You guys throw the word propaganda around way too much it's irritating. Shut up PLEASE.
We've always read one perspective of gandhi and the freedom movement in our textbooks; the positive one. The one that praises the hell out of gandhi and nehru. BUT the actual situations back then and the many people who all took part in freeing the motherland are topics that are undoubtedly more nuanced than the digestible small paragraphs we grew up memorizing. This movie showcases a man whose name hasn't been popularised in history even though he contributed to our freedom. That is NOT propaganda.
I don't understand people saying savarkar as a man and his complexity weren't captured when the entire film revolves around him honestly talking about his unshakeable belief in violence and training the youth to achieve an armed revolution. It even showed the people that followed his society and killed many of the british officers were very young men whose lives were cut short and his statements that all citizens of hind are hindus even if they're of different religions which is a very problematic statement. He was a troubled man with many problems who, throughout his life, struggled for freedom and the movie portrayed him exactly as such 🤷♀️. In my belief, the movie was very honest about the kind of thinking savarkar had and didn't sugarcoat it at all.
The cinematography and camerawork were very interesting. Some scenes did feel out of place but overall it was good. Nothing insanely amazing though.
Randeep hooda's acting was noteworthy. His direction could be improved, but for a debut film, it IS good.
Valid criticisms of this movie (in my opinion) is that it's flow wasn't as cohesive as it should've been and it was a little too long to keep the audience hooked in fully. It captured savarkar's ideologies and passion and did have beautiful dialogues meant to evoke feelings of patriotism in the audience, but this was not consistent. The movie would've been better if the writing didn't seem all over the place.
Other than these things. It is a well made movie.
