We had informed earlier that Ajay Devgn and Rajkumar
Santoshi are gearing up make movies on the same subject-the epic Battle Of
Sargarhi, which took place in 1897 and though not much was known about
Santoshi's movie cast then, we have now learned that the filmmaker has signed
up Haryanvi hunk Randeep Hooda to play the hero Havaldar Ishar Singh.
The mahurat shot will be taken with Randeep at the Saragarhi
Gurudwara in Amritsar on September 12th, and sources close to the unit state
that Randeep will be going through extensive training and will be studying Sikh
history. The movie will be shot on locations of Chandigarh, Punjab other
northern regions and international locations. Wave Cinemas CEO Rahul Mittra told,
“We have signed Randeep Hooda for a three-film deal and Battle of Saragarhi
will be the first to go on floor." Battle of Saragarhi was fought before
the Tirah Campaign on 12 September 1897 between 21 Sikhs of the 36th Sikh
Regiment (now the 4th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment) of British India,
defending an army post, and more than 10,000 Afghani and Orakzai tribesmen.
For those who do not know this, the Battle at Saragarhi is
one of eight stories of collective bravery published by UNESCO (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). It has been mentioned as
one of the five most significant events of its kind in the world which includes
the Battle of Thermopylae associated with the heroic stand of a small Greek
force against the mighty Persian Army of Xerxes I in 480 B.C.
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