Swatantrya Veer Savarkar

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Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Randeep Hooda
Written by Randeep Hooda
Utkarsh Naithani
Produced by
Starring Randeep Hooda
Ankita Lokhande
Amit Sial
Cinematography Arvind Krishna
Edited byKamesh Karna
Rajesh G. Pandey
Music bySongs:
Anu Malik
Vipin Patwa
Sambata
Score:
Mathias Duplessy
Sandesh Shandilya
Production
companies
  • Randeep Hooda Films
  • Legend Studios
  • Avak Films
  • Anand Pandit Motion Pictures
Distributed by Zee Studios
Release date
  • 22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)
Running time
178 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹20 crore [2]
Box office₹11.95 crore [3]

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language historical biographical film on the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. It is directed, co-written, and co-produced by Randeep Hooda, who also plays the titular role of Savarkar. [4] [5] It was theatrically released on 22 March 2024. [6] [7]

Contents

The film has been criticised for distorting history and for promoting one-sided agenda, [8] [9] but has received praises for its actors performances. [10] [11]

Plot

The life journey of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the creator of Hindutva ideology, who founded the secret society Abhinav Bharat Society and one of the disciples of Shyamji Krishna Varma who founded the India House. [12]

Cast

Production

Randeep Hooda took over directing the film from Mahesh Manjrekar, who quit the project citing differences with Randeep over the script and inclusion of irrelevant historical figures and events. [13] [14]

Music

Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
Soundtrack album by
Anu Malik, Vipin Patwa and Sambata
Released14 March 2024
Recorded2022
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length21:02
LanguageHindi
Label Zee Music Company
Official audio
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar- Full Album on YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Anu Malik, Vipin Patwa and Sambata while the background score is composed by Mathias Duplessy and Sandesh Shandilya.

Track lisitng
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Dharti Ka Abhimaan"Traditional Anu Malik Divya Kumar, Vijay Prakash 3:44
2."Dariya O Dariya"Prashant Ingole Anu Malik Raj Barman4:33
3."The Savarkar Rage"SambataSambataSambata2:10
4."Vande Mataram"Dr. Sagar Vipin Patwa Vipin Patwa 2:53
5."Dharti Ka Abhimaan" (Extended Version)Traditional Anu Malik Divya Kumar, Vijay Prakash 7:42
Total length:21:02

Release

The film was theatrically released on 22 March 2024 in Hindi, along with Marathi dubbed version. [15] [16]

Reception

Catherine Bray of The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated, "It all adds up to a funny mixture of hagiography and limp film-making, albeit built around a fine central performance." [17]

Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote "The film attempts to uplift Savarkar in the popular imagination by vilifying Gandhi through a stylistically mounted and carefully crafted narrative". [18]

Rishil Jogani of Pinkvilla rated the film 4/5 and opined that "The life decisions of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar can have polarising views, but not the film, that can be classified as 'peak cinema'. While one can't claim authenticity of everything shown in the film, this interpretation of Savarkar's life by Randeep Hooda and the team of Swatantrya Veer Savarkar makes for great, engaging cinema." [10]

In the review for Indian Express , Shubhra Gupta gave a rating of 2/5 and described the movie as "stridently one-sided, and, ultimately, reductive". [9]

Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "This one’s a polarising but powerful biopic that attempts to vindicate Savarkar". [19]

Dishya Sharma of News 18 rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "In a sea of patriotic films that Bollywood has been releasing in recent years, Swatantra Veer Savarkar is among the better ones. The production value of the film and the performances keep you seated through the three-hour watch. I wish it was edited well, for there were a few scenes that could have been done away with. This would have given the film a lasting impact." [11]

The Koimoi gave it a rating of 2.5/5 and noted that the movie can be tagged as "propaganda for elections" by a section due to its grouse against historical facts that has been recently observed in other recently released movies. [8]

Rohit Bhatnagar of Free Press Journal gave a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote "Randeep’s film is a slow burner and it drains you with facts and figures but it is a well-intended project that might strictly excite and appeal history lovers." The review finds the movie to be "bothersome" and to have distorted historical realities. [20]

Sana Farzeen of India Today rated 2 out of 5 stars and added that "Swatantrya Veer Savarkar turned out to be a shallow attempt. It can be only passed off as a very long, often one-sided history lesson on the 'neglected' freedom fighter." [21]

Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times writes in her review that the film "ends up being a one-sided narrative that's not bothered about presenting a balanced outlook about the contributions made towards India's struggle for freedom. [22]

Prateek Sur of the Outlook gave 2.5/5 stars and stated that, "‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ is a wasted effort to be honest. The performances of the other characters could have been lifted and given much more weightage than it currently got. Not to forget that its already too long and yet you feel that there are many angles that have been missed out. So, a possibility of having the film releasing two parts or probably as a web series would have been better." [23]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Swatantra Veer Savarkar box office collection Day 2: Randeep Hooda starrer sees collections double on Saturday". The Times of India. 24 March 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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