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Kesari Movie: True Story Of Saragarhi Battle Where 21 Fearless Sikh Soldiers Fought 10,000 Afghans

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1 month ago

February 23, 2019

Shivam

The year 2019 seems to be the year of good inspirational films, starting with Uri, Manikarnika or Gully boy the films were based on real-life characters their struggles and their achievements. Another story based on real even is Kesari. We have read and heard many stories about the bravery of the Sikh community, however, this story has not got the much-desired attention.

It’s the story of 21 fearless Sikh soldiers from Saragarhi who fought against 10,000 Afghans. Much before the fight they knew of its consequences and were aware that death awaits them. Still not worried about the consequences they fought as they placed their duty ahead of themselves and their lives.

The Battle of Saragarhi, the ratio of the Sikh soldiers to Afghan soldiers was shocking that is 1:500. The Sikh soldiers (of the 36th Sikh regiment of the British army) fought with bravery against the Afridi and Orazkazia tribes of Pashtun.

History of Saragarhi

Saragarhi was a communication relay post in the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) and is situated in the Hindukush region of the present day Pakistan. Saragarhi was a manned post and was constructed by the great Sikh Emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh and was later taken by the British.

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It was converted into a heliograph communication post that used the technology of reflected sunlight with a mirror in the form of coded messages. It played an important role in the defense and protection of the two main forts of the region, Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan. Saragarhi was located between the two forts.

Battle of Saragarhi

The start of battle- 12TH September 1897 at 9:00 AM the detachment commander, Haildar Ishar Singh, saw the Afghan soldiers nearing the Saragarhi.

Seeing this Sepoy Gurmukh Singh signaled about the invasion to Fort Lockhart via heliograph. The Afghans had cut all the supply to Saragarhi, Fort Lockhart signaled the soldiers at Saragarhi to hold their positions.

Battle of Saragarhi

Havildar Ishar Singh’s wise decision- Ishar Singh realized that there will be no help from Fort Lockhart and he consulted his soldiers as they would like to give a tough fight or would flee and abandon their posts to survive.

The soldiers chose the former without any hesitation and in unison. They then commuted their reply to Fort Lockhart.

Ishar Singh was a leader in its true sense- a fervent Sikh, Havildar Ishar Singh headed the command and troops were aware of his abilities to fight with Pathans and their fighting strategies. He was also well aware of the terrain and topography of the location.

Battle of Saragarhi

The fight- the fight plan was well- formulated one. He placed his soldiers in two lines- standing and squatting (ready to fire) position. He instructed them to fire only when the Afghan troops were near them at a distance of 250 meters from the post. This strategy resulted in the killing of the first line of invaders.

The triumph was short-lived as the Afghans attacked them from two sides, one from the main gate and the other at the gap of the fort as they were aware of the minimum number of Sikh soldiers. The first soldier who was martyred was Sepoy Bhagwan Singh.

By noon the 11 soldiers were martyred. With only 10 soldiers, depleting ammunition and no assistance from Fort Lockhart they fought bravely.

The Afghans set the fire in the nearby bushes and as a result of smoke, the Sikh soldiers were unable to see them. Fort Lockhart made them aware of the breach made by the Afghans.

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Havildar Ishar Singh then signaled his soldiers to move towards the inner wall. Following this what he did is till date considered the biggest act of bravery and heroism. He himself was wounded but he asked his soldiers to carry him to breach in order to defend his remaining soldiers.

For a short while, the three soldiers fought bravely and gave a massive set back to the Afghans. The whole act was dramatic and the fight was chilling to the spines.

After breaching the Saragarhi post the Afghans had to fight only 5 remaining soldiers, 4 towards the inner side and one Sepoy Gurumukh Singh at the signaling tower. Still, they gave a tough fight to the Pathans.

An incredible true story of valour, sacrifice & bravery – told like never before! #KesariTrailer out now – https://t.co/eDqk8Lts6t @ParineetiChopra @SinghAnurag79 @karanjohar @apoorvamehta18 @SunirKheterpal @DharmaMovies #CapeOfGoodFilms @iAmAzure @ZeeStudios_ #Kesari

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) February 21, 2019

Gurmukh Singh was the last one to join the fight as he was at the signaling tower. He joined the fight after communicating about the same. The 19year old soldier before starting to fight chanted “Jo Boley So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akal!’ Gurmukh Singh single-handedly fought 20 Pathans before falling.

The fight put by Sikh soldiers was shocking and they killed 600 of the invaders. The Sikh soldiers were awarded the highest gallantry award that an Indian soldier could receive at that time.

