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Haqeeqat (1964 film)

Haqeeqat
Haqeeqat 1964 film poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Chetan Anand
Written by Chetan Anand
Starring Balraj Sahni
Dharmendra
Priya Rajvansh
Sanjay Khan
Vijay Anand
Jayant
Sudhir
Music by Madan Mohan
Kaifi Azmi (lyrics)
Cinematography Sadanand
Edited by M. D. Jadhav Rao
Distributed by Himalaya Films
Release date
1964
Running time
184 min.
Country India
Language Hindi

Haqeeqat (Hindi: हक़ीक़त, Urdu: حقیقت‎, translation: Reality) is a 1964 Hindi war-film directed by Chetan Anand. The film stars Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, Priya Rajvansh, Sudhir, Sanjay Khan and Vijay Anand. the music is by Madan Mohan and the lyrics by Kaifi Azmi. The movie was based on the 1962 Sino-Indian War. It won the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film in 1965.

The film was screened retrospective on August 12th 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating 70th Indian Independence Day.

Set against the Sino-Indian War of 1962, the film's main plot concerns a small platoon of Indian soldiers in the hilly terrain of Ladakh who are considered dead but are rescued by Ladakhi tribesmen and by Capt. Bahadur Singh (Dharmendra). They are asked to retreat from their post (chowky) as the Chinese have surrounded them. Capt. Bahadur Singh and his girlfriend Angmo (Priya Rajvansh) die holding the Chinese at bay so that their comrades can retreat to safety. But even the retreating soldiers are heavily outnumbered and give up their lives for the country.


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