Click to play videoNew Delhi: The impact of the 1857 mutiny was far beyond just the political ramifications of those times. It was felt in popular art and literature as well.
Bollywood films like Junoon and Shatranj Ke Khiladi were set in the 1857 period. But the freshest memory in people's mind about the uprising is through 2005's film Mangal Pandey.
The film got mixed reactions but nevertheless revived the importance of 1857 in the history of revolts against the British. And the next in line is a soon to be released film, titled Jhansi Ki Rani, produced by Sushmita Sen.
Art also has certainly helped preserve those moments of struggle. Form the battle at Kashmiri Gate in Delhi, the bloodshed in Awadh, the ruins of the British residency in Lucknow to the very poignant image of Bahadur Shah Zafar's arrest, art has depicted all of it.
In fact there is also ample poetry written by Bahadur Shah Zafar in exile. The particularly famous one is that of Mohammad Rafi's rendition - Lagta nahin hai jee mera ujray dayar mein.
And of course, there's William Dalrymple's book The Last Mughal which talks about an era that brought the great Mughal Empire in India to its tragic end.
During the revolt, poet Mirza Ghalib was much past his prime. But there are various letters written by him that show his pain - Lal qile ke mohalle mein khaak udti hai, aadmi ka door tak naam nahi.
There have also been interpretations through modern art. The escape from Meerut to Delhi or connecting the British forces brutality with the nuclear war or the Gujarat riots.
However, theatre has not been far behind in depicting the mutiny. Recently dancer Astad Deboo did a dramatic piece on 1857.
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