Chaar Sahibzaade Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Languages | Punjabi Hindi |
| Genre | Animation, Historical, Action |
| Release date | November 6, 2014 |
| Running time | 2hr 8min |
| Certificate | U |
| Cast | Om Puri Harman Baweja |
| Directed by | Harry Baweja |
| Written by | Harry Baweja |
| Produced by | Pammi Baweja |
| Narrated by | Om Puri |
| Cinematography by | Rowena Baweja |
| Edited by | Ninad Khanolkar |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand Jaidev Kumar Harry Baweja |
| Production Companies | Baweja Movies Irealities Technology |
| Distributor | Aanna Films Sippy Grewal Production |
Chaar Sahibzaade Movie Cast & Characters:
- Om Puri as the Narrator
- Harman Baweja
Storyline:
The film starts with invasions of India by the Mughal Empire. Guru Tegh Bahadur (the ninth Guru of Sikhdom) sacrificed his life for the rights and freedom of religion of the Kashmiri pandits. Following this, Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa to counter the invading forces with martyrdom as the fundamental principle of defence. The film depicts the Battle of Anandpur (1700) in which the Mughal General Painde Khan was slain by Guru Gobind Singh. The film also depicts the Battle of Chamkaur which took place in December, 1704 CE in which forty two Sikhs (under Guru Gobind Singh) fought bravely against ten lakh Mughal forces under the command of Wazir Khan.
Chaar Sahibzaade Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million) |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹70 crore (US$8.8 million) |
About Chaar Sahibzaade Movie:
- Chaar Sahibzaade is an Indian Punjabi – Hindi 3D computer-animated historical drama film written and directed by Harry Baweja.
- It is based on the sacrifices of the sons of the 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh—Sahibzada Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh, Zorawar Singh, and Fateh Singh.
- Om Puri provided the film’s narration, and the voice artists for various characters were kept anonymous.
- The production took nearly five years. Harry Bajwa spent two years doing research for the project. He met the “Dharam Parchar Committee” of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and discussed his project.
- It is prohibited in Sikhism to depict Sikh Gurus in an animated form and their still images were used in this film.
- The film was produced in Punjabi and Hindi and also dubbed in American English.
- Animation work for the movie was handled by iREALTIES and the film trailer was launched in Mumbai.
- The film was released on 6 November 2014 to positive reviews from critics and audiences, and the movie emerged as a major box office success.
- It was the highest-grossing Punjabi film when it was released. It was surpassed by Carry on Jatta 2 in July 2018.
- It is the highest-grossing animated movie ever to have been produced in India.
- It is available on the DVD format and was never released on Blu-Ray.
- A sequel titled Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur was released on 11 November 2016.
