story: Narrated by
Ajay Devgn
, Thank you It is a documentary film that chronicles one hundred years of work by the two founding figures of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh – Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar and Guruji Madhav Sadasiva Golwalkar, who continued to strengthen and expand
RSS
Against great opposition.review: History, as we know, rarely exists in a single copy. Thank you He aims to highlight a narrative that he believes has not received enough mainstream attention. Starting in the early 1900s, director Ashish Mole, along with writers Anil Agarwal, Utsav Dhan and Rohit Gehlot, transports viewers to a time when India was firmly under British rule and a silent ideological movement was gaining momentum. At the heart of this narrative is Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, later known as Doctorji, whose disciplined vision and unwavering commitment to the nation laid the foundation of the RSS.
As the story progresses, a young man and scholar Madhav Sadasiva Golwalkar also known as Guruji steps in to carry this legacy forward.The film’s primary objective is clear: to document the role the RSS claims to have played during the freedom struggle and in the decades following independence. By portraying the organization as distinct from electoral politics, the narrative unfolds in a largely chronological manner, tracing key developments across its century-long existence. Structurally, Thank you It adopts a hybrid format, mixing dramatic entertainment with advanced images generated by artificial intelligence and cutting-edge computer graphics.
This technological approach brings historical figures to life – from Veer Savarkar and Mahatma Gandhi to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani – giving the film a visually ambitious scope.However, the density of information often overwhelms the narrative, especially in the first half, which feels compressed and montage-like in its pacing.
The latter half settles into a more steady pace, presenting more grounded moments of ideological positioning and key historical moments. It also adopts a harsher tone in its depiction of the Congress Party, framing the RSS’s journey as one marked by resistance and adversity.
While the extensive use of technology adds polish and spectacle, it sometimes distances the viewer emotionally, as the recreated performances look visually convincing but lack a deeper human resonance.Monty Sharma’s music stands out as a standout, offering rousing patriotic compositions that amplify the film’s thematic intent and emotional undercurrents.finally, Thank you It is a high-tech documentary that attempts to highlight an organization and its leaders through a clearly reverential lens, recreating the era with great visual subtlety. Given the multi-layered and contested nature of India’s historical memory, whether a film registers as national history or ideological advocacy will depend largely on the viewer’s own point of view.
