Raagdesh

Raag Desh
Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia
Produced by Gurdeep Singh Sappal
Written by Pramod Singh, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Screenplay by Tigmanshu Dhulia
Starring Kunal Kapoor,
Amit Sadh,
Mohit Marwah,
Vijay Verma,
Mrudula Murali,
Kenny Basumatary,
Hikaru Ito,
Jatin Singh Kindra
Music by Rana Mazumder,
Siddharth Pandit,
Revant
Dharma Vish (Background score)
Cinematography Rishi Punjabi
Edited by Geeta Singh
Production
company
Distributed by UFO Moviez
Release date
  • July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28)

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Country India
Language Hindi
Budget 10 crore

Raag Desh is an Indian Film Directed by National Award winning Director Tigmanshu Dhulia and Produced by Gurdeep Singh Sappal & RSTV.[2] [3][4] The film is based on Indian National Army trials, the joint court martial of Indian National Army officers Colonel Prem Sehgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, Major Shah Nawaz Khan.[5] Mohit Marwah, Amit Sadh and Kunal Kapoor respectively, have played the lead roles in the film.[3][4] Rishi Punjabi is the cinematographer of the film. The film was released on July 28, 2017[1]

Plot

The film is a period drama, based on the Indian National Army set up by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and the war to liberate India from the British Government which was fought on the shores of the Irrawaddy in Burma.

The British Government called the soldiers of the INA "renegades and japanese stooges", and a trial was held at the Red Fort in Delhi, which was called the Red Fort Trials of 1945. Raag Desh brings to life that epic trial which paved the way for India's freedom.

Cast

Production

The first schedule was shot in Mumbai in the month of July 2016 and the Red fort trial court room set was erected. The second extensive schedule was canned in Nov and Dec 2016 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. where the war zone terrain in Burma was set up and also Delhi where shooting took place in Saleemgarh area inside Redfort where the INA soldiers were held captive. Shooting also took place in areas around Chandni Chowk. The third and final schedule shot from 16 April 2017 in Mumbai again.

Release Date

The film was released on July 28.[6]

Filming

The entire film has been shot on a dual camera using Anamorphic lenses to give a special look to it.

Facts

All vignettes, facts and figures have been used after months of thorough research. Surviving war heroes, their family members, books of research, archives and war memorial data was consulted to write the script. A team of researchers worked for almost one year to gather all the information before the actual writing process started.

Soundtrack

Track No Song Singer(s) Composer Writer
1 Hawaon Mein Woh Aag Hai Shreya Ghoshal, K.K. Rana Mazumder Sandeep Nath
2 Tujhe Namaami Ho Shreya Ghoshal, K.K., Sunidhi Chauhan, Rana Mazumder Rana Mazumder Sandeep Nath
3 Ghar Chaado (Bengali) Shreya Ghoshal, Rana Mazumder Rana Mazumder Rana Mazumder
4 Teri Zameen Shriya Pareek, Revant Shergill Siddharth Pandit Revant Shergill

References

  1. 1 2 "Raag Desh Trailer: Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Mohit Marwah As Azad Hind Faujis On Trial". NDTV. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/raag-desh-director-tigmanshu-dhulia-i-still-cant-say-i-am-from-bombay-4751735/
  3. 1 2 "Tigmanshu Dhulia's period drama 'Raagdesh' is back on track". The Times of India. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Mrudula Murali to make Bollywood debut with Raag Desh". The Indian Express. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Raag Desh is India’s family portrait: Tigmanshu Dhulia". Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tigmanshu Dhulia's Raagdesh to release on July 28". Hindustan Times. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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