I’ve always believed movies can change the world. In a world which churns out think-pieces, podcasts, extensive reportage by the minute, I’ve believed a well-made film with its audio-visual elements, can have a greater impact than any other source of media. Even when it comes to getting us riled up about our country when the hero upholds that Indian flag, it fills us with this pride about this intangible entity called India. Patriotic Movies Which Filled Us With Pride For Our Country are listed below.
Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood… will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
-Indira Gandhi
India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.
-Indira Gandhi
1. Gadar Ek Prem Katha
- Overview:
- IMDB- 7.2/10
- Release Date: 15th June, 2001
- Director: Anil Sharma
- Budget: 190Million
- Box Office: 1.33 Billion
- Screen Play: Shaktiman Talwar
- Running Time: 170 minutes
- Cast & Characters:
- Sunny Deol as Tara Singh
- Ameesha Patel as Sakeena “Sakku” Tara Singh (Nee Ali)
- Amrish Puri as Mayor Ashraf Ali
- Lillete Dubey as Shabana Ali
- Vivek Shauq as Darmiyaan Singh
- Utkarsh Sharma as Charanjeet “Jeete” Tara Singh
- Jaideep Singh as Tara’s uncle
- Suresh Oberoi as Taya
- Madhu Malti as Tayee
- Pramod Moutho as Gurdeep Singh
- Kanika Shivpuri as Mrs. Gurdeep Singh
- Story/Plot: It is most powerful way to put ideas into the world today and the story of the movie begins like this:
During the partition, Tara marries Sakina and they live a happy life. However their happiness is short-lived when Sakina’s father forces her to stay in Pakistan and separates her from her family.
- Music & Soundtracks with Singers: It is once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit and never dies. So, here are the songs with the musicians:
- Awards/Achievements:
- Filmfare Special Performance Award – Ameesha Patel
- Filmfare Best Action Award – Tinnu Verma
- Zee Cine Special Award for Outstanding Performance – Male – Sunny Deol
- Star Screen Award for Best Actor – Sunny Deol
- Sansui Best Actor Award – Sunny Deol
- Sansui Best Actress Award – Ameesha Patel
- Annual Filmgoers Awards – Best Actress – Ameesha Patel
2. Main Hoon Na
- Overview:
- IMDB -7/10
- Release Date: 30th April, 2004
- Director: Farah Khan
- Producer: Gauri Khan
- Box Office: 840 Million
- Screen Play: Abbas Tyrewala
- Running Time: 182 minutes
- Cast & Characters:
- Shah Rukh Khan as Major Ram Prasad Sharma
- Sushmita Sen as Miss Chandni Chopra
- Amrita Rao as Sanjana “Sanju” Bakshi
- Suniel Shetty as Ex-Major Raghavan Singh Dutta
- Zayed Khan as Lakshman “Lucky” Prasad Sharma
- Kirron Kher as Mrs. Madhu Sharma
- Story/Plot:An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general’s daughter from a radical militant, and to find his estranged half-brother.