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Happy Birthday Honey Singh! Let’s Talk About His 7 Top Songs That We Can Never Forget

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7 days ago

March 18, 2019

Shivam

Honey Singh is one of the most loved rapper and singer from Bollywood. He got famous in a short span of time due to his extraordinary rapping skills as no other has. He has produced and written most of the party songs that we still remember and we can’t forget even. Currently, he is off the screen due to some severe health issues he is going through.

But, we really miss him and pray that he comes back with a bang and give us some more party songs like ‘Blue Eyes’, ‘Angrezi Beat’, Desi Kalakar’ and lots more. We can’t stop grooving ourselves whenever we hear these songs in the parties we go.

Let’s talk more about his songs and know more about his popular hits and numbers.

1. Dheere Dheere Se

This song ‘Dheere Dheere Se’ released in 2015 and it is adapted from the song ‘Dheere Dheere Se’ from the all-time blockbuster movie, ‘Aashiqui’.

The video of this song is done by most famous Bollywood actors from the Bollywood, Hrithik Roshan and Bollywood Diva, Sonam Kapoor. The song has over 365 million views on YouTube.

2. Blue Eyes

The song has been released in 2013. It became quite famous in a short span of time especially among the youth and younger generation. The song has got 120 million views on YouTube.

3. High Heels Te Nachche

The most famous singer and rapper have rapped beautifully in this song, the song features one of the most ravishing actresses from our Bollywood and that is Kareena Kapoor Khan and none other than Arjun Kapoor who is madly in love with fitness queen. Malaika Arora Khan who is also in love with him.

The hit song is from the blockbuster movie, ‘Ki & Ka’. The song was released in the year 2016 on crossed nearly 95 million views on YouTube.

4. Love Dose

The song has hit the Indian screen because of featuring most gorgeous and hit actors of Bollywood, Urvashi Rautela featured in this song. The song was shot in London and has crossed nearly 80 million views.

5. Lungi Dance

This song is from the Bollywood movie, Chennai Express. This song has been created to pay tribute to all-rounder ‘Rajnikant’.

The video of the song has King Khan and Mrs Ranvir Singh i.e. Deepika Padukone who looked quite good in her South Indian avatar in the movie.

6. Chaar Botal Vodka

The song is really humorous and funny where it describes the drink ‘Vodka’ and fans love to hear it. The song got released in 2014 and has 60 million views.

7. Sunny Sunny

The song ‘Sunny Sunny came in the year 2013 and has received 20 million views after its release. You can play this song when you want to enjoy a pool party with your friends or whenever you are in a party mood.

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Alia Bhatt Looks Spectacular In The Poster Of Her Upcoming Movie Kalank

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2 weeks ago

March 10, 2019

Surjeet

Alia Bhatt is known to be one of the finest actors from Bollywood. She has played splendid roles belonging to different characters on the silver screen. After watching her in the latest hit movies like “Raazi” and “Gully Boy”, Alia Bhatt is going to be seen in the next blockbuster release “Kalank” which is supposed to be directed by Abhishek Varman. The film is slated to release on April 19 this year.

On International Women’s Day, Karan Johar has unveiled the latest poster of the movie “Kalank” which has created a much buzz among the fans over the Internet.

The makers of the film have released the character posters of #WomenOfKalank after Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt and Aditya Roy Kapur and guys Alia look splendid in the poster. She looked exactly like Deepika Padukone from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s hits “Padmaavat”.

Alia Bhatt will be playing the role as “Roop” in this movie which means beauty and Alia has proved that herself in the poster

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If we talk about the poster, the image will remind you of Deepika Padukone from Padmaavat. Alia is wearing a typical red ensemble along with heavy ethnic jewellery and her face is being covered in a net veil which has made her appearance none other than a royal bahu.

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The world of #Kalank will come alive. Teaser out on Tuesday, 12th March! @duttsanjay @adityaroykapur @varundvn @aliaabhatt @aslisona @madhuridixitnene @abhivarman @ipritamofficial #SajidNadiadwala @apoorva1972 @foxstarhindi @dharmamovies @nadiadwalagrandson

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After the poster got released, netizens are having a fun time comparing her from Mastani of Bollywood. Many of her fans have praised Alia for her ravishing look as we can see from their comments and the way they are comparing from other Bollywood diva, Deepika.

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The movie “Kalank” has been produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala, the movie is said to be based on the 40s. After having a look at this mind blowing poster of Alia’s from the movie as her character “Roop”.

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We now can’t wait much for the character posters of other stars from the same movie. Yes, we are talking about Sonakshi Sinha and Madhuri Dixit.

