Sardars on the Silverscreen

Ajay Devgan

While most of the above actors portrayed fictional 'sardar' characters, Ajay Devgan had a tougher task at hand. He had to portray one of India's most well-known freedom fighters Bhagat Singh. The film in question was Raj Kumar Santoshi's The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Ajay delivered one of the finest performances of his career as the young Sikh Bhagat Singh who gave up everything for the sake of his nation's freedom. This was probably the most sensitive portrayal of a 'sardar' character in Bollywood and it rightly fetched Ajay the National Award for Best actor