Ae Watan Mere Watan: How Sara Ali Khan's portrayal of freedom fighter Usha Mehta shows her resilience as an actor

Sara Ali Khan’s Ae Watan Mere Watan is all set to release on Amazon Prime Video IN on March 21. She plays freedom fighter Usha Mehta who retaliated against the British Rule during the 1942 Quit India Movement by opening an underground radio station. She used her voice as a tool that later became a threat to the British Raj.

Sara in Ae Watan Mere Watan will be seen playing a strong character who stood for the freedom of India with a new approach. The trailer is proof that, its going to be a film that will give this talented actress a shade of her education to relish in her profession. That is the reason she is able to develop a personal connection with the character. She was very keen on playing this part in Ae Watan Mere Watan as the story of the film is based on the Indian history that Sara has always been a student of.

Directed by Kannan Iyer, the film has been written by Iyer and Darab Farooqui. The movie features actor Sara Ali Khan in the lead alongside Sachin Khedekar, Abhay Verma, Sparsh Shrivastav, Alexx O’ Nell and Anand Tiwari in pivotal roles and a special guest appearance by Emraan Hashmi.  Ae Watan Mere Watan is set to premiere exclusively on Prime Video in India and across more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on March 21 in Hindi with dubs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

From the first frame itself, the trailer transports the audience to the pre-independence era, introducing us to 22-year-old Usha (played by Sara Ali Khan), a college girl in Bombay, who in her pursuit of helping India achieve its freedom, forms an underground radio station that becomes the fuel that fires the Quit India Movement. Through her character’s journey, the trailer highlights the courage, sacrifices, and the resourcefulness of the youth of the nation during India’s fight for freedom.