- Country: India
- Genres: Biography, Drama, History
- Release: 2005-05-13
- Director: Shyam Benegal
- Writers: Atul Tiwari , Shama Zaidi
- Language: Hindi | English
- Stars: Vinay Anand , Ila Arun , Pankaj Berry , Nicolas Chagrin , Nalini Chatterjee , Vikrant Chaturvedi , Pradeep Kumar Das , Abha Ranjan , Kelly Dorji , Divya Dutta
- Runtime: 208 min
- Awards: 2 wins
- AKA: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero , идер Субхас Чандра Бос: Забытый герой (Russian Federation) , Bose, le heros oublié (France, French Republic) , Bose: The Forgotten Hero (India) , Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (India)
- Plot: Born in a prominent Bengali family, Subhas had dedicated much of his younger years by being actively involved in ridding the British from India. For this purpose he joined hands with stalwarts such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohandas Gandhi, but expressed his frustration, especially with Gandhi's slowgan and painstaking way of trying to win over the enemy with love. This is the reason he decided to separate from the Congress Party. The British became weary of him, placed him under arrest, but when he started a hunger strike unto death, they let him go, but kept him under surveillance. Subhas eluded the police, under the guise of Pathan Mohammad Ziauddin, crossed the Indian border in Afghanistan so that he could enter Russia and form an Indian Army to oust the British. His efforts failed, he ended up as Italian Orlando Mashtar, with an office in Germany. He did manage to convince the Nazis, despite of Hitler's views in "Main Kempf" that he preferred India to remain colonized under the British. Nevertheless he was permitted recruit Indian-born British soldiers prisoners of war, and this is how the movement began. He secretly married his German Secretary, Emily Sanken, and did earn the ire of the Germans, who wanted to keep their race pure (Caucasian). His efforts to take his army to India through Russia and Afghanistan were in vain as Adolf Hitler declared war on Russia. Leaving his German-based army, Subhas journeyed to Singapore via a submarine, from there he entered into an agreement with the Japanese. And it was with the help of the Japanese that he marched an army of approximately 8000 troops, both men and women, against the might of the British. It was here that he was informed that he had become the father of Anita. Then, fate again played a cruel hand, when America entered the war, atom-bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender unconditionally. At this point, Subhas had two alternatives: to carry on fighting against the British and their new allies, Australia and America, or just disband his army.
- IMDB:tt0349878
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero Cast · · · ALL
Shyam Benegal
Director
Sachin Khedekar
Subhas Chandra Bose
Divya Dutta
Ila Bose
Rajit Kapoor
Abid Hasan
Sonu Sood
Lt. Col. Shah Nawaz Khan
Kelly Dorji
Prime Minister Tojo
Arif Zakaria
Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
Rajpal Yadav
Bhagat Ram Talwar
Rajeshwari Sachdev
Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal
Ila Arun
Ranu
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Uttamchand Malhotra
Florian Panzner
Alexander Werth
Rohan Nichol
CID Officer
Zakir Hussain
Udo Schenk
Hitler
Howard Lee
Governor of Bengal
Jishu Sengupta
Sisir Bose
Pankaj Berry
Aabid Khan
Nicolas Chagrin
General Auchinlek
Chris England
CID Chief
Alakananda Ray
Prabhavati Bose
Ashiesh Roy
Spy Police 2
Gen Seto
Ambassador Oshima
Sandeep Srivastava
Nambiar
Lalit Tiwari
Checkpost Policeman
Kunal Mitra