Actor Anupam Kher on Sunday shared a video of cadets of the Russian Army School singing the patriotic song ‘Ae Watan’ from the cult classic 1965 film ‘Shaheed’ at a morning school prayer.
The ‘Saaransh’ actor shared a video on his Instagram handle, which shows teachers and students of a Russian army school wearing their uniforms as they sing along to the original song playing in the background.
The delightful video garnered over a million views within minutes of being posted on Instagram.
Anupam captioned the post, “This song from the movie #Shaheed was my all time favorite patriotic song. Thrilled and proud to hear this song being sung by Russian army school cadets as an early morning school assembly prayer! ! Jai Ho & Jai Hind !! @indianarmy.adgpi #ManojKumar #BhagatSingh #Deshbhakti Geet”.
‘Ae Watan’ is from the cult classic patriotic film ‘Shaheed’ directed by S Ram Sharma produced by Kewal Kashyap. It stars Manoj Kumar, Kamini Kaushal and Pran in lead roles. Iftekhar, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and Anwar Hussain are in supporting roles.
It is based on the life of revolutionary and freedom fighter Bhagat Singh (played by Manoj Kumar). The music was composed by Prem Dhawan, with several songs originally penned by freedom fighter Ram Prasad Bismil.
‘Shaheed’ was Manoj Kumar’s first series of patriotic films, followed by the likes of Upkar (1967), Purab Aur Paschim (1970) and Kranti (1981).
The film was screened retrospectively at the Independence Day Film Festival on 15 August 2016, jointly presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals of India and the Ministry of Defense to commemorate the 70th Indian Independence Day.
The film won major awards that year, including Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay.
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