Khelein hum jee jaan sey

film by Gowariker [2010]

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The film Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010), directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, is a period thriller set in the 1930s. It stars Deepika Padukone and Abhishek Bachchan and is based on the historical Chittagong armory raid of 1930. This event involved Indian revolutionaries attempting to seize weapons from police in pre-independent India. Gowariker is known for other acclaimed Bollywood films such as Lagaan (2001), Swades (2004), and Jodhaa Akbar (2008).1

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…period films with the thriller Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (“We Play With Passion”), set in the 1930s. The film starred Deepika Padukone and Abhishek Bachchan and was based on the Chittagong armory raid of 1930, in which Indian revolutionary leaders had attempted to raid police-owned weapons in preindependent India.
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…period films with the thriller Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (“We Play With Passion”), set in the 1930s. The film starred Deepika Padukone and Abhishek Bachchan and was based on the Chittagong armory raid of 1930, in which Indian revolutionary leaders had attempted to raid police-owned weapons in preindependent India.
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