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Let’s have a look at what others have to stay about Alia’s outstanding look

Madhuri Dixit described Alia’s character as, “She’s full of life and has a heart of gold”. Meanwhile, Karan Johar also tweeted describing her as Roop, “To love her is to love fire.” Well, it seems that they over her appearance a lot by putting the comments like this on social media.

On seeing this, Alia also couldn’t resist herself and then she replied about playing this character of “Roop”. Alia said, “A character like this (as Roop in Kalank) I have never played unlike others till now”! Presenting Roop! #WomenOfKalank #Kalank,” she wrote on Twitter.

We have also noticed comments like “For a moment I thought its Deepika” drawing users to compare between Alia and Deepika’s looks in Kalank and Padmaavat respectively.

The social media is abuzz with comments for the first look poster

Recently in an event, Alia Bhatt said “Kalank is an unbelievable journey for her. I am quite excited to play this upcoming role in my career.

It is an honor to be a part of such a great cast and she had also mentioned that she as well as her film’s director Abhishek Varman who is a very dear friend of her, we all had put a lot of efforts and hard work for this one.”

Zafar is the storm.
Roop is the fire.
Dev is the calm.
Satya is the grace.
Balraj is the king.
Bahaar is the enchantress.#Kalank pic.twitter.com/lnetoxATwC

— I am NOT a boy (@ishab26) March 8, 2019

This one is only glimpse of #kalank first look will be revealed tomorrow with full starcast. pic.twitter.com/oArlFQjsrP

— MadhuriDixit Gujarat FC (@FcGujarat) March 6, 2019

RT for Deepika As Padmavati

Like for Alia As Roop 😊#Kalank #AliaBhatt #DeepikaPadukone #Roop pic.twitter.com/Nkib7js9CS

— تنویر 💔 (@iamtnvr_) March 8, 2019

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Sweet And Cute Love Story Of The Duo R Madhavan And Sarita Birje Who Was Once Her Student

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3 weeks ago

March 7, 2019

Shivam

The ever charming, Ranganathan Madhavan who is popularly known as R Madhavan or “Maddy” is one of the most hit actors from Bollywood. He produced ample of movies which became a super hit namely Sala Khadoos, Ram Ji London Waley, Tanu Weds Manu and not to forget when he made his Bollywood debut with Dia Mirza in the movie named, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein which had made him even more hit among masses.

Many girls easily fall in love with him due to his simplicity and the charm he carries and it was the same charm that made this girl, Sarita Birje fall in love with him at first sight.

But most of us might not be aware of their love story, which led them to fall in love and how did they get married.

We’ll have a closer look at what led them to live a most happier and successful life.

Sarita was Madhavan’s Student, they Both Met at Communication Workshop in 1991 in Maharashtra

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Madhavan wanted to join the Armed Forces but was deemed ineligible for the same due to the eligibility criteria. It was that which has brought a U-turn in his life and he planned to choose an alternative career and started teaching courses in Public Speaking.

There, he met Sarita Birje who is her wife now considered becoming an Air Hostess joins Madhavan’s classes on being given the recommendation from one of his relatives to prepare for the interview.

Sarita asked out for a Date with Maddy

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As told earlier, Sarita Birje was her student and he was his communication teacher. Impressed by his elegance and charm, she fell in love with him and asked him out for a date after when she gets selected in an air hostess interview.

In an interview, Maddy told that he thought himself to be a man with a dark complexion; he sometimes doubts that will he ever be getting married to anyone. Thinking about all this, he grabbed the opportunity and married her in 1999. This is how they get started.

They opt for The Private Wedding

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After dating each other for almost eight years, the duo gets married in 1999 following a Tamilian tradition in Chennai. Back in 1999, Madhavan was not that popular as he is now.

It is due to this reason, his wedding was mostly a private affair with some of his close friends and family members.

He Grabbed His First Movie “Alaipayuthey” In 2000

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The duo gets married in the year 1999, and right after one year, Maddy got his first film Alaipayuthey in 2000. His performance as a debut actor was widely appreciated in the movie due to his sharp acting skills.

It was then after that, he made a Bollywood debut in Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein with one of the popular actress, Dia Mirza.

Sarita Gave Birth to a Baby Boy named Vedant in 2005

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In the year, 2005 Sarita has given birth to a baby boy, Vedant adding a sea of happiness in their married life. Madhavan in an interview told that all the credit goes to her wife Sarita who made him and also said that he never lets jealousy and suspicion creep into his life, and does that by keeping transparency in their relationship.

He even let her phone to be with her wife all the time when he is busy to handle all the calls, and this is what has built trust and strengthen our relationship even more.