''Jallian Wala Bagh'' is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language film written, produced and directed by Balraj Tah, with a screenplay by

Gulzar Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poetry, Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He starte ...

. It is based on the

Jallianwala Bagh massacre The Jallianwala Bagh massacre (), also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919. A large crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, during the annual Vaisakhi, Baisakhi fair to protest aga ...

, also known as the Amritsar massacre, where in 1919 Colonel

Reginald Dyer Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, (9 October 186423 July 1927) was a British military officer in the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular British Army, but he soon transf ...

ordered troops under his command to fire into a crowd of unarmed Indian 379 civilians, killing. It stars

Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. Recognised as a style and fashion icon, he wa ...

Parikshat Sahni Parikshit Sahni (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian film and television actor who has worked in Hindi and Punjabi cinema. He is known for his roles in the TV series ''Barrister Vinod'', '' Gul Gulshan Gulfaam'' (Doordarshan) and ''Gaatha'' (St ...

Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi cinema, Hindi film industry has spanned Shabana Azmi filmography, over 160 films, mostly within independent and neorealist paral ...

, Sampooran Singh Gulzar, and

Deepti Naval Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1952) is an Indian-American actress, director, and writer, predominantly active in Hindi cinema. Her major contribution has been in the area of art cinema, winning critical acclaim for her sensitive and 'close to ...

. The film is also a part-biopic of

Udham Singh Udham Singh (born Sher Singh; 26 December 1899 – 31 July 1940) was an Indian revolutionary belonging to Ghadar Party and HSRA, best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab in India, on 13 March ...

(played by Parikshit Sahni) who assassinated

Michael O'Dwyer Michael Francis O'Dwyer (28 April 1864 – 13 March 1940) was an Irish colonial officer in the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and later the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, British India, between 1913 and 1919. During O'Dwyer's tenure as Punjab' ...

, the governor of Punjab at the time of the massacre, in 1940.

Cast

as Udham Singh *

* Sampooran Singh Gulzar as Suneel *

Om Shivpuri Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory C ...

Ram Mohan Ram Mohan (26 August 1931 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who was also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cart ...

* Sudhir Thakkar * Mark Freeman

Music

#"Ditti Heer Likha Ke Ae He Chitthi" – Bhupinder Singh #"Suliyon Pe Chadke Choome (Part 1)" – Bhupinder Singh #"Suliyon Pe Chadke Chume (Part- 2)" – Bhupinder Singh

External links

* 1977 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by R. D. Burman Indian films based on actual events Hindi-language films based on actual events Indian historical films Films set in Amritsar Films about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre Films set in the Indian independence movement Punjab Province in fiction Punjab, India in fiction Films about massacres of Sikhs {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub