Narrating chapters from the life of a polarising historic figure is not an easy feat. Yet Randeep
Hooda’s Swatantra Veer Savarkar — a biopic on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar — takes up the
challenge, tries to dissect and detail the key events from his life, and serves us a three-hour long
biographical film that works in parts and struggles to hook your attention for the rest. Also read
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Spanning over a 100 decades including both pre and post independence era starting from 1857 to 1966, the  the story solely from the point of view of its much controversial protagonist. And it doesn’t battle an eyelid while doing so, especially when mounting him as a worshipped figure with ideals that many might not have agreed with initially, but would still eventually come to terms with. As a result, Swatantra Veer Savarkar ends up being a one-sided narrative that’s not bothered about presenting a balanced outlook about the contributions made towards India’s struggle for freedom.

A politician, activist and a writer, Savarkar, who propagated Hindutva and the ideology of Akhand Bharat (undivided India), believed in armed revolution to get rid of the British rule as opposed to Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence beliefs and ideologies. However, the film doesn’t endorse or advocate the idea of violence, which was a relief.