This biographical film gives an insight on the remarkable life of Shaheed Bhagat Singh ..an extraordinary young man who happily became a martyr in the freedom struggle for his country at the tender age of 23.

The story unfolds a night on March 23 , 1931 when British soldiers are slyly trying to get rid of the bodies of three martyrs, Bhagat Singh (Ajay Devgan), Sukhdev (Sushant Singh) and Rajguru (D.Santhosh) from Lahore Central jail. The incident creates such an uproar all over India that even Mahatma Gandhi is questioned about not doing enough to save Bhagat's Singhs life.

The film unfolds the events of his life...the young boy who was so agonized by the horrific Jallian wala massacre, grows up with an intense ideology to free his country from the clutches of the powerful British Raj. His ideologies makes him leave his family and his life behind. Though he initially supports Gandhi's non co-operation movement of 1921 he is thoroughly disillusioned when the movement is called off. In his search for alternate strategies to free his country he turns into a revolutionary and joins Bismillah (Ganesh Yadav) and Chandrasekhar Azad (Akhilendra Mishra). Along the way he attracts people like Sukhdev to join him. His group teams up with Azad to form the Hindustan Socialist Republic party.

Bhagat singh and his group including Rajguru retaliates the public mauling and killing of Lala Lajpat Rai by assassinating Simon Saunders. This was followed by the outrageous bomb explosion in the National legislative Assembly for which he ended up in jail. Even in jail he and his group rebelled against the food and living conditions of prisoners and went on a hunger strike for more than a month. His patriotism, courage and spirit inspired the Indian youth and had the entire nation echoing his call of 'Long Live Revolution'. At one time his ideology seemed to overtake even Gandhiji's non violent struggle. His growing popularity which posed a threat to the British cost him his life. The saga ended in 1931with Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru being hanged to death.

The historical film is magnificently taken with the exception of certain minor flaws. It certainly is Rajkumar Santhoshi's best attempt in film making. The events unfold in a smooth flow. The script by Anjum Rajabali is perfect and dialogues by Piyush Mehra appear natural and in place. The pre-independence era has been captured deftly by cinematographer K.V Anand. A.R Rahmans music merges with the theme and is good as usual.

On the acting front, Ajay Devgan has given a wonderful performance as the hero, Bhagat Singh. The supporting actors also excel in their performances especially Sushant Singh as Sukhdev, D. Santhosh as Rajguru and Akhilendra Mishra as Chandrashekhar Azad. Farida Jalal has also done her part well. Amrita Rao the girl chosen for him by his family hasn't much to do.

Altogether the team has brought out a classy film way above the the other films made simultaneously about Bhagat Singh. A must see film not to be missed.