Azaad director Abhishek Kapoor pens note after film’s OTT release: “Found its way to people like this, beyond screens, beyond noise”

AZAAD is the story of a young man and a horse. The year is 1920. Govind (Aaman Devgan) lives with his father Braj (Sandeep Shikhar), sister Daani (Jiya Amin), and nani (Natasha Rastogi) in the village of Bhusar in Central Province. Braj works at the stable of the village chieftain... Rai Bahadur (Piyush Mishra). He has a son Tej Bahadur (Mohit Malik) and a daughter Janaki (Rasha Thadani). Tej Bahadur, like the father, is evil while Janaki has a sensitive side. One day, Govind accidentally rides the horse of Rai Bahadur while Janaki is doing horse riding in the royal stable. Govind is whipped for his mistake. Govind assumes that Janaki complained about him and despises him. Janaki doesn't celebrate Holi and no one in the village has the guts to apply colour on her. Govind, however, splashes colour on her face. Realizing that Rai Bahadur and Tej Bahadur might kill him, Govind runs away. In the jungles, he comes across a royal, beautiful horse. Govind immediately gets mesmerized. Soon, he realises that the horse's name is Azaad and he belongs to Vikram Singh (Ajay Devgn), a dreaded dacoit. Vikram's army captures Govind, assuming that he’s a cop or a spy. But they let him off when they realize that Govind is not harmful. Vikram gets fond of Govind and he also becomes a part of his army. However, Azaad has no such fondness for Govind. Meanwhile, Vikram's former partner Kesar (Diana Penty) is now the wife of Tej Bahadur. Tej, along with the British, wants to finish Vikram and they can go to any lengths for it. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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