125: Rebel Yell: Mangal Pandey, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, and Sardar Udham

<div>We bone up on our Indian history with three biopics about revolutionaries during the Indian independence movement.<br> <br> </div> <div>Show notes:<br> <br> </div> <ul> <li>The <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement">Indian independence movement </a>lasted from 1857 to 1947, but keep in mind we are not experts in Indian history when listening to this episode...</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/7435736-playing-with-the-past-gandhi-and-rang-de-basanti-with-torrey-dance">Episode 88: Playing With The Past: <em>Gandhi</em> and <em>Rang De Basanti </em>with Torrey Dance</a></li> <li>What we learned about India in history class (basically nothing)</li> <li>Cycles of revolution: the <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857">1857 Sepoy Uprising</a> inspires <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Socialist_Republican_Association">HRSA</a> in the 20s and 30s, inspires the <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Dwyer#Assassination">assassination of O’Dwye</a>r in 1940</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Pandey:_The_Rising"><em>Mangal Pandey: The Rising</em></a></li> <li>The “cartridge controversy”, as explained in<em> </em><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashman_in_the_Great_Game"><em>Flashman in the Great Game</em></a> (George Macdonald Fraser, 1975)</li> <li>BSD performances</li> <li>“Good” English-language villain actors</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Bhagat_Singh"><em>The Legend of Bhagat Singh</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-cooperation_movement">Non-cooperation movement</a></li> <li>Is Ajay Devgn too old to play Bhagat Singh?</li> </ul> <div> <br> (INTERVAL <a href="https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3w9I3cygEE">“Rasiya”</a> from <em>Mangal Pandey</em>)<br> <br> </div> <ul> <