"The iron man of India!"
Sardar is a 1993 Indian biopic on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest freedom fighters, directed by Ketan Mehta and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar.
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Sardar Patel
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lord Mountbatten of Burma
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Himself
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