Kranti
The film takes place in the 19th Century British India and is the story of the fight for independence from the British between 1825 and 1875. The film tells the story of men that lead the war against…
Kranti
The film takes place in the 19th Century British India and is the story of the fight for independence from the British between 1825 and 1875. The film tells the story of men that lead the war against British Rule: Sanga (Dilip Kumar), Bharat (Manoj Kumar) known as Kranti, a prince Shakti (Shashi Kapoor) and a freedom fighter (Shatrughan Sinha). Sanga is an honest and dedicated employee in the kingdom of Ramgarh, owing allegiance and loyalty to no one except Raja Laxman Singh (P. Jairaj). When Laxman Singh conditionally permits the British to use the port for trading purposes, Sangha finds out that the British are taking out gold and jewelry and bringing in ammunition, and puts a stop to this. He goes to report this outrage to Laxman Singh, only to find him stabbed to death. Sanga is charged with treason and of killing Laxman Singh. Sangha was betrayed by Laxman's brother Shamsher (Pradeep Kumar) and his brother-in-law Shambhu (Prem Chopra), who wants to see Shamsher on the throne of Ramgarh. SAngha is forced to accept charges of treason when Shambhu captures his wife Radha (Nirupa Roy) and son. Sentenced to death, he escapes (Before escaping he cuts off Shambhu's arm with which he killed his unborn baby) and forms a group of revolutionaries who have only one goal - to drive the British out of India. But the baby is born by miracle of God. Sanga doesn't know it as he has escaped the kingdom. Shambhu goes after Sanga's unprotected family. Sanga's elder son is saved by Sanga's friend & is named Bharat (Manoj Kumar). Meanwhile his younger son is saved by the palace maid, who puts the baby as the new born child of Laxman's sister Queen Charumati (Shashikala) (who has had 3 dead kids so far). The younger child grows up to be prince Shakti (Shashi Kapoor). Sanga captures a British ship and becomes a pirate to disrupt their sea based supply chains. This group multiplies into several armies, all united with one slogan - an Independent India, also known as Kranti. Bharat (Manoj Kumar) starts his own army which has Sureeli (Parveen Babi), Sheetal (Sarika) and Kareem Khan (Shatrughan Sinha). Kareem is captured by Shamsher and his forces. Bharat rescues Kareem before he is killed. In response Shamsher appoints Shakti his new commander of the armed forces. Shamsher's own son Prince (Dheeraj Kumar) is very pissed with this decision, but Shamsher explains he did this, so no-one would accuse him of bias when he appoints Prince to be the new King. Rajkumari Meenakshi (Hema Malini) is en-route to Ramgarh to wed Prince. She is arrogant and is imprisoned by Bharat, when her commander Darmiyan Singh (Manmohan) tries to rape Sureeli. Bharat decides to send Sureeli as the princess to Ramgarh, to infiltrate the enemy camp. Meanwhle Bharat rescues slaves from a British mining settlement, which includes Radha. Without knowing, mother and son are united. Bharat shows Meenakshi how British have tortured Indians to further their own business interests. Meenakshi converts to helping Bharat. Based on Sureeli's intelligence, Bharat stops Shakti from transporting India art and religious treasures to Britain. He spares Shakti's life in the process. Meenakshi is in love with Bharat, but Sureeli secretly loves him too. Bharat and Sanga are known as Kranti.. to turn public opinion against Kranti, British, with Shambhu start carrying our rapes and other atrocities in the name of Kranti. Sheetal is raped and killed in her village during one such revenge raid. This leads Bharat and Sanga to blame each other for the crimes. The two Kranti's have a showdown and fight with swords when Shakti shows up and arrests them both. Meenakshi and Kareem join forces to rescue Sanga and Bharat, but Sureeli's father is killed in the process. Sureeli is also killed by Shambhu when he realizes that she is not Princess Meenakshi. Shakti again captures Bharat (when he tracks the