New Delhi. Goa has always been a favorite shooting location of Indian and Hindi cinema. So many romantic songs and films have been shot on the beautiful beaches of Goa, that Goa has become people’s favorite holiday, romantic and now wedding destination. But do you know that Goa, known for romance and romance, has a history full of struggle. Goa has made its mark by fighting a long battle against the Portuguese and winning it. Goa’s freedom struggle is different from India’s freedom struggle because Goa used to be ruled by the Portuguese and after a long struggle, Goa became independent from the Portuguese in 1969. Bollywood has also made many films on this struggle of Goa. Let us take a look at those films in which the story of Goa’s independence has been told.
1. seven hindustani– 1969- Amitabh Bachchan started his career with the film Saath Hindustani, based on the story of Goa’s independence. In this film, Amitabh Bachchan played the role of Anwar Ali, a poet from Bihar who along with six other revolutionaries from Goa fights against the Portuguese government. This film came and went, that is, it was not very successful.
2, call-1983The most talked about film about Goa’s independence is Pukar, which was released in 1973 and it starred Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Randhir Kapoor and Tina Munim. This film does not come in the list of Amitabh Bachchan’s hit films, but Amitabh and Zeenat Taman’s songs ‘Samundar Mein Naha Kar’ and “Tu Maayke Mat Jaiyo” are quite famous songs. In this film, Randhir Kapoor and Amitabh are revolutionaries and liberate Goa at the end of the film.
3.Trikal- 1985– Shyam Benegal wrote the story of this film and directed it. This film is the story of a Portugaali family of Goa whose relative is a revolutionary and runs away from the Portuguese Police and hides in their house. The film has experienced actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Neena Gupta, Dilip Tahil but this film is very composed. There are films. Leave aside the viewers, perhaps even the makers of the film would not have understood why they had made this film. In the era of art films in Hindi cinema, many such films were made which people did not understand much, that is why many people thought that perhaps this film belonged to the category of intellectuals, that is why they were not understood.
4. Johar Mehmood In Goa– 1965- Johar Mahmood’s Goa – Hardly anyone knows this film. In this film IS Johar and Mehmood have played the roles of revolutionaries of Goa. In this, Simi Garewal is playing the role of heroine.
5. Armaan – 1981In this film starring Raj Babbar, Ranjita Kaur and Deepak Parashar, it is shown that a revolutionary escapes from the captivity of the Portuguese government of Goa and encounters his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. This film, which tells the story of relationships in the background of Goa’s independence, was not successful at the box office, but the song ‘Pyaar Hi Jeene Ki Surat Hai’ of this film was quite popular.