Helmed by Ashutosh Gowariker, and based on Manini Chatterjee's book Do and Die, the film is based on the Chittagong Uprising of the 1930s.
Abhishek plays Surjya Sen, who, with his team of revolutionaries, led the attack on five centres of British power in the town of Chittagong (then a part of undivided India) on the night of April 18, 1930. Deepika Padukone essays the role of Kalpana Dutta.


