1971 (2007 film)

1971
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAmrit Sagar
Written byPiyush Mishra
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyChirantan Das
Edited byShyam K. Salgonkar
Music byAkash Sagar
Production
company
Sagar Arts
Distributed byStudio 18[1]
Release date
  • 9 March 2007 (2007-03-09)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

1971 is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language war drama film directed by Amrit Sagar, and written by Piyush Mishra and Amrit Sagar, based on a true story of Indian prisoners of war (POWs) captured by the Pakistan Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film is an account of the attempted escape of six personnel of the Indian Army taken as POWs.[2] The war was preceded by a rebellion in East Pakistan to separate itself from West Pakistan and create a new country, Bangladesh. The film features an ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Piyush Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal, Manav Kaul and others. At the 55th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi[3]

  1. ^ Chaturvedi, Anshul (28 October 2022). "Manoj Bajpayee: I Own My Films. My Conviction Is Not Based On How They Did At The Box Office". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ "13 Years After Its Release, Manoj Bajpayee's National-Award Winning Film '1971' Becomes A Hit!". The Times of India. 28 April 2020. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ "55th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007" (PDF). Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.