On the
occasion of the republic day that is on 26th January 2013 I watched the movie
'Sardaar'. The movie is directed by Ketan Mehta. This movie is based on the
life of iron man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The leading role of Sardar
Patel is performed by Paresh Rawal. Paresh is my one of favourite actors. The
movie was released in early 2000s. So it was very early performance of Paresh
Rawal, then also his performance looked very strong than any other roles that
he has performed till. It just can be compared with Mamooty in “Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar”, Sachin Khedekar in “Bose: The forgotten hero” and Richard
Attenburough in “Gandhi”. As originally, he is from Gujarathi background, he
has used complete Gujarathi pronunciations in the movie, which looks very
realistic always.
I had
several mysteries in my mind about Sardar Patel before watching this movie. But
now I got clear understanding of it, like what was the role of Sardar Patel in
building the modern India. People and Congress were wishing him to be the Prime
Minister of India but he refused it only for Nehru! He has kept Indian National
Congress united. He is real builder of India after independence. Ketan Mehta's
direction is awesome. He has taken lots of efforts to put the work of Sardar
Patel in front the citizen's of India, which is less known in the history.
Really, it is realized that Sardar Patel was actual iron man of India after
watching this movie. The answer of question, “How your leader should be like?”
can be easily found out by watching the biography of Sardar Patel. I salute his
work in Indian independence movement as well as building the India just after
the independence. As he was only first home minister of the India, he was not
given much importance in the history.
There is
a lot to learn from Sardar Patel's life. Very less number of Congress leaders
are appreciated by other party leaders too. Patel is one of very few of such.
Our current central home minister must see the life and work of Sardar Patel
and learn how to behave like a “Home Minister”.
