Sajjan Singh Rangroot is a 2018 Indian Punjabi-language war drama film directed by Pankaj Batra.
The film is based on the experiences of Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army fighting on the Western Front during World War I.
Joining the Lahore Regiment, Sajjan befriended a number of other soldiers: Dheera, Teja, Lacchman Das, and Mela Singh.
Dheera was scared of war and wished to get married and raise a family, Teja was arrogant, Lachman was very fluent in English, and Mela Singh was a habitual liar, and whose lies often led to humorous incidents.
The letter offers the Sikhs better equipment, food, and higher pay in return for defecting to the German side.
The Germans subsequently attack the trench, and the Sikhs and the British are forced to retreat, with Teja being killed in the fighting.
Faversham Market in Kent was used in multiple scenes of the film, in which WWI soldiers are seen marching through the town.
Mike McCahill of The Guardian gave three stars out of five and concluded "Batra hits most of his big emotional beats, rightly sensing there might be something stirring and striking in the sight of beturbaned warriors charging across a field in Belgium".
[7] Jyoti Sharma Bawa of Hindustan Times gave two stars out of five, She said "Sajjan Singh Rangroot's main fault is that it tries to do much".