Ek Krantiveer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke

Vasudev Balwant Phadke's sacrifice rekindled the dying flames of the 1857 Uprising and he came to be worshipped as the foremost revolutionary of the nation. Watch the movie to find out how he fought against all odds. Born in Maharashtra, British India, on November 4, 1845, Vasudev grows up in a farming community of Shirdhon near Kalyan. After completing his education, he goes to work for the Finance Ministry but is enraged when he is refused permission to visit his ailing mother. He turns his rage against the British, who had recently crushed uprisings from Tatya Tope, Jhansi's Rani, and Mangal Pandey. He is forced to flee and don the guise of Kashikar Baba but faces betrayal by his very own people, is arrested, tried, found guilty, and exiled to Eden, Africa, where he will soon attempt to escape, then try and return home to continue his struggle against the British. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)