17 AUGUST 2013 | FILM SCREENING | THE SATURDAY EVENING SHOW IN COLLABORATION WITH NAZARIYA

Sardar is a biopic on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel written by Vijay Tendulkar. The film stars Paresh Rawal as Sardar Patel, Annu Kapoor as Mahatma Gandhi, Benjamin Gilani as Jawaharlal Nehru, Sri Vallabh Vyas as Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Tom Alter as Lord Mountbatten of Burma and H.M. Patel himself as H.M. Patel. It shows how Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s views changed about Mahatma Gandhi and led him to play an instrumental role in India’s freedom struggle, handling the problems posed by Kashmir, Hyderabad, and Junagadh.

SOURCE: CONFLICTORIUM ARCHIVES