Veer Savarkar (film)

Veer Savarkar
Veer Savarkar
Directed by	Ved Rahi
Written by	Ved Rahi
Produced by	Sudhir Phadke
Starring	Shailendra Gaur; Pankaj Berry; Tom Alter; Hemant Birje; Rohitash Gaud;
Cinematography	Sameer Athalye
Music by	Sudhir Phadke
Production; company	Savarkar Darshan Prathisthan
Release date	16 November 2001;
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Veer Savarkar is a

Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi.^[4]

The film was screened retrospective on August 13, 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian

Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.^[5]^[6] Produced by Sudhir Phadke who also composed music for this, it has been directed by Ved Rahi. Prabhakar Mone has been its chief production controller. The film reported a collection of 81 lakhs at box-office against a budget of 40 lakhs.^[7]

Cast

Shailendra Gaur as Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Surendra Rajan as
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Navni Parihar as Mai Savarkar
Sushmeena Parihar as Savarkar's son
Mrinal Kulkarni
Pankaj Berry as Madan Lal Dhingra
Ram Awana
Rohitash Gaud as Ganesh Damodar Savarkar

Arun Shekhar

Tom Alter
Bob Christo
Sunil Shende
Arun Bakshi
Supriya Karni
Madhusudan Tamhane^[3]

Production

This film was produced by Savarkar Darshan Prathisthan^[4] under the president-ship of Sudhir Phadke.^[2] A Times of India story dated 18 September 2001 quotes Prabhakar Mone; "more than 10000 people contributed from Rs. Five to Rs. Fifty lakh. Four years back, our present prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee himself helped in raising Rs. 30 lakh for the movie by giving a lecture in the US... Prominent singers like Asha Bhosle, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi and Anup Jalota also aided in fund-raising."^[8]

The

D. M. Mirasdar who was the tenth script writer engaged. The other directors involved were Rajdatta, Basu Bhattacharya, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Ved Rahi, Pradeep Dikshit and Prabhakar Pendharkar. Script-writers earlier working on the project were G. R. Kamat, Ved Rahi, Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Vasant Deo and Shrinivas Joshi.^[2]

Release

It premiered on 16 November 2001, in Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagpur and six other Indian cities.[3] On 28 May 2012 its Gujarati language version was released by the chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi. This version was released on DVD format.^[4]

Reception

Anjum N reviewing the film for Rediff.com notes that though the film took a long time to produce this time lag is not evident. He also mentions the film publicity brochures that declare the film as "financed 'by the people'".^[9]

The film had a silver jubilee run at Plaza cinema, Mumbai and Pune's Prabhat cinema.^[10]

The Government of Goa, gave the film a "tax-free status"^[11]

References

^ "Narendra Modi dedicates Gujarati version of Veer Savarkar film". DNA India. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Historic delay hits Savarkar film". The Indian Express (Online). New Delhi: The Indian Express Limited. 30 September 1998. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chaware, Dilip (23 October 2001). "After delays, Veer Savarkar to premier on Nov 16". The Times of India. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Narendra Modi dedicates Gujarati version of Veer Savarkar film". DNA (Online). Mumbai: Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ "Pune: A film festival that celebrates freedom". The Indian Express. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ "70th Independence Day" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016.
^ https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2010
^ "First ever film on Veer Savarkar to be released". The Times of India. Mumbai. 18 September 2001. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ N, Anjum (30 November 2001). "A portrait of a patriot". rediff MOVIES. Mumbai: Rediff.com. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ Chaware, Dilip (27 May 2002). "War cries echo at film bash". The Times of India. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
^ Kumar, Vidyut (30 August 2002). "Veer Savarkar film given tax free status". The Times of India (online). Mumbai: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

External links

Veer Savarkar at
IMDb

[1] "Narendra Modi dedicates Gujarati version of Veer Savarkar film". DNA India. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[IE-19980930-2] "Historic delay hits Savarkar film". The Indian Express (Online). New Delhi: The Indian Express Limited. 30 September 1998. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[TOI-20011023-3] Chaware, Dilip (23 October 2001). "After delays, Veer Savarkar to premier on Nov 16". The Times of India. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[DNA-20120528-4] "Narendra Modi dedicates Gujarati version of Veer Savarkar film". DNA (Online). Mumbai: Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[5] "Pune: A film festival that celebrates freedom". The Indian Express. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[6] "70th Independence Day" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2016.

[7] ttps://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2010

[TOI-20010918-8] "First ever film on Veer Savarkar to be released". The Times of India. Mumbai. 18 September 2001. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[Rediff-20011130-9] N, Anjum (30 November 2001). "A portrait of a patriot". rediff MOVIES. Mumbai: Rediff.com. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[TOI_20020527-10] Chaware, Dilip (27 May 2002). "War cries echo at film bash". The Times of India. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

[TOI-20020830-11] Kumar, Vidyut (30 August 2002). "Veer Savarkar film given tax free status". The Times of India (online). Mumbai: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

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