Sam Bahadur (2023)
Original title: Samबहादुर
Sam Bahadur is a 2023 Hindi-language drama movie directed by Meghna Gulzar, with a running time of 2h 29m. It stars Vicky Kaushal, Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh.
Based on the life of Sam Manekshaw, who was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.
Cast
- Vicky Kaushal as Sam Manekshaw
- Sanya Malhotra as Silloo Manekshaw
- Fatima Sana Shaikh as Indira Gandhi
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Yahya Khan
- Edward Sonnenblick as Lord Mountbatten
- Neeraj Kabi as PM Jawaharlal Nehru
- Govind Namdeo as Sardar Vallabhai Patel
- Paul O'Neill as Major (General) David Cowan
- Rajiv Kachroo as Hormusji Manekshaw
- Sammy Jonas Heaney as Captain McLaren
- Richard Bhakti Klein as Ambassador Keating
- Jaskaran Singh Gandhi as Sepoy Mehar Singh