horse carriage used by Sureeli to come to the Ramgarh palace, it leads him to Bharat's hideout) and makes him a slave on a British ship. Bharat finds Kareem in the ship's hold. Meenakshi becomes a slave girl on the same ship. They convert the ship's slave master to their side and eventually kill all the Brits. Meanwhile Sanga confronts Shakti and defeats him in a sword fight. Sanga spares his life and rides away, but Shambhu shoots at his back and misses. Sanga thinks Shakti shot at him as a coward. Meanwhile the palace maid is dying and tells Shakti that Charutmati is not his mother and his real mom is Radha. As Shakti reunites with his mom, he is captured by Sanga. Radha follows Shakti and is reunited with Sanga. Radha meets Bharat and asks him to rescue Shakti (who has been kidnapped by Kranti, not knowing Sanga is Kranti). Bharat intervenes before Sanga can kill Shakti (Sanga is intent to punish Shakti even knowing that Shakti is his son). They all escape when the Brits attack Sanga's hideout and Shakti saves them Shambhu basically kidnaps Radha and Meenakshi, forcing Sanga and Bharat to join forces and attack the fort. At the fort Radha runs into the palace maid who tells her that Bharat is her elder son. Kareem sacrifices himself to fire an old cannon that brings down the door of the fort. Sanga heads towards the palace as Shambhu is taking Meenakshi and Radha there. Sanga rescues them and Meenakshi stays with Sanga, while Shakti goes with Radha to find Bharat who is trying to silence the cannons aimed at the villagers. Meenakshi goes into labor. Sanga takes Meenakshi away from the cannons where she can give birth. Meanwhile Bharat sacrifices himself to silence the cannons. Sanga leads Meenakshi to Radha, where she has already given birth. Before dying Bharat uses the cannons to injure Shambhu and the British garrison posted at Ramgarh. Shambhu turns one cannon towards Bharat and delivers a deadly blow. Bharat dies in the arms of his parents after kissing his son. Yrs later, Bharat's son kills Shambhu and avenges the death of his father.
Kranti
Action,Adventure,Drama
Film Details
The film takes place in the 19th Century British India and is the story of the fight for independence from the British between 1825 and 1875. The film tells the story of men that lead the war against British Rule: Sanga (Dilip Kumar), Bharat (Manoj Kumar) known as Kranti, a prince Shakti (Shashi Kapoor) and a freedom fighter (Shatrughan Sinha). Sanga is an honest and dedicated employee in the kingdom of Ramgarh, owing allegiance and loyalty to no one except Raja Laxman Singh (P.
Jairaj). When Laxman Singh conditionally permits the British to use the port for trading purposes, Sangha finds out that the British are taking out gold and jewelry and bringing in ammunition, and puts a stop to this. He goes to report this outrage to Laxman Singh, only to find him stabbed to death.
Sanga is charged with treason and of killing Laxman Singh. Sangha was betrayed by Laxman's brother Shamsher (Pradeep Kumar) and his brother-in-law Shambhu (Prem Chopra), who wants to see Shamsher on the throne of Ramgarh. SAngha is forced to accept charges of treason when Shambhu captures his wife Radha (Nirupa Roy) and son.
Sentenced to death, he escapes (Before escaping he cuts off Shambhu's arm with which he killed his unborn baby) and forms a group of revolutionaries who have only one goal - to drive the British out of India. But the baby is born by miracle of God. Sanga doesn't know it as he has escaped the kingdom.
Shambhu goes after Sanga's unprotected family. Sanga's elder son is saved by Sanga's friend & is named Bharat (Manoj Kumar). Meanwhile his younger son is saved by the palace maid, who puts the baby as the new born child of Laxman's sister Queen Charumati (Shashikala) (who has had 3 dead kids so far).
The younger child grows up to be prince Shakti (Shashi Kapoor). Sanga captures a British ship and becomes a pirate to disrupt their sea based supply chains. This group multiplies into several armies, all united with one slogan - an Independent India, also known as Kranti.
