To observe the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, Ketan Mehta’s film ‘Sardar’ was screened at Shaurya Smarak on Tuesday.
The movie was screened at the open air auditorium of Shaurya Smarak. Sardar is a 1993 Indian biopic on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest freedom fighters, directed by Ketan Mehta and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar and featuring Paresh Rawal as Sardar Vallabh Bhai.
The film is basically an account of Vallbhbhai Patel's political life while India was taking first steps as an independent country. The film begins with young Sardar Patel playing cards with his friends and ridiculing Mahatma Gandhi and his policies to achieve independence. His views change however when he is introduced to Gandhi by his brother and upon listening to a lecture delivered by Gandhi, he joins him in his struggle. Sardar then successfully organises various Satyagrahas throughout Gujarat. The film then moves to the age of the Quit India Movement and India's freedom.
Sardar is instrumental in convincing the working committee of the INC and Nehru to accept a proposal for the partition of India when riots break out on the league's call for Direct Action. Sardar realizes that not tackling the problem now might result in civil war in the country.
Once the partition has been accepted, Sardar then works to get all the princely states to join the Union of India, the film accurately depicts his handling of the problems posed by the princely states of Kashmir, Junnagad and Hyderabad. The movie in short captures all the important events from Sardar Patel’s life.
Prior to film screening, Police Force, NCC cadets, Navy cadets and Air Cadets did a march past paying tribute to Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.