Reality: a war film that showed the strength of India not to abandon – haqeeqat a war film forged in India Stealy
In the series of memories of our old Hindi films, we remember today the film “Haqiqat”. This epic film worked as applying an ointment on the pain of the defeat of India in the Indochinal war of 1962.
Retro review: reality (1964)
Const: Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, Dynasty Priya, Vijay Anand, Sanjay Khan, Sudhir
Director: Chetan Anand
Music / lyrics: Madan Mohan, Kaifi Azmi
Box office status: press
Where can you see: YouTube
Why should you see: for the best and dangerous war scenes shot in Ladakh
The essence of history: there is a victory in each defeat
“Hakat” is not a film. It is a model for almost all war films that are in Bollywood after 1964. The border is reality. Loc Kargil is reality. Even the recent Tamil Biopian Response is reality. For example, the beginning of an era that says what happened before and after. The reality of the history of Indian cinema is a decisive moment.
A simple stylistics is followed in all war films in India. They present the characters in the film, most of them are young boys, because war is mainly a tragedy, where you have to bury your youth. The story of the film is made up of the background of these boys. In this, their dreams and expectations are added. Then, the songs linked to fraternity are put in love, separation and military camps. And then he has war, with a ruthless, inhuman and cruel enemy. As a director of reality, Chetan Anand told Satyajit Ray, a war film is a life, a love, a hatred and a death.
Chetan Anand made this mosaic with philosophical beauty. At the same time, he invented poems in the midst of destruction, added touching moments at the heart to the saga of value. His songs took pain and sacrifice at a height and made them stand. And then he showed war without any filter for two hours. This war was full of intensity. He had deserts from Ladakh in black and white, high mountains and deep lakes. If there was no tragedy on this subject, reality would have the power to put you in love with war.
Film script
It is impossible to live a lost war again. It’s like your personal sorrow. His embarrassment makes you mind. His pain hurts you like a snake. It was therefore a subject of courage to make a film on the defeat of India in the 1962 Indochinal war of 1962. And that too when the wounds of people were green. It was like sprinkling with salt on these injuries. But Chetan Anand picked up soldiers and showed the bravery and the value of the army in defeat, death and retirement. The story of the film was somewhat based on war in Rejang. The reality shows the bravery of a handful of Indian soldiers in front of Chinese soldiers in Ladakh.
The Rejang War was waged by 13 Kumaon soldiers. His chef was Major Shaitan Singh Bhati. On November 18, 1962, our brave soldiers were fighting a war with China in the cold cold. Even before his dawn in this war, Chinese soldiers attacked. In such a situation, 120 to 140 Indian soldiers fought for about 5 hours until their last. Major Shaitan Singh had many bullets in this fight, but he refused to retreat. He received the param vir chakra for his courage. The saga of its value is always recited in the villages of Rajasthan.
In reality, the character of Dharmendra, Captain Bahadur Singh, begins a valuable fight, which gives an Indian battalion a chance to leave a camp. There is a danger of attack on this battalion. In this battle of Captain Bahadur Singh, he gave him a soldier and a local girl (Priya dynasty) whom he wants to marry.
But reality is also a political film. In this, the disgust of India from the sudden brutal war of China is also shown. The character of Balraj Sahni in a critical scene also China for betrayal. He said, “We have supported him internationally. We took care of the five principles of peace. We welcomed him by putting a red carpet for his leaders (the head of China Zhou Enlai), even asked him to paint our soldiers in the color of the value. And they shoot the same soldiers on the chest. In this scene from Balraj Sahni in the film, photos of real life have also been shown.
The poems of Kaifi Azmi
Indian history has obtained two best songs with the embarrassing defeat of India in the 1962 battle. Many things were written on the song of Lata MANGESHKAR “Aye Mere Watan Ke People”, which was a vocal kokila. A lullaby touching the heart, which filled the hearts of listeners. One day, we will certainly recite the poet of the writer Pradeep and the heritage of the composer C Ramacha will one day. Currently, Kaifi Azmi must be celebrated to write two of the best patriotic cinema songs. He gave the two songs in Chetan Anand’s films.
The reality ends with “Kar Chale Hum Fida” written by Kaifi Azmi. In this song written by Les Martyrs, the song “Mera Rang by Basanti Chola” was played by the song “Mera Rang by Basanti Chola”, sung by Bhagat Singh in the film Shaheed (1965). Each line soaked in the blood of renunciation, full of juice of value, completely reveals patriotism. See this Antara itself:
The breath stopped, shooting
Still does not leave the step of growth
Cut your head, our head is not sorrow
We don’t let the Himalaya bow
Banking colleagues continued to die
Now you have handed over your homeland colleagues
Before the arrival of the final credit of reality, India is written behind the soldiers. In the voice of the word of Kaifi Azmi Mohammad Rafi with these passionate visuals, this song fills the spirit of never abandoning in you. This song was an appropriate tribute to courageous Indians, a symphony of flexibility, a courageous invitation for the embrace of martyrdom.