Bharat (Manoj Kumar) starts his own army which has Sureeli (Parveen Babi), Sheetal (Sarika) and Kareem Khan (Shatrughan Sinha). Kareem is captured by Shamsher and his forces. Bharat rescues Kareem before he is killed.
In response Shamsher appoints Shakti his new commander of the armed forces. Shamsher's own son Prince (Dheeraj Kumar) is very pissed with this decision, but Shamsher explains he did this, so no-one would accuse him of bias when he appoints Prince to be the new King. Rajkumari Meenakshi (Hema Malini) is en-route to Ramgarh to wed Prince.
She is arrogant and is imprisoned by Bharat, when her commander Darmiyan Singh (Manmohan) tries to rape Sureeli. Bharat decides to send Sureeli as the princess to Ramgarh, to infiltrate the enemy camp. Meanwhle Bharat rescues slaves from a British mining settlement, which includes Radha.
Without knowing, mother and son are united. Bharat shows Meenakshi how British have tortured Indians to further their own business interests. Meenakshi converts to helping Bharat.
Based on Sureeli's intelligence, Bharat stops Shakti from transporting India art and religious treasures to Britain. He spares Shakti's life in the process. Meenakshi is in love with Bharat, but Sureeli secretly loves him too.
Bharat and Sanga are known as Kranti.. to turn public opinion against Kranti, British, with Shambhu start carrying our rapes and other atrocities in the name of Kranti. Sheetal is raped and killed in her village during one such revenge raid.
This leads Bharat and Sanga to blame each other for the crimes. The two Kranti's have a showdown and fight with swords when Shakti shows up and arrests them both. Meenakshi and Kareem join forces to rescue Sanga and Bharat, but Sureeli's father is killed in the process.
Sureeli is also killed by Shambhu when he realizes that she is not Princess Meenakshi. Shakti again captures Bharat (when he tracks the horse carriage used by Sureeli to come to the Ramgarh palace, it leads him to Bharat's hideout) and makes him a slave on a British ship. Bharat finds Kareem in the ship's hold.
Meenakshi becomes a slave girl on the same ship. They convert the ship's slave master to their side and eventually kill all the Brits. Meanwhile Sanga confronts Shakti and defeats him in a sword fight.
Sanga spares his life and rides away, but Shambhu shoots at his back and misses. Sanga thinks Shakti shot at him as a coward. Meanwhile the palace maid is dying and tells Shakti that Charutmati is not his mother and his real mom is Radha.
As Shakti reunites with his mom, he is captured by Sanga. Radha follows Shakti and is reunited with Sanga. Radha meets Bharat and asks him to rescue Shakti (who has been kidnapped by Kranti, not knowing Sanga is Kranti).
Bharat intervenes before Sanga can kill Shakti (Sanga is intent to punish Shakti even knowing that Shakti is his son). They all escape when the Brits attack Sanga's hideout and Shakti saves them Shambhu basically kidnaps Radha and Meenakshi, forcing Sanga and Bharat to join forces and attack the fort. At the fort Radha runs into the palace maid who tells her that Bharat is her elder son.
Kareem sacrifices himself to fire an old cannon that brings down the door of the fort. Sanga heads towards the palace as Shambhu is taking Meenakshi and Radha there. Sanga rescues them and Meenakshi stays with Sanga, while Shakti goes with Radha to find Bharat who is trying to silence the cannons aimed at the villagers.
Meenakshi goes into labor. Sanga takes Meenakshi away from the cannons where she can give birth. Meanwhile Bharat sacrifices himself to silence the cannons.
Sanga leads Meenakshi to Radha, where she has already given birth. Before dying Bharat uses the cannons to injure Shambhu and the British garrison posted at Ramgarh. Shambhu turns one cannon towards Bharat and delivers a deadly blow.
Bharat dies in the arms of his parents after kissing his son. Yrs later, Bharat's son kills Shambhu and avenges the death of his father..