Sardar Udham: Release Date & Time Of Vicky Kaushal's Awaited Revolutionary Freedom Fighter Biopic
Vicky Kaushal is returning to screen with an awaited biopic titled Sardar Udham. The film directed by Shoojit Sircar, the film is an ode to the freedom fighter Udham Singh
Vicky
Kaushal
is
returning
to
screen
with
an
awaited
biopic
titled
Sardar
Udham.
The
film
directed
by
Shoojit
Sircar,
the
film
is
an
ode
to
the
freedom
fighter
Udham
Singh,
who
took
on
the
undeterred
mission
to
avenge
the
lives
that
were
ruthlessly
murdered
in
the
Jallianwala
Bagh
massacre
of
1919
in
Punjab.
The
film's
shooting
has
been
wrapped
up
in
December
2019,
and
the
post-production
took
some
time
leading
to
a
delay
in
its
release.
The
film
was
first
scheduled
to
release
on
October
2,
2020,
but
the
date
had
to
be
postponed
after
the
wave
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
However,
the
film
is
now
finally
set
to
release
on
October
16,
2021,
on
Amazon
Prime
Video.
All
Indian
releases
on
the
streaming
platform
are
usually
dropped
at
midnight.
The
markers
at
times
are
known
to
drop
a
few
episodes
of
the
web
series
before
time,
but
Sardar
Udham
is
expected
to
premiere
on
October
15,
2021
midnight
IST.
For
the
unversed,
Udham
Singh
was
a
political
activist
who
was
associated
with
Ghadar
Party
in
the
United
States.
Singh
assassinated
Michael
O'
Dwyer,
the
former
Lieutenant
Governor
of
Punjab
in
British
India,
1940,
who
was
reportedly
responsible
for
the
1919
Jallianwala
Bagh
massacre.
Post
assassination,
Udham
Singh
was
sentenced
to
death
on
31
July
1940.
He
was
hanged
at
Pentonville
Prison
by
Albert
Pierrepoint.
Notably,
his
remains
have
been
preserved
at
the
Jallianwala
Bagh
in
Amritsar,
Punjab.
Coming
back
to
the
film,
Apart
from
Kaushal,
it
also
stars
Shaun
Scott,
Stephen
Hogan,
Banita
Sandhu
and
Kirsty
Averton.
The
film
also
has
a
special
appearance
by
the
Tripling
fame,
Amol
Parashar.