Mangal Pandey: The Rising

Mangal Pandey: The Rising is a 2005 British–Indian biographical historical drama film that tells the story of Mangal Pandey, a Sepoy who masterminds an uprising against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Directed by Ketan Mehta; Produced by Bobby Pedi, Deepa Sahi and Ketan Mehta; Written by Farrukh Dhondy and Ranjit Kapoor In an uprising, one man will lead it all Mangal Pandey [stopping Captain Hewson from flogging a servant] Enough. The black dog will die. Captain William Gordon [introducing Emily Kent and Mangal to each other] This is Miss Emily Kent. Miss Kent, this is Mangal. Dialogue Graham Kent: Your mother must be turning in her grave. Look at you. Shame on you, Emily. Looking like a nautch girl. Emily Kent: Really?! Do I look like a real nautch girl? Captain Hewson, you must know. Graham Kent: Emily! Captain Hewson: I am unfamiliar with the detail of the attire of dancing girls. Captain Gordon: Miss Kent, the costume is perfect. Any nautch girl in India would blush with envy. Emily Kent: So, you keep the company of nautch girls, Captain Gordon? Captain Gordon: I pursue beauty wherever I can find it. Graham Kent: Toast. Lord Canning: [raises his glass of champagne] The Queen! Congregation: [raising their glasses] The Queen! [a servant accidentally spills champagne all over Emily] Captain Gordon: Christ! Servant: Oh! So sorry! Captain Hewson: You black dog! What the hell do you think you're doing?! [chases and drags the servant outside the building] Captain Gordon: [follows suit] Hewson! Hewson! Hewson! [Hewson throws and brutally kicks the servant in the stomach] Captain Hewson: [to the guards] You, lift him! Captain Gordon: Hewson, that's enough! Captain Hewson: I'll teach you to touch a white woman, you black dog! Servant: [pleading] Forgive me, sir! It was an accident! [Mangal steps in the whip's path] Mangal Pandey: Enough. The black dog will die. Captain Hewson: [throws the whip in Mangal's face and prepares to head inside] Miss Kent, on behalf of the... Emily Kent: It's not to me that you owe the apology, Captain Hewson. Graham Kent: Come inside. [Pandey, Gordon, Lockwood and the soldiers have raided a godown] Officer Lockwood: Seal the stock. Arrest this man. Captain Gordon: Sergeant Major. Sorabjee: Mr. Lockwood, you are. A man of high powers. But you've been here only a few days, sir. You must try to understand. Officer Lockwood: Mr. Sorabjee, you are aware that the East India Company has a monopoly on the opium trade. It is obvious you have been indulging in your own private dealings. Sorabjee: Mr. Lockwood, I am acquainted with you British, and I have had dealings for years with the Company officials. I will be very proud to make you part of our arrangements. Officer Lockwood: Are you offering to bribe me, you blaggard? Sorabjee: Sir, I have the deepest respect for you as a gentleman. I am simply trying to explain how trade works in India. It could be beneficial to you. Officer Lockwood: You mistake me, sir. I'm here to bury corruption, not to fan it! Sorabjee: Corruption is a strong word, sir. It is our custom, as Indians, to give small gifts. I must quieten your displeasure and pay a fine. 300 pounds in gold? Officer Lockwood: Damn your eyes! Sorabjee: Three thousand pounds. Now? Officer Lockwood: [realizes the corrected fine] Three... thousand... pounds. Sorabjee: India is rich, sir. Cast Aamir Khan as Mangal Pandey Toby Stephens as Captain William Gordon Rani Mukerji as Heera Ameesha Patel as Jwala Coral Beed as Emily Kent Kirron Kher as Lol Bibi Om Puri as Narrator Ben Nealon as Captain Hewson Habib Tanveer as Bahadur Shah Zafar Varsha Usgaonkar as Rani Laxmibai Shrirang Godbole as Nana Saheb Kenneth Cranham as Graham Kent Albert Welling as Lord Charles Canning Tom Alter as Watson Mukesh Tiwari as Bakht Khan Shahbaz Khan as Azimullah Khan Deepraj Rana as atya Tope Sanjay Sharma as Shivram Amin Hajee as Vir Singh Sohrab Ardeshir as Sohrabjee Steven Rimkus as Colonel William Mitchell Sanjay Swaraj as Jemadar Ishwari Prasad Murli Sharma as Shaikh Paltu Lalit Mohan Tiwari as Dawar Ali Anupam Shyam Simon Chandler as Officer Lockwood Christopher Adamson as General Anson Disha Vakani as Yasmin Subrat Dutta Parmanand Jha Amit Waghere as a Supporting Actor Mona Ambegaonkar as Kamla Singh Sulabha Arya as Old woman Ian Jackson as an Extra Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Kripashankar Singh Chirag Vohra as Bhujavan Shukla Sophiya Haque as a cameo appearance in "Rasiya" Ravi Jhankal and Kailash Kher as Sufi Singers Vivek Mishra as a cameo External links Mangal Pandey: The Rising 0346457 Mangal Pandey: The Rising Category:2005 films Category:2000s British films Category:2000s Indian films Category:Biographical films Category:Drama films Category:Films set in the 1850s Category:Historical films Category:Films set in India