Mangal Pandey - The Rising

Name: Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Director: Ketan Mehta
Released: 2005
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed, Ameesha Patel

2005 · 150 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 10,738 VOTES · DIR. Ketan Mehta

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,285 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:37 Hearken o' people...

00:07:59 Rivers of blood will flow

00:15:12 And we shoulder the burden of the white man without complaint

00:19:46 Here we are, I know you're hungry

00:26:13 Bastards! Which bastard did this?

00:30:11 for a penny, a penny, it's all for sale

00:33:09 Get one thing straight, girl, I am Lol Bibi

00:37:06 But now Nana Saheb will make the Company pay

00:42:48 Just because you speak a little English, you think you're a bloody white man?

00:48:36 You're safe here

00:52:45 I must quieten your displeasure and pay a fine. 300 pounds in gold?

00:59:22 Oh, what a price I'm paying for having trusted you...

01:07:23 that you have been compromising senior officers

01:15:38 That philanderer, that scoundrel

01:21:39 My entire community will shun me

01:27:58 Nine

01:35:00 For too long our minds have rusted in the service of foreign masters

01:41:13 You are aware how the Company has, through treachery and force...

01:45:33 It's Holi!

01:52:17 But the kings need time to prepare. - Time is what we don't have

01:57:26 On the riverbank, I saw it myself

02:03:57 the rebellion dies before it is born. We can't let that happen

02:10:52 Now... we are all untouchables in our own land

02:15:08 That would put to an end the Company Raj.

Cast & Characters

Aamir Khan Sepoy Mangal Pandey Rani Mukerji Heera Toby Stephens Captain William Gordon Coral Beed Emily Ameesha Patel Jwala Kirron Kher Lol Bibi Om Puri Narrator Ben Nealon Hewson Habib Tanvir Bahadur Shah Zafar Varsha Usgaonkar Rani Laxmibai

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,285

Dialogue density8.6 lines / min

First line00:01:37

Final line02:15:08

Production Record

DirectorKetan Mehta

LanguageHindi

Budget$70,000,000

Revenue$7,250,000

IMDb votes10,738