WATCH THE RAILWAY MAN MOVIE

WATCH THE RAILWAY MAN MOVIE

The movie alludes to two inspirations: “Brief Encounter” (its underdeveloped love story) and “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (its tale of forced labor by Allied prisoners of war). The film, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky (“Burning Man”) from a screen adaptation of Lomax’s 1995 memoir, tells the true story of his brutal treatment by the Japanese after his capture in Singapore in 1942 and his determination to come to terms with it decades later. The studio has licensed several of its iconic films, such as Darr, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Dil To Pagal Hai, to Amazon Prime, and more recently struck a deal with the streamer for current release Bunty Aur Babli 2 and upcoming titles Prithviraj, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Shamshera.What place is there nowadays for a solid, old-fashioned movie about war, remembrance and reconciliation? That question occurred to me while watching “The Railway Man,” an unabashedly stodgy, high-minded film in the David Lean tradition (without the grandeur), starring Colin Firth as Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who served and suffered during World War II. YRF is understood to be planning to launch its own streaming service, but hasn’t said whether The Railway Men will stream on this service or a third-party platform. We are not going to leave any stone unturned to ensure that this story reaches out to audiences, across the world, in the best possible way so that they can understand the depth of devastation that this tragedy has caused in India.” Yogendra Mogre, executive producer at YRF Entertainment, added: “ The Railway Men is our salute to their spirit, their courage and their humanity.

At YRF, we are constantly trying to develop the best compelling stories for audience and this is our tribute to the unsung heroes of the tragedy who, despite saving thousands of lives on that fateful day, are still unknown to people across the world.” YRF senior vice president, Akshaye Widhani, said: “The Bhopal Gas Tragedy is the world’s worst industrial disaster that has impacted scores of people since the tragedy struck the city 37 years ago. YRF Entertainment plans to produce four other high-profile projects in its first year of operations. It will start streaming on Decemto mark the sacrifice the railway workers made during the disaster, which took place on the night of December 2-3, 1984. YRF chief Aditya Chopra will mentor Rawail during the making of the series. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma and Babil Khan.

The Railway Men, which started shooting yesterday (December 1), will star R. Thousands of people died and more than 500,000 were exposed to toxic gas following the leak at the Union Carbide India pesticide plant in Bhopal in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Indian production house Yash Raj Films (YRF) is launching a streaming content production business, YRF Entertainment, which has set The Railway Men, about the 1984 Bhopal industrial disaster, as its first project.ĭirected by newcomer Shiv Rawail, the project is described as “a tribute to the railway workers at Bhopal station who are the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s biggest man-made industrial disaster”.

Watch the railway man