Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan (film)

Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Milan Ajmera. It is based on the life of former Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and is titled after his popular slogan of the same name.

Cast

 * Jatin Khurana as Chandrashekhar Azad
 * Avinash Kumar as Sukhdev
 * Om Puri as Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
 * Prem Chopra as Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant
 * Rati Agnihotri as Rajalakshmi Pandit
 * Rishi Bhutani as Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
 * Rati Agnihotri as	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
 * Akhilesh Jain as Lal Bahadur Shastri
 * Ajit Khare as younger Lal Bahadur Shastri
 * Manoj Bhatt as youngest Lal Bahadur Shastri
 * Jaiwant Patekar as Mahatma Gandhi
 * Imran Hasnee as Nishkameshwar Prasad Mishra
 * Mandeep Kohli as Indira Gandhi
 * Neha Sharma as Lalita Shastri
 * Kanchan Awasthi as Lalita Shastri's sister-in-law
 * Shalini Arora as Ram Dulari Sinha
 * Aarti Tyagi as Lal Bahadur Shastri's aunt

Production
The film was produced by Madan Lal Khurana, Seema Chakerverty, and Pankaj Dua under the banner of Victorious Enterprises and directed by Milan Ajmera, production design by Bhupesh Salaskar and a script by Dhiraj Mishra. Renowned theatre actor from Bhopal Akhilesh Jain was selected to essay the role of Lal Bahadur Shastri. While actors like Om Puri, Prem Chopra and Rati Agnihotri were cast in strong roles of various political leaders. Actor Jatin Khurana also features in the film as Chandrashekar Azad, Ajit Khare as Lal Bahadur Shastri (age 14 to 21 years), Manoj Bhatt as Lal Bahadur Shastri (young).
 * Casting

The shoot of Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan began in April 2013 and it was filmed at various locations in Allahabad, Mumbai and Delhi.
 * Filming

Soundtrack
This soundtrack album has both patriotic and fun songs. The biggest highlight of the album is "Saj Ke Chali Hai Bharat Maan", sung by Javed Ali. Aman Trikha has sung "Mere Desh Ka Javaab Nahi". Rupesh and Girish are the composers of all the songs and Kishan Paliwal is the lyricist.