Mangal Pandey - The Rising

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

• Farrukh DhondyScreenplay
• Ketan MehtaDirector
• A.R. RahmanOriginal Music Composer

• Aamir KhanMangal Pandey
• Rani MukerjiHeera
• Toby StephensCaptain William Gordon
• Ameesha PatelJwala
• Om PuriNarrator (uncredited)
• Kirron KherLol Bibi
• Ben NealonCaptain Hewson
• Habib TanvirBahadur Shah Zafar
• Varsha UsgaonkarRani Laxmibai
• Shrirang GodboleNana Saheb
• Kenneth CranhamMr. Kent
• Albert WellingLord Charles Canning