Haqeeqat (1964 film)


Haqeeqat is a 1964 Hindi war-film directed by Chetan Anand. The film stars Dharmendra, Balraj Sahni, 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 12, 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.

Plot

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. Captain Bahadur Singh is a keen young soldier who falls in love with a Ladakhi girl, Angmo, while posted in the region. Bahadur Singh takes Angmo's brother Sonam under his wing as the boy dreams of becoming a soldier one day.
On a visit to Kashmir and Ladakh, Bahadur Singh's father, Brigadier Singh, receives news of creeping encroachment by Chinese troops along the border and orders Major Ranjit Singh to send his officers to secure the posts. Thus begins the struggle of the soldiers, who await further instructions while facing a wily adversary.

Production

Parts of the film were shot on location in Ladakh, thus becoming the first Bollywood film to be shot there.

Cast

The music of this film has several notable songs. All songs are written by Kaifi Azmi and the music is composed by Madan Mohan.
The song "Ab Tumhare Hawaale Watan Saathiyon" sung by Mohammed Rafi has become synonymous with patriotism in India.