The Rising (scheduled to be released in 2005) is an Indian movie based on the life of Mangal Pandey, an Indian soldier in the 1857 Revolt against the British. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Mangal Pandey(b-?????-d 8 April 1857)Born in village Nagwa District Ballia, Mangal Pandey was one of the leaders in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 or the First War of Independence against the East India Company rule in India. ... 1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising and rebellions in mostly northern and central India against British colonial rule on the subcontinent. ...

Aamir Khan, a leading Bollywood actor, plays the lead role of Mangal Pandey. Mangal Pandey was a sepoy who sparked the rebellion of 1857. Subsequently the mutiny was called "The Sepoy Mutiny" or "The Sepoy Rebellion" by most of the English-speaking world, while Indians referred to it as the "First War of Independence". Aamir Khan Aamir Khan (born Aamir Hussain Khan, March 14, 1965, in Mumbai, India), is one of the most prominent actors on the Bollywood scene. ... Typical Bollywood Movie Poster Bollywood is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based film industry in India. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A sepoy (from Persian سپاهی Sepâhi meaning soldier) was a native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, usually of the United Kingdom. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Synopsis

The Rising is an epic tale of friendship, love, loss and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. This sweeping epic is based on real historical events, seen as a trigger for Indian independence. It has been filmed in India over 6 months with a mix of British and Indian cast. British colonial rulers are plundering the country for all its worth, treating the locals unjustly and causing widespread resentment. Worst of all they are using the Indians as sepoys, the infantry of the army, to control and regulate the population.

After a hundred years of subjugation, India is awakening to the revolutionary prospect of change and self-rule.

During a fierce battle in the Afghan wars of the mid-century, Mangal (Aamir Khan), an heroic sepoy, rescues his British commanding officer William Gordon (Toby Stephens). The event creates a strong friendship and binding loyalty between them that transcends consideration of rank and race.

The friendship is soon challenged, first by arrival of a charming and beautiful young aristocrat, Emily Kent (Coral Beed), and then by the introduction of controversial new gun cartridges among the troops. The relationship is complicated further when Gordon saves a beautiful young native girl, Jwala (Amisha Patel), from the funeral pyre of her late husband, and falls in love with her.

The new cartridges require soldiers to bite through their greased casing, made of animal fat of cows and pigs, and suspicion spreads that the British are ignoring religious beliefs in favor of cheap ammunition, and polluting their Muslim and Hindu soldiers. Gordon assures Mangal that the cartridges are free from pollution and demonstrating his total trust in Gordon, Mangal bites the cartridge. The soldiers soon discover that the cartridges really are greased by animal fat and the rumour of this imposed pollution is the spark that ignites the powder keg of resentment in the country. Mutiny breaks out, with Mangal growing in stature in his attempt to lead the Indian people to freedom. Religion—sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, and institutions associated with such belief. ... Islam  listen? (Arabic: al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second largest religion. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

In summation, The Rising tells the tale of friends, lovers and enemies, exploiters and exploited, and the growth and awareness of a man and a nation.

Cast and Crew

Aamir Khan as Mangal Pandey Aamir Khan Aamir Khan (born Aamir Hussain Khan, March 14, 1965, in Mumbai, India), is one of the most prominent actors on the Bollywood scene. ...

Rani Mukherji as Heera Rani Mukerji (born March 21, 1978), is an Indian actress of Bengali origin. ...

Coral Beed as Emily Kent

Kiron Kher as Lol Bibi

Amisha Patel as Jwala Amisha Patel Amisha Patel (born 9 June 1979) is an Indian actress. ...

Toby Stephens as Captain William Gordon Toby Stephens (born April 21, 1969, Middlesex hospital, London) is a British actor best known for his role as Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond movie Die Another Day. ...

-Director- Ketan Mehta Ketan Mehta - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

-Writing credits- Farrukh Dhondy

-Genre- Drama / War

-Producer- Bobby Bedi (Producer) Laurens C. Postma (Executive Producer)

-Original Music- by A.R. Rahman A. R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman, born January 6, 1967 as A.S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, India, is a popular Indian film music composer. ...

-Cinematographer- Himman Dhamija

-Film Editor- A. Sreekar Prasad

-Art Director- Nitin Desai

-Production Manager- Vishal Sood

-Second Unit Director or Assistant Director- Siddhartha Luther (Third Assistant Director) Mick Ward (First Assistant Director)

-Visual Effects- by Brynley Cadman

-Other Crew- Mulchand Dedhia (Gaffer)

-Production Companies- Kaleidoscope Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. [in]

-Distributors- Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd.

-Other Companies- b.inc VFX Production Services

External Links

For more information, [The Rising Microsite]

• The Rising at the Internet Movie Database