Archive · 13 Sep 2026
The Revolutionaries Revisits India’s Lesser-Known Armed Freedom Fighters
The Revolutionaries is a new historical series about India’s fight for freedom.
It was created, produced, and directed by Nikhil Advani.
The story follows freedom fighters who are less famous today.
These people fought against British rule in the early 1910s.
Their story takes place before the better-known Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, and Udham Singh.
The series has eight episodes.
It is loosely based on a 2023 book by Sanjeev Sanyal.
The show is available on Amazon Prime Video.
Nikhil Advani created, produced, and directed The Revolutionaries.
The eight-episode Amazon Prime Video series focuses on lesser-known Indian freedom fighters.
Its central figures took up arms against British rule in the early 1910s.
The series is set before the better-known revolutionary figures Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, and Udham Singh.
The show is loosely based on Sanjeev Sanyal’s 2023 book Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom.
- Who
- The series focuses on lesser-known Indian freedom fighters and was created, produced, and directed by Nikhil Advani.
- What
- The Revolutionaries is an eight-episode historical drama about armed resistance against British rule.
- When
- The story focuses on the early 1910s; the source book was published in 2023.
- Where
- India and its struggle against British rule.
- Why
- The series highlights lesser-known freedom fighters and presents another account of how India won its freedom.
- Series
- The Revolutionaries
- Creator-producer-director
- Nikhil Advani
- Format
- Eight-episode longform period series
- Platform
- Amazon Prime Video
- Historical focus
- Indian freedom fighters in the early 1910s
- Source material
- Sanjeev Sanyal’s 2023 book Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom