RELEASED FRIDAY 11th NOVEMBER 2016 – WORLWIDE
WORLDWIDE—After the global smash hit that was Chaar Sahibzaade, Harry Bajewa’s sequel finally released worldwide last Friday. The simultaneous release saw India, UK and Canada (as well as other countries) all having the opportunity to experience the premiere of the movie.
Cinema auditoriums filled to capacity as Sikh families flocked to see the movie over the weekend.
The first movie set a record for the highest grossing animated movie of all time in India. This sequel is expected to fare close to the original too, as the much anticipated release finally arrived.
No major spoilers!
After the sacrifice of the four Sahibzaade (Princes) of Guru Gobind Singh, the new movie continues the narrative of the plight of the Sikhs as the Mughal empire attempts to obliterate the Sikh nation.
The movie truly does live up to the same level of inspiration and spine-tingling intensity as the first film. Not to mention the propensity to cause many an eye to well-up in emotion, as the story unfolds with much tugging of the heart strings.
The epic events from Sikh history are very adeptly recreated and the movie doesn’t lack the emotional roller coaster that one would expect with such trials and tribulations that the Sikhs of the time faced.
The writers decided to include focus on the much discussed subject of revenge… an emotion rejected by Sikhi but an motive so readily quoted when recounting the saga of Banda Singh Bahadur’s sacking of the city of Sirhind due to the slaughter of the two child princes. Thankfully the writers appeared to lend weight to the more fitting description of events, that Banda Singh went to free the common folk from the brutal and tyrannical hands of the Mughal empire – as opposed to revenge for the killing of the Sahibzaade. Nevertheless, Banda is very realistically found to be torn, as he fought to keep his feelings and emotions balanced and in check (according to the values of Sikhi).
The movie does seem to stir two or three points of controversy unnecessarily, but I think Sikhs worldwide will be wise enough to acknowledge a commonly reoccurring difference of opinion and still take away the immensely positive effort by the movie makers in creating this beautiful film.
A full, five-out-of-five thumbs up from the Sikh24 team!
TAKE YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY IMMEDIATELY!
Excellent. Everyone should watch these movies and learn.