Rising, The - Ballad Of Mangal Pandey
Set during the Sepoy Mutiny. During a particularly fierce battle, Mangal Pandey saves the life of his Britsh Commander, and despite the differences in rank and race, a strong bond is formed. The friendship is tested, however, when a new rifle is introduced... Read more
| Starring | Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens, Rani Mukherjee, Amisha Patel |
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| Director | Ketan Mehta |
| Genres | Drama |
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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Utterly Enjoyable!
It might not be an accurate historical representation of events, but it is not a history book after all. This is just pure entertainment with all the Bollywood bits but done surprisingly well. Acting is great, Aamir Khan looks unrecognisable. Songs are lovely. It is worth watching if for the costumes alone. Overall, great pleasure to watch, keeps you on the edge of your seat, brings tears to your eyes and makes you laugh (watch out for the scene with Pandey and 'gora' full of bhang and singing). There is an air of quality about this movie which is very impressive. Greatly recommended.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
well done but still not quite there...
A subject full of drama handled beautifully in parts but the female characters are not done justice in creation. Songs seem superfluous and the latter half could have been made more gripping than it is. The build up to the start of the war lacks the adrenalin except for Aamir's performance. Surely the throbbing anticipation of the time could have been captured better. However, Amir Khan and Toby stephens are the highlights and some of the scenes in which they both appear are wonderful to watch. It has the ability to bring out a lump in your throat and tears but overall the film falls surprisingly short of the heights it could have reached.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Amir Khan...noooooooo
Considering his superb performance in earlier hits - Dil Chahta Hai and Lagaan - the Mangal Pandey story doesnt suit Amir Khan. The portrayal of Mangal Pandey looks too artificial and shabbily handled at times. And all those songs with prostitues....
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
well done but still not quite there...
A subject full of drama handled beautifully in parts but the female characters are not done justice in creation. Songs seem superfluous and the latter half could have been made more gripping than it is. The build up to the start of the war lacks the adrenalin except for Aamir's performance. Surely the throbbing anticipation of the time could have been captured better. However, Amir Khan and Toby stephens are the highlights and some of the scenes in which they both appear are wonderful to watch. It has the ability to bring out a lump in your throat and tears but overall the film falls surprisingly short of the heights it could have reached.
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Loved It
Absolutely Loved It!!!!!
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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Utterly Enjoyable!
It might not be an accurate historical representation of events, but it is not a history book after all. This is just pure entertainment with all the Bollywood bits but done surprisingly well. Acting is great, Aamir Khan looks unrecognisable. Songs are lovely. It is worth watching if for the costumes alone. Overall, great pleasure to watch, keeps you on the edge of your seat, brings tears to your eyes and makes you laugh (watch out for the scene with Pandey and 'gora' full of bhang and singing). There is an air of quality about this movie which is very impressive. Greatly recommended.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
well done but still not quite there...
A subject full of drama handled beautifully in parts but the female characters are not done justice in creation. Songs seem superfluous and the latter half could have been made more gripping than it is. The build up to the start of the war lacks the adrenalin except for Aamir's performance. Surely the throbbing anticipation of the time could have been captured better. However, Amir Khan and Toby stephens are the highlights and some of the scenes in which they both appear are wonderful to watch. It has the ability to bring out a lump in your throat and tears but overall the film falls surprisingly short of the heights it could have reached.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Amir Khan...noooooooo
Considering his superb performance in earlier hits - Dil Chahta Hai and Lagaan - the Mangal Pandey story doesnt suit Amir Khan. The portrayal of Mangal Pandey looks too artificial and shabbily handled at times. And all those songs with prostitues....
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Brillient
This is a film worth watching, it deplicts the rise of india in its first steps to independence from the British Raj.
The Casting is well done, and the parts acted brillently. Amair Khan shows that is is able to play and carry a seriouse role and portay his caracters emotions.
The only down side to the film is that Rani Mukerjee only has a small part in the film but its always worth wathcing her films.
Note also that some of the songs are resung in the film with different tempo's and help carry the film as they tend to act as a intro to whats happenining in the film.
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Wondeful
Very interesting movie. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Terrible film that distorts history
i'm a fan of amir khan's previous films so i rented this one but was very dissapointed with the film.
the story is based on events which did not directly influence the indian mutiny and captain gardner was an american mercinary who served under maharaja ranjit singh of punjab and would never have met mangal pandey.
the story is irrelevant and inacurate and as a result the film does not carry itself with the authority most patriotic films do. -
good but not brilliant
no sense of continuity in the movie - could have been better!
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Good Movie
It is a good movie can be watched once.
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average
Technically very sound (for a bollywood film) but the film itself is not a patch on amir khan's Lagaan. Lacked passion in the film.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Shame I do'nt have multi region.
from the write up this looked like a good film, how ever when it was delivered we tryed to play it and found that the film would not work on our dvd player.
Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop
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Rising, The - Ballad Of Mangal Pandey
Set during the Sepoy Mutiny. During a particularly fierce battle, Mangal Pandey saves the life of his Britsh Commander, and despite the differences in rank and race, a strong bond is formed. The friendship is tested, however, when a new rifle is introduced......
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