Shaheed 1948

Shaheed is a 1948 Indian Bollywood action film released on 1948. The film is directed by Ramesh Sehgal.

This is the story of India under the British rule, the swadeshi movement, activities of Nehru and Gandhi's followers. Ram, son of a police officer, was inspired by Nehru and wanted to dedicate himself to the country. Ram's father was sad to see his son become a swadeshi. Shila and Vinod were Ram's childhood friends. Vinod became a police officer. Shila loved and respected Ram. But to release her brother from the jail, she was compelled to marry Vinod. Shila became depressed and sick. Ram in the meanwhile got caught by the police and was hanged. Shila placed her garland over Ram's dead body and she also died. Ram became a shaheed and got the respect of the Indian people.

"SHAHEED" is the story of the sacrifice of those countless young patriots, who, unknown and unsung, laid down then lives at the alter of the countrys freedom from foreign domination. . Ram was one such martyr. Son of Rai Bahadur Dwarka Dass, a district Magistrate, Ram imbibed the spirit of the preachings of Mahatma Gandhi at a tender age, and one day daywhile his father was busy dispersing a procession, Ram was talking to his mother of his dreams of becoming a great national leader like Jawahar Lal Nehru. . Ram was grratly influenced by his friend Gopal, son of the local landlord Hakumat Rai, of Amritsat. He was friendly also with Sheela, Gopals sister. Vinod, son of the Superintendern of Police also tried to be friendly with Sheela, but Sheela had no regard for him, a "toadi bacha". . Years roll on and the childern grow into youths. In the "Quit India" Movement of 1942, Ram is seen as an under ground Socialist revolutionery, while Sheela is a lady doctor and Vinod an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ambala. Ram loots a railway train carrying Goverment money and is wounded in this act, and Sheela, who is accidently travelling with her father by the same train sees it, without however, recognising the victim. . In Ambala Sheelas father meets the Superintendent of Police and negotiates Sheelas betrothal with Vinod. Next day while calling on their old friend, Rai Bahadur, Dwarka Dass, Sheela recognises Ram as the revolutionery, removes the bullet from his arm and nurses him. The Rai Bahadur, obviously, would not have anything to di with a revolutionery son. Ram is furned out of home. He goes to meet Sheela where he learns from Vinods father about the negotiations of her betrothal to Vinod being completed. Ram leaves Sheelas house in dispair and Sheela follows him. They spend a night at a hotel where they take vows of loving each other eill death parts them. . Gopal, Sheelas brother and a follower of Gandhiji, gets arrested on a concocted charge of blowing up a railway bridge. Vinod, the Police officer threatens to have him severely punished unless Sheela agreea to marry him. And Sheela is reuctantly made to agree, with a determiation never to consumate the marriage. This obtains Gopals release. Ram carries on underground activities, where he gets the news of Sheelss marriage with Vinod. . Vinod tries to have his marriage consumated by all means fair or foul. Entering Sheelas room by a window one day he fordibley embracess her. She struggles andesducceeds in getting out of his clutches, but before that, Ram has seen her in Vinods arma for a short while, without her knowing it. . Rams dreams are shattered and the hurries back from Vinods house ehere he had gone to ascertain the truth and was rudelay shocked by the above misunderstanding. In the hurry he deops an envelope containing infomation about his activities and where-abouts. This give a clue to Vinod, Who raids the hiding place of Ram. Ram and his colleagues escape, but Gopal and `Guruji, the leader of the mivement, are arrested. . Ram entrusted with the task os securing Gopals and Gurujis relase, pleands in vain his father. Meanwhile, harrased constantly by Vinod, Sheela becomes a victim of tubersulosis. . Persuaded by Ram, Sheela goes to a hill station, but her coidition nursing when she shoes signs of improvement, Ram is arrested by Vinod. . This time, the news of Rams arrest has a healthy effect on the Rai Bahadurs mind, who resigns his service and renounces his title and defends Ram at a special tribunal where he is being tried as a revolutionary. He, however, fails to save his son, who is sentenced to be hanged. . The news affects Sheelas failing health. Her condition takes the worst turn. . As the procession of the great martyr Ram passes bebeath the balcony of her house, she pays her last tribute ti him by means of a flower garlan and the next monent Vinod finds her lying lifeless with her head resting on the balcony window sill. Check out this page for more updates on Shaheed.