Subhash Chandra Bose Birth Anniversary 2023: The country is celebrating the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on 23rd January. One of the bravest patriots, Bose formed the Indian National Army (INA) to rid India of British rule. On August 18, 1945, Bose’s death was announced in a plane crash. However, many people did not believe this as no DNA test was done on his bones.
On the other hand, the extraordinary life of firebrand leader Subhas Chandra Bose arouses a lot of curiosity and many filmmakers have also tried to make today’s generation aware of his ideology and methods by bringing his life on celluloid. Let us know which films and webseries have been made on Bose on the big screen and small screen.
Subhash Chandra (1966)
The 1966 film ‘Subhash Chandra’ shows us Bose as a fiery political activist ready to fight for the ideals and freedom of India. It also tells the story of Bose’s childhood, his college years and his experience with the Indian Civil Services Examination. The film was directed by Piyush Bose, in which Samar Kumar played the role of Bose.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2004)
Filmmaker Shyam Bengal focused on Bose’s escape from house arrest, leaving India and the formation of the INA (Azad Hind Fauj) through the 2004 film ‘Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero’. It then shows the Azad Hind Fauj’s struggle to free India from British rule, Bose’s experience with Nazi Germany, the defeat of the INA, Bose’s death and the trial of an INA soldier. Sachin Khedekar played the lead role in this film and he was awarded two National Film Awards for the film.
Bose: Dead/Alive (2017)
Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor made a web series based on writer Auj Dhar’s 2012 book ‘India’s Biggest Cover-up’. An attempt was made to tell in the series that Bose did not die in the Taiwan plane crash. Rajkumar Rao played the lead role in this series.
Netaji (2019)
Like the 1966 film ‘Subhash Chandra’, the 2019 Bengali television series ‘Netaji’ also shows the childhood and youth of Subhash Chandra Bose. An attempt was made in the series to tell how Bose became the great freedom fighter of the country.
Oblivion (2019)
‘Gumnami’, which came in 2019, was Srijit Mukherjee’s venture. It tried to tell on the basis of theory and circumstantial evidence that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose lived as an ascetic in the form of Gumnami Baba. Prosenjit Chatterjee played this role. Documentary filmmaker Amlan Kusum Ghosh’s another film ‘Sanyasi Deshnayok’ on the same subject is going to release this year.
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