendOfBhagatSingh#RajkumarSantoshi pic.twitter.com/xTr5iYF8ga— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) June 7, 2021
Apart from Ajay Devgn, the movie also starred Sushant Singh, D. Santosh, Akhilendra Mishra, and Amrita Rao as the other lead characters while Raj Babbar and Farida Jalal played supporting roles. The music of the film, which is still one of the best albums, was composed by A. R. Rahman.
The movie received a positive response for the direction, story, screenplay, and performances of Devgn and Sushant receiving the most attention, however, it underperformed at the box office, grossing only approx Rs. 110 million in the budget of around Rs. 180 million. It went on to win two National Film Awards – Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Actor for Ajay Devgn.