As is the norm, women enter to complicate the scene: Emily Kent (Coral Beed) is a young aristocrat and Jwala (Amisha Patel) is a native also rescued by Mangal. Rani Mukerji plays Heera. Furthermore, there is some furore because of the introduction of some new gun cartridges...

Pros: Aamir Khan is back. It's been so long since we last saw the little master that it'd actually be acceptable if he decided to star in a series of monologues written by Kader Khan! The void he leaves with his inexplicably long absences can only be made up by his return.

Cons: The mangling of history. Freedom fighters are all very well, but really, must we introduce a love interest for Mangal Pandey?