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1971 is a 2007 Indian Hindi war drama film directed by Amrit Sagar, and written by Piyush Mishra and Amrit Sagar, based on a true story of prisoners of war after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film features an ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Piyush Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal and others. At the National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi The film is an account of the escape of six soldiers of the Indian Army taken as prisoners of war by Pakistan Army, during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Original Release
03/09/2007
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Manoj Bajpayee | Major Suraj Singh |
| Ravi Kishan | Captain Jacob |
| Deepak Dobriyal | Flight Lt. Gurtu |
| Kumud Mishra | Captain Kabir |
| Manav Kaul | Flight Lt. Ram |
| Chittaranjan Giri | Subedar Ahmed |
| Gyan Prakash | Col. Puri |
| Farida Dadi | Sultana Khanum |
| Satyajit Sharma | Indian Major at LOC Post |
| Pramod Kapoor | Pakistani Captain |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Manoj Bajpayee | Major Suraj Singh |
| Ravi Kishan | Captain Jacob |
| Deepak Dobriyal | Flight Lt. Gurtu |
| Kumud Mishra | Captain Kabir |
| Manav Kaul | Flight Lt. Ram |
| Chittaranjan Giri | Subedar Ahmed |
| Gyan Prakash | Col. Puri |
| Farida Dadi | Sultana Khanum |
| Satyajit Sharma | Indian Major at LOC Post |
| Pramod Kapoor | Pakistani Captain |
| Pankaj Kalra | Captain Azam Baig |
| Sunil Chauhan | Jawan Nutty |
| Sagar Saini | Subedar Hoshiyar Singh |
| Rao Devender | Pakistan Rifleman Sayyed Ali |
| Amrendra Sharma | Pakistan Rifleman Jayed |
| Nitinn Rana | Pakistani Major |
| Aslam Khan | |
| Deepti Gupta | Sabeena Jehangir - Red Cross / Sabeena Jehangir |
| Bikramjeet Kanwarpal | Col. Shakoor |
| Vivek Mushran | Col. Shaharyar Khan |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Arjun Bagga | Executive Producer |
| Neelam Sethi | Executive Producer |
| Amrit Sagar | Producer |
| Moti Sagar | Producer |
