Mangal Pandey: The Rising

Mangal Pandey: The Rising is a 2005 British–Indian biographical historical drama film that tells the story of Mangal Pandey, a Sepoy who masterminds an uprising against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Directed by Ketan Mehta; Produced by Bobby Pedi, Deepa Sahi and Ketan Mehta; Written by Farrukh Dhondy and Ranjit Kapoor
In an uprising, one man will lead it all

Mangal Pandey

  • [stopping Captain Hewson from flogging a servant] Enough. The black dog will die.

Captain William Gordon

  • [introducing Emily Kent and Mangal to each other] This is Miss Emily Kent. Miss Kent, this is Mangal.

Dialogue

Graham Kent: Your mother must be turning in her grave. Look at you. Shame on you, Emily. Looking like a nautch girl.
Emily Kent: Really?! Do I look like a real nautch girl? Captain Hewson, you must know.
Graham Kent: Emily!
Captain Hewson: I am unfamiliar with the detail of the attire of dancing girls.
Captain Gordon: Miss Kent, the costume is perfect. Any nautch girl in India would blush with envy.
Emily Kent: So, you keep the company of nautch girls, Captain Gordon?
Captain Gordon: I pursue beauty wherever I can find it.
Graham Kent: Toast.
Lord Canning: [raises his glass of champagne] The Queen!
Congregation: [raising their glasses] The Queen! [a servant accidentally spills champagne all over Emily]
Captain Gordon: Christ!
Servant: Oh! So sorry!
Captain Hewson: You black dog! What the hell do you think you're doing?! [chases and drags the servant outside the building]
Captain Gordon: [follows suit] Hewson! Hewson! Hewson! [Hewson throws and brutally kicks the servant in the stomach]
Captain Hewson: [to the guards] You, lift him!
Captain Gordon: Hewson, that's enough!
Captain Hewson: I'll teach you to touch a white woman, you black dog!
Servant: [pleading] Forgive me, sir! It was an accident! [Mangal steps in the whip's path]
Mangal Pandey: Enough. The black dog will die.
Captain Hewson: [throws the whip in Mangal's face and prepares to head inside] Miss Kent, on behalf of the...
Emily Kent: It's not to me that you owe the apology, Captain Hewson.
Graham Kent: Come inside.
[Pandey, Gordon, Lockwood and the soldiers have raided a godown]
Officer Lockwood: Seal the stock. Arrest this man.
Captain Gordon: Sergeant Major.
Sorabjee: Mr. Lockwood, you are. A man of high powers. But you've been here only a few days, sir. You must try to understand.
Officer Lockwood: Mr. Sorabjee, you are aware that the East India Company has a monopoly on the opium trade. It is obvious you have been indulging in your own private dealings.
Sorabjee: Mr. Lockwood, I am acquainted with you British, and I have had dealings for years with the Company officials. I will be very proud to make you part of our arrangements.
Officer Lockwood: Are you offering to bribe me, you blaggard?
Sorabjee: Sir, I have the deepest respect for you as a gentleman. I am simply trying to explain how trade works in India. It could be beneficial to you.
Officer Lockwood: You mistake me, sir. I'm here to bury corruption, not to fan it!
Sorabjee: Corruption is a strong word, sir. It is our custom, as Indians, to give small gifts. I must quieten your displeasure and pay a fine. 300 pounds in gold?
Officer Lockwood: Damn your eyes!
Sorabjee: Three thousand pounds. Now?
Officer Lockwood: [realizes the corrected fine] Three... thousand... pounds.
Sorabjee: India is rich, sir.

Cast

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