When Ajay Devgn auditioned in full get-up for The Legend Of Bhagat Singh: 20 years of the historic movie

The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, which starred Ajay Devgn, completes 20 years right now. The actor took to Instagram and penned an emotional publish, saying how grateful he feels to be a part of such a ‘monumental film’. Starring Ajay within the position of the icon, the movie chronicled revolutionary Bhagat Singh’s life as he fought towards the British and sacrificed his life in honour of the nation.

Ajay wrote, “Even after 20 years, #TheLegendOfBhagatSingh remains a film I’m proud to have associated with. The sentiment in it is forever, for me & for every Indian. Grateful to be a small part of this monumental film. Jai Hind.”

The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, additionally starred Sushant Singh, Amrita Rao, and Raj Babbar. The movie launched amongst a slew of Bhagat Singh biopics in 2022. In an outdated 2011 interview, author Anjum Rajabali associated how they selected Ajay Devgn for the position. “The biggest question that arose while scripting and planning, who would play the central role?” Santoshi added that he had interacted quite a bit with Ajay Devgn in the course of the capturing of Lajja. “His eyes and intensity matched with the character I needed for Bhagat Singh. We auditioned him in full get-up, and I was pleasantly surprised that he almost resembled the character.”

Bhagat Singh’s brother Kultar Singh had stayed with the movie’s unit in Pune. Ajay shared with Rediff in 2002, “You know, at Pune, someone told Kultar Singh that he should bless me. Kultar replied, ‘How can I bless my elder brother?’ I could not help crying.” Ajay added, “He gave us deep insights into his brother’s life, facts that have not been revealed by history.” Kultar Singh additionally recalled that the opposite Bhagat movies that have been being launched, ‘did not follow Bhagat Singh’s ideologies’ and that he wasn’t proud of them.  Kultar Singh handed away in 2004 on the age of 86.

Ajay had  additionally stated that Bhagat Singh had predicted lots of the issues that the nation was nonetheless coping with. He stated, “This fearless freedom fighter was a great visionary. He had clearly stated our country would be besieged with problems like communalism and corruption. Isn’t that what’s happening today? May I stick my neck out and say that if he had been living 15-20 years after Independence, our country would not be in the shambles it is in today,” Ajay stated on the time.

The Legend of Bhagat Singh received two National Film Awards in 2003 – Best Feature Film in Hindi and Best Actor for Devgn. This was Devgn’s second National Film Award after 1998’s Zakhm.