Mangal Pandey - The Rising
8/12/2005
Imdb: tt0346457
Tmdb: 20496
Popularity: 8.163
Vote: 6.217/10 (60)

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.