Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Udham (known as Sher Singh) is released from prison at Punjab in British India. He is constantly being watched by the colonial authorities. He leaves India and goes to USSR
during what appears to be winter. From there he makes his way to London
by ship. Even though the British authorities are on the lookout for
him, he successfully evades them and lives in London, making a living as
a salesman and then a welder. He is shown in front of Caxton Hall,
making his way inside where O'Dwyer is giving a speech on his time as
Lt. Governor of Punjab and how he had suppressed a major uprising. Udham
makes his way to O'Dwyer and shoots him, and is arrested.
Udham is appointed a lawyer who slowly gets Udham to tell his
backstory. Udham is brought to court and in spite of a good lawyer, the
judges sentence him to death. Upon hearing this, Udham makes an
impromptu speech where he denounces British rule in India and reaffirms his support for the Indian freedom movement.
Udham protests the conditions of his detention and goes on a 42-day
fast, but is force-fed to break it. He slowly opens up to the
investigating inspector and tells him the reasons for the assassination.
Udham also got the title of Shaheed-E-Azam.
In 1919, Udham is a young adult working in a textile mill near Amritsar, with a girlfriend who is mute. On 13 April 1919, General Dyer following an order from O'Dwyer, opens fire on a crowd of 20,000 peaceful protestors inside Jallianwala Bagh.
Udham is sleeping unaware of the massacre, until his friend wakes him
up, mortally wounded and bleeding profusely. He hears about the massacre
and rushes to the grounds to help. It is shown that along with a few
other volunteers, Udham finds survivors and gets them to a makeshift
hospital which is overwhelmed itself. He is later executed and shown to
have a photo of Bhagat Singh, taken when Bhagat was in prison during his final days.
After the Independence of India, Udham's ashes are brought to India upon the request of Punjab Chief Minister Giani Zail Singh
and were immersed in Sutlej river. His ashes were immersed where his
idol Bhagat's ashes were immersed. In the final scene, Gen. Dyer and
O'Dwyer give their own accounts to the Hunter Commission.This movie got rejected for Oscars, BECAUSE it projects hatred towards Britishers. People who say "Bollywood doesn't make good movies" should definitely watch this ... No over the top action, dialogues, It was pure Goosebumps
