Mangal Pandey: The Rising

A sepoy named Mangal Pandey leads a mutiny against the British army in 1857 India due to the use of animal fat in the new Enfield rifle cartridges, resulting in his execution but inspiring a revolt against British rule. Mangal Pandey: The Rising is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language Biography Drama movie starring Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens, Rani Mukerji, Ameesha Patel, Kirron Kher, Coral Beed and Rammy C. Pandey. Mangal Pandey: The Rising was Produced by Bobby Bedi, Deepa Sahi and Ketan Mehta. Mangal Pandey: The Rising is written by Farrukh Dhondy and Ranjit Kapoor and it is directed by Ketan Mehta. Kaleidoscope Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the film. Mangal Pandey: The Rising was released on 12th August 2005 and takes a screen time of 151 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Mangal Pandey: The Rising was made on a budget of ₹34 crore and it was a hit at box office gross of ₹52 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by Farrukh Dhondy and Ranjit Kapoor. Cinematography was done by Himman Dhamija and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The music was composed by Ar Rahman along with A. R. Rahman.