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Shaheed-E-Azam

2002 Hindi film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ7461522 ↗
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Shaahed-E-Azam is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Sukumar Nair. The film stars Sonu Sood, Raj Zutshi, Manav Vij, and Dev Gill. It is based on the life of Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh. In the same year, two other films based on Singh's life were also released, 23rd March 1931: Shaheed and The Legend of Bhagat Singh.

The song, "Tere Ishq Nachaya", written by Bulleh Shah is included in the film's soundtrack.

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The public source identifies “Shaheed-E-Azam” as 2002 Hindi film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shaheed-E-Azam, Hindi and film.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 1931—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shaheed-E-Azam, Hindi and film providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7461522. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002 and 1931.

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This entry incorporates text from “Shaheed-E-Azam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.