''Gurjar Aandolan'' is a 2014 Indian

action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

based on the 2008 Gurjar agitation in Rajasthan written and directed by

Aarun Nagar Aarun Nagar is an Indian film director, writer, editor, producer and actor known for his works in Hindi-language films. Early life and education Nagar was born in the village of Dujana in Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. He gradu ...

and produced by Kirti Motion Pictures under his banner. It stars Aarun Nagar,

Surendra Pal Surendrapal Singh (born 25 September 1953) is an Indian film and television character actor who works in Hindi films and TV series. He is best known for his roles of Dronacharya in ''Mahabharat'', Amatya Rakshas in ''Chanakya'', Tamraj Kilvish ...

Mushtaq Khan Mushtaq Khan (born December 31, 1959) is an Indian film and television actor and comedian who has worked in several Bollywood, Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke ...

, Ehsan Khan, Leena Kapoor, Ali Khan, Rajendra Singh, Gurjar Bali and Ravi Verma. It was theatrically released on 17 October 2014.

Synopsis

The film centres on the

Gurjar The Gurjar (or Gujjar, Gujar, Gurjara) are an agricultural ethnic community, residing mainly in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were traditionally involved in agriculture, pastoral and nomadic ...

population. Since India's independence, the

community had been demanding reservation for itself. However, the government ignored the demands. After fifty years of peaceful protest, the Gurjars made Pradhan Ji their leader and took a more radical approach. The

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

thought about giving reservation to the Gurjar community, but the other caste leader, Nagina Singh, threatened the chief minister with withdrawal of support from his party, burying the idea. For this reason the angry Gurjars burned train tracks under Ji's leadership, breaking the rail connection between the financial capital

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and

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

. As the news of this movement began to resonate in India as well as abroad, the state government used the police force to suppress this movement, killing 72. The Gurjar society continued to demand its reservation in a peaceful manner.

Cast

* Ehsan Khan * Leena Kapoor * Ali Khan * Ravi Verma * Mahaveer Singh Fauji * Kamal Verma * Rajendra Singh Gurjar

Music

The film's soundtrack was composed and produced by Aarun Nagar with lyrics by Aarun Nagar, Khalil Jawed, Sanjit Nirmal, and Dhananjay. The first song, "Hum Gurjar Jite Hai Sean Se", was sung by

Raja Hasan Raja Hasan Sagar (born 25 December 1982) is an Indian playback singer from Bikaner, Rajasthan. He was a finalist on ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007'', in which he finished as runner-up to Aneek Dhar. He was a judge in the singing competition s ...

References

External links

* * {{Bollywood Hungama movie, gurjar-aandolan 2014 films 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s Indian films Indian action films Films set in 2013 2014 action films Gurjar Works about reservation in India Films about the caste system in India Films about massacres Films set in Rajasthan