Famous Bollywood helmer Shoojit Sircar is credited with yet another impactful film, titled “Sardar Udham Singh,” a biopic on the life of Udham Singh, an indelible figure in the Indian independence movement. The movie recently premiered on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video. Udham Singh was best known for his headline-making assassination of Michael O`Dwyer, a former governor of Punjab who oversaw the horrific 1919 Amritsar massacre at the Jalianwala Bagh. Udham Singh`s life and story have been a bit of mystery. But, this film, criss-crossing continents and following the travels of Udham Singh, depicts how the man was obsessed with taking revenge for the innocent lives. Sircar`s film attempts to illustrate Singh`s difficult upbringing in an orphanage in Punjab to his final days as a political martyr in London. Scotland Yard`s investigation of the assassination takes up most of the running time. This is where the film is perhaps weak. Critics felt that the drama surrounding the assassination of O`Dwyer and more about the person could easily have been justified by the charismatic and dashing Vicky Kaushal who plays Udham Singh. Vicky plays an Udham who is a magnificently obsessed individual, driven by the desire for freedom from colonisation and closure on Jallianwala Bagh. The film does show a lengthy sequence depicting Singh`s political awakening in the massacre`s aftermath. Kaushal delivers some of the film`s most memorable moments as a young man shell shocked by the horrors of colonialism. The movie goes back and forth from the present, where Udham is in London, to his past and explores his reasons for assassinating O`Dwyer. The story starts when Udham Singh (known as Sher Singh) is released from prison in Punjab in British India. He is constantly being watched by the authorities. He leaves India and goes to USSR during what appears to be winter. From there he makes his way to London by ship. Even though the authorities are on the lookout for him, he successfully evades them and lives in London, making a living as a salesman and then a welder. He is shown in front of Caxton Hall, making his way inside where O`Dwyer is giving a speech on his time as Lt. Governor of Punjab and how he had suppressed the revolution (Indian Freedom struggle) there. Udham makes his way to O`Dwyer, calls out his name and shoots him point blank multiple times. He is caught by the police and is subjected to extreme torture to extract a confession out of him and name his co-conspirators, which are fruitless.