The
Rising is an epic tale of friendship, love, loss
and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Indian
Mutiny of 1857. British colonial rulers are plundering
the country for all its worth, treating the locals
unjustly and causing widespread resentment. Worst
of all they are using the Indians as sepoys, the
infantry of the army, to control and regulate the
population. After a hundred years of subjugation,
India is awakening to the revolutionary prospect
of change and self-rule. During a fierce battle
in the Afghan wars of the mid-century, Mangal, a
heroic sepoy rescues his British commanding officer
William Gordon.
The
event creates a strong friendship and binding loyalty
between them that transcends consideration of rank
and race. The friendship is soon challenged, first
by arrival of a charming and beautiful young aristocrat,
Emily Kent, and then by the introduction of controversial
new gun cartridges among the troops. The relationship
is complicated further when Gordon saves a beautiful
young native girl, Jwala, from the funeral pyre
of her late husband, and falls in love with her.
The new cartridges require soldiers to bite through
their greased casing, made of animal fat, and suspicion
spreads that the British are ignoring religious
beliefs in favor of cheap weapons, and polluting
their Muslim and Hindu soldiers. Gordon assures
Mangal that the cartridges are free from pollution
and demonstrating his total trust in Gordon, Mangal
bites the cartridge. They soon discover that it
really is animal fat and the rumor of this imposed
pollution is the spark that ignites the powder keg
of resentment in the country. Mutiny breaks out
with Mangal growing in stature to lead the Indian
people to freedom. Set in one of the most beautiful
countries on earth, told across the divides of time,
The Rising tells the tale of friends, lovers and
enemies, exploiters and exploited, and the growth
and awareness of a man and a nation.
Movie
Name : The Rising