- Music & Soundtracks with Singers:
| 1. | “Chale Jaise Hawayein” | Vasundhara Das and K.K. |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | “Tumse Milke” | Sonu Nigam, Altaf Sabri and Hashim Sabri |
| 3. | “Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha” | Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Shreya Ghoshal |
| 4. | “Gori Gori” | Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, K.K. and Anu Malik |
| 5. | “Main Hoon Na” | Sonu Niga and, Shreya Ghoshal |
| 6. | “Main Hoon Na (Sad Version)” | Abhijeet Bhattacharya |
| 7. | “Yeh Fizayein” | K.K. and Alka Yagnik |
| 8. | “Main Hoon Na (Remix)” | Ranjit Barot |
| 9. | “Chale Jaise Hawayein (Remix)” | Vasundhara Das, K.K. |
- Awards/ Achievements:
| Best Actor | Shahrukh Khan |
| Best Director | Farah Khan |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Abhijeet Bhattacharya |
| Best Art Director | Sabu Cyril |
| Best Action | Allan Amin |
| Best Villain | Suniel Shetty |
3. Chak De India
- Overview:
- IMDB – 8.2/10 IMDB
- Release Date: 10th August, 2007
- Director: Shimit Amin
- Producer: Aditya Chopra
- Box Office: 1.09 billion
- Screen Play: Jaideep Sahini
- Running Time: 153 minutes
- Cast & Characters:
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Shah Rukh Khan | Kabir Khan |
| Vidya Malvade | Vidya Sharma |
| Anaitha Nair | Aliya Bose |
| Tanya Abrol | Balbir Kaur |
| Shilpa Shukla | Bindiya Naik |
| Arya Menon | Gul Iqbal |
| Shubhi Mehta | Gunjan Lakhani |
| Chitrashi Rawat | Komal Chautala |
| Kimi Laldawla | Mary Ralte |
| Masochon Zimik | Molly Zimik |
| Sandia Furtado | Nethra Reddy |
| Nichola Sequeira | Nichola Sequeira |
| Sagarika Ghatge | Preeti Sabarwal |
| Kimberly Miranda | Rachna Prasad |
| Seema Azmi | Rani Dispotta |
| Raynia Mascerhanas | Raynia Fernandes |
| Nisha Nair | Soimoi Kerketa |
- Story/Plot:Kabir Khan is the coach of the Indian Women’s National Hockey Team and his dream is to make his all girls team emerge victorious against all odds.
- Music & Soundtracks with Singers:
| “Chak De! India” | Sukhwinder Singh, Salim–Sulaiman, Marianne D’Cruz |
| “Badal Pe Paaon Hai” | Hema Sardesai |
| “Ek Hockey Doongi Rakh Ke” | KK and Shahrukh Khan |
| “Bad Bad Girls” | Anushka Manchanda |
| “Maula Mere Le Le Meri Jaan” | Salim Merchant and Krishna Beura |
| “Hockey” (Remix) | Midival Punditz |
| “Sattar Minute” | Shahrukh Khan |
- Awards/Achievements:
- NATIONAL AWARDS
- Best Film for providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment
- FILMFARE AWARDS
- Critics Award For Best Film, Actor, Editor, Action and Cinematography.
- NATIONAL AWARDS
4. Rang De Basanti
Source: ScoopWhoop
This is one of the best Patriotic movies to watch upon. The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom. A fancier version of telling the story of Bhagat Singh, the film’s narrative is rooted in current day Delhi University and explored parallels between how things would change if today’s youth were as driven as those in pre-independent India.
| Directed by | Rakesh Omprakash Mehra |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Ronnie Screwvala |
| Written by | Dialogues: Rensil D’Silva Prasoon Joshi |
| Screenplay by | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Kamlesh Pandey Rensil D’Silva |
| Story by | Kamlesh Pandey |
| Starring | Aamir Khan Siddharth R. Madhavan Sharman Joshi Atul Kulkarni Kunal Kapoor Alice Patten Soha Ali Khan Waheeda Rehman |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Edited by | P. S. Bharathi |
| Production company | Rakesh Omprakash Mehra Pictures |
| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
| Release date | 27 January 2006 |
| Running time | 157 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
5. Border
Source: Wikipedia
In 1971, along the border region of Longewala, a small battalion of Indian soldiers goes up against a large Pakistani strike force is another one of the best Patriotic movies to watch upon.J P Dutta’s unfettered recreation of the Longewala battle from 1971, saw Sunny paaji using a bazooka to annihilate the ‘dushman Pakistan’ soldiers with Jackie bidu providing air support.
| Directed by | J. P. Dutta |
|---|---|
| Produced by | J. P. Dutta |
| Screenplay by | J. P. Dutta |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Sunil Shetty Akshaye Khanna Raakhee Jackie Shroff Tabu Sudesh Berry Pooja Bhatt Kulbhushan Kharbanda Puneet Issar |
| Music by | Songs: Anu Malik Score: Aadesh Shrivastava |
| Cinematography | Ishwar R. Bidri Nirmal Jani |
| Edited by | Deepak Wirkud, Vilas Ranade |
| Distributed by | J. P. Films |
| Release date | 13th June 1997 |
| Running time | 177 minutes |
| Country | India |