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Sam Bahadur

Sam Bahadur

His Life. Our History.

20236.92h 29m

Overview

Based on the life of Sam Manekshaw, who was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

Directed by Meghna Gulzar
Written by Meghna Gulzar, Bhavani Iyer, Shantanu Srivastava
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala
Box OfficeBudget: $6.9M0

Top Cast

Vicky Kaushal

Vicky Kaushal

Sam Manekshaw

Sanya Malhotra

Sanya Malhotra

Silloo Manekshaw

Fatima Sana Shaikh

Fatima Sana Shaikh

Indira Gandhi

Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub

Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub

Yahya Khan

Edward Sonnenblick

Edward Sonnenblick

Lord Mountbatten

Neeraj Kabi

Neeraj Kabi

PM Jawaharlal Nehru

Govind Namdeo

Govind Namdeo

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Paul O'Neill

Paul O'Neill

Major (General) David Cowan

Rajiv Kachroo

Rajiv Kachroo

Hormusji Manekshaw

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Sammy Jonas Heaney

Captain McLaren

Themes & Keywords

1970sbased on true storyhistorical dramaindia pakistan war

About Sam Bahadur

Sam Bahadur is a drama, history, war film released in 2023 exploring themes of 1970s, based on true story, historical drama, india pakistan war. Directed by Meghna Gulzar, it stars Vicky Kaushal, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh. Based on the life of Sam Manekshaw, who was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

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