Bollywood Movie Based On Patriotism: Bollywood has always celebrated the heartland of India through its movies. Be it making movies on Patriotic Indian Leaders or by making unique movies which pierce the tricolor heart of every Indian. We’ll look into Top10 Patriotic Bollywood movies, which celebrates India in a beautiful manner.
There are several patriotic Bollywood movie are available till now, some of those movies based on indo-pak war, some shows the story of our freedom fighters before Independence. Below is the list of some best patriotic movie of Bollywood.
#1. Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014)
Holiday starring Akshay Kumar was an official remake of the Tamil super hit movie “Thuppakki” with the same director A.R. Murugadoss. Khiladi Kumar played the character of a military officer who is also a “Secret Defense Intelligence Agent”. This movie was the focus on an Army officers life and how he sacrifices his entire time to survey for his Nation. And his battle against sleeper cells.
#2. Lakshya (2004)
Amitabh Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan starrer Lakshya was released on 2004. In which Hrithik Roshan played Karan Shergill who is an aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
#3. Swades (2004)
Although Swades movie was a flop at the box office but garnered enormous critical acclaim even Shahrukh received Filmfare best actor award for this movie. Also, the movie had a vital message for highly-qualified Indians abroad to heed the call of their motherland and give it priority over money and success overseas.
#4. LOC: Kargil (2003)
LOC: Kargil movie was based on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999. it was one of the longest Indian films ever with 255 mins runtime.
#5. Lagaan (2001)
Lagaan movie was period-patriotic fiction, Set in the period of “British raj”. The story spins around a small village whose peoples, charged by high taxes, find themselves in an extraordinary situation as an arrogant officer challenges them to a game of cricket as a gamble to avoid the taxes. The narrative spins around this situation as the villagers face the heavy task of learning the alien game and playing for a result that will change their village’s fate.
#6. Sarfarosh (1999)
Sarfarosh is a story of a medical student who quits his studies to join the “Indian Police Service” to wipe out the terrorists. After his brother killed and his father badly injured by terrorists.
#7. Border (1997)
The movie was based on real-life events that happened at the Battle of Longewala during the India – Pakistan war of 1971. Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, and Akshaye Khanna were in pivotal roles. This movie revealed how Indian battalion posted at Longewala was just 150 in number fought against 2000 Pakistani armed soldiers and tanks. Eventually, defeat the Pakistan army.
#8. Tirangaa (1992)
A foreign agent Pralaynath Gundaswamy (Deepak Shirke) who sowed the seeds of terrorism throughout the country. He wants to destroy India with some ultimate weapon. A military officer, Brigadier Surya Dev Singh (Raaj Kumar) with a police officer Shivaji Rao Wagle (Nana Patekar) join hands to block him. This movie was a massive hit at that time.
#9. Haqeeqat (1964)
One of the first properly made war films in India. In 1962, free India faced her first war with China and Chetan Anand made this momentous but fairly dark and realistic saga honoring our soldiers and martyrs. Although the movie was not a box office hit but remains the best war film we have ever made.
#10. Jhansi Ki Rani (1953)
The movie was a biopic of the Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, who took up bats against the British in the first-ever revolution against them in 1857 and sacrificed her life.
Above is the list of some best patriotic movie of Bollywood. Someone said that “Mother and Motherland are Greater Than The Heaven“. So just don’t watch bollywood movies based on patriotism on Independence Day or Republic Day, we need to love our country, respect the culture. That is true patriotism. These are some Bollywood movie based on patriotism, If someone wants to add another movie to this article, Kindly share your ideas, we will update with a large list of the patriotic movie very soon.
