The Rising: Ballad of Mangal PandeyMark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, military, biography, history |
Year | 2005 |
Country | India |
Premiere | |
Box | in world | $8 142 076 | USA | $954 108 | In other countries | $7 187 968 |
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DVD | 21.07.2009 |
Duration | 02:30 |
Storyline
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.