freedom fighters believed in just hearing their stories inspired all of us the kind of sacrifices our men made for our country everyone has the right to freedom and these brave men fought for that for me patriotism means respect and love for the land you live on and others who live on the land i know people will say im living in a fools paradise but i hope a day comes when the whole world becomes one nation and gets together to protect the earth sharman joshi actora biopic on someone like bharathi is not just documentation but a reminder of our duty to the nationi wanted bharathi to bring out subramania bharathiyars multifaceted nature on screen his inability to work under a feudal king joining forces with other extremist leaders resisting the british rule through newspapers and cartoons and his emphasis on womens emancipation our freedom struggle was not just about independence from the british but also social reformation he had a specific dream of how india should be and it made us question if that was what was happening when you make a biopic on someone like bharathi it doesnt stop with being a documentation of a life of a personality but also a reminder of patriotism and our duty to the nation gnana rajasekaran directoryou become more sensitive towards situations and peoplewhen you portray the character of a great patriot like tilak you get a better understanding of the country their stories are so incredibly inspirational you become more sensitive towards situations and people subodh bhave actorplaying netaji opened my eyes to the struggles of freedom fightersfor me netaji defined heroism and leadership while doing the film gumnaami i read up a lot about him and other characters as well who were a part of this incredible journey to independence playing netaji opened my eyes to the personal struggles of freedom fighters who despite their families and loved ones took an oath to serve the nation and never wavered i learned to truly value their courage and determination the film also made me realise how much we missed out on because netaji did not return as our leader prosenjit chatterjee actorgandhis childhood taught me how small incidents can shape a kids personalitywe have had a few films on gandhi but they have all spoken about him giving up his career to join the freedom movement and his life after that the only source for my film mohandas was his autobiography my experiments with truth which had around 32 pages on his childhood i learnt how small incidents in childhood can play a pivotal role in shaping ones personality like an incident of picketing that gandhi witnessed as a child p sheshadri director