''Saka – The Martyrs of Nankana Sahib'' is a Punjabi historical film about 1921 Nankana Sahib massacre directed and written by Jagmeet Singh Samundri, starring

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, Oshin Brar.

Plot

The film is about a massacre (

Saka The Saka ( Old Persian: ; Kharoṣṭhī: ; Ancient Egyptian: , ; , old , mod. , ), Shaka (Sanskrit ( Brāhmī): , , ; Sanskrit (Devanāgarī): , ), or Sacae (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples who hist ...

) that happened during Sikh protests of 1920-21 in peaceful efforts to liberate

Gurdwara Janam Asthan Gurdwara Janam Asthan (Punjabi language, Punjabi , Urdu: ; Punjabi language, Punjabi : ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਜਨਮ ਅਸਥਾਨ), also referred to as Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, is a highly revered gurdwara that is situated at the site where ...

Nankana Sahib Nankana Sahib () is a city and capital of Nankana Sahib District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak, who was born in the city and first began preaching here. Nankana Sahib is the most ...

Cast

as Lachhman Singh Dharowali *

* Oshin Brar *

Dev Kharoud Davinder Singh Kharoud better known as Dev Kharoud is an Indian actor who works in Punjabi cinema. Career Kharoud started his career as a theatre artist and played various roles on stage under the direction of theatre legends like Balraj Pand ...

as Kehar Singh * Hardeep Gill * Stass Klassen as British governor of Lahore ( Edward Douglas MacLagan) * Mahabir Bhullar as Mahant Narain Dass

Planning and Shooting

The set of

Gurudwara Sahib A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths ...

was raised at cost of spreading over 2.5 acres at village Ucha Pind,

Phagwara Phagwara is a city and municipal corporation in Kapurthala district in Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It lies on National Highway 44 (India), National Highway 44 and located 40 kilometres from Kapurthala, the district headquarter, away from Chan ...

by a team from Mumbai. Shooting was completed within 45 days as it rained incessantly during April 2015.

Release

It was released worldwide on 8 April 2016.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC; "Supreme Gurdwara Management Committee") is an organization in India responsible for the management of Gurdwaras, Sikh places of worship in states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the union ...

and team of film were angered at

Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...

of India for giving 'A' certification to the film and at British Censors for '15 rating' to the film.

Reception

Box office

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saka - The Martyrs of Nankana Sahib 2016 films Films about massacres of Sikhs Punjabi-language Indian films 2010s Punjabi-language films Films set in 1921 Films set in Punjab, Pakistan Films set in the British Raj Punjab Province in fiction