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Usha Mehta (25 March 1920 – 11 August 2000 [3]) was a Gandhian and independence activist of India. She is also remembered for organizing the Congress Radio , also called the Secret Congress Radio , an underground radio station , which functioned for few months during the Quit India Movement of 1942.
Ae Watan Mere Watan (transl. Oh Country My Country) is a 2024 Hindi-language historical biographical film about India's struggle for freedom in 1942, based on the life of Usha Mehta, a brave young girl who starts an underground radio station to spread the message of unity, setting off a thrilling chase with the British authorities during the Quit India movement.
Congress Radio started with a broadcast on 27 August 1942 at 7:30 p.m. from the top floor of the Sea View building in Chowpatty Bombay with Usha Mehta, the founder of the station, announcing, "This is the Congress Radio calling on (a wavelength of) 42.34 metres from somewhere in India."
To circumvent media restrictions, Indian National Congress activists, led by Usha Mehta contacted Mumbai-based amateur radio operators, "Bob" Tanna (VU2LK) and Printer to help broadcast messages to grass-root party workers across the country. [1] This became known as the "Congress Radio", and began broadcasting from 2 September 1942 on 7.12 MHz.
Disha Vakani Padia (born 17 August 1978); known professionally as Disha Vakani, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi films and television. [1] Vakani is widely known for her portrayal of Daya Jethalal Gada in India's longest-running sitcom, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.
Ketan Mehta Deepa Sahi is an Indian actress and producer, best known for her role as Maya in the 1993 movie Maya Memsaab , opposite actor Farooq Sheikh . She made her directorial debut with the movie Tere Mere Phere in 2011.
Naseeruddin Shah. Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950 [1]) is an Indian actor and director.He has acted in over 100 films and directed the 2006 Bollywood film, Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota, starring Irrfan Khan and Konkana Sen Sharma.
Like her contemporaries Aruna Asaf Ali and Usha Mehta, she came to the forefront during the Quit India Movement and was arrested by British. She later worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi during the Partition riots. She accompanied him to Noakhali in 1946. [citation needed]