Samajwadi Party wants Mangal Pandey banned

Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Uday Pratap Singhon Thursday demanded that the screening of 'Mangal Pandey' starring Aamir Khan be banned. The movie has been accused of innaccurately portraying......

Mangal Pandey screening cancelled in Ballia

Screening of the Amir Khan-starrer 'The Rising' was cancelled in the birthplace of Mangal Pandey on Friday in the wake of protests that the film "distorted historical facts" and had no reference to......

Two file petitions, claim to be Mangal Pandey's de

Even before the controversy over prominent Bollywood personality Yash Chopra's claim that Mangal Pandey was not a freedom fighter could die down, another dispute has arisen.Two persons filed......

Rats chew toes of patient in Patna govt hospital

The state-run Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) in Bihar has landed in controversy, after a specially abled patient undergoing treatment at the medical facility claimed that rats had......

Who was Mangal Pandey?

For the few who think of Mangal Pandey as just another character role played by Aamir Khan, a quick lesson in history:So, he's not a fictional character?Of course not. Born in the village of Nagwa,......

Mangal Pandey's music launched

Chief of Army Staff General J J Singh released the music of Aamir Khan's Mangal Pangey at Priya PVR Cinema, New Delhi, on Thursday night.The much-hyped film is produced by Bobby Bedi.Bedi presented......

Mangal Pandey: 15 Years On, 8 Facts

Aamir Khan's Mangal Pandey: The Rising released on August 12, 2005. A historical drama about Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the British army who started the 1857 rebellion, this Ketan Mehta......

Mangal Pandey not a freedom fighter

Yash Chopra today said that Mangal Pandey was not a freedom fighter and questioned the authenticity of descendants of the 1857 hero who have filed a suit for showing him in poor light in a film......