Lakshya (2004)

Director:

Farhan Akhtar

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue)
Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

War | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

It took him 24 years and 18000 feet to find himself

Plot:

Karan is a lazy man, who is good for nothing. He lives on the income generated by his father and elder brother...

Plot Keywords:

Army | Military Academy | Terrorist | Kashmir | Pakistan

Awards:

3 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Col. Sunil Damle
Hrithik Roshan	...	Karan Shergill
Preity Zinta	...	Romila "Romi" Dutta
Om Puri	...	Subedar Maj. Pritam Singh
Sharad S. Kapoor	...	Maj. Binod Sengupta
Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Maj. Kaushal Verma (as Raj Zutshi)
Sushant Singh	...	Capt. Jalal Akbar
Prashant Chianani	...	Lt. Vishal Srivastav (as Prashant Chainani)
Shakeel Khan
Ranvir Shorey		(as Ranvir Shoerey)
Ajai Jose
Aditya Srivastava
Abir Goswami	...	Capt. Sudhir Mishra (AMC)
Parmeet Sethi	...	Maj. Shahbaaz Humdani (Pakistan)
Boman Irani	...	Mr. Shergill

Runtime:

186 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:16 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India

Company:

Excel Entertainment

Trivia:

Amar Singh managed to get the television channel office where Preity Zinta's character works in the film was set in the actual Sahara newsroom in Delhi. The entire space was vacated within a day's notice. The makers didn't have to pay anything for it, thanks to Amar Singh and Sahara, which is why Sahara and Amar Singh were thanked in the opening credits.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the very first scene Hritik Roshan is referred to as Lt. Col. Shergill, whereas in the rest of the movie he is referred to as Lt. Shergill. His actual rank in the movie is Lt. Shergill.

Quotes:

Col. Sunil Damle: Karan, do you think this frame is properly aligned?
Karan Shergill: [confused] Sir?
Col. Sunil Damle: This frame, do you think it is properly aligned?
Karan Shergill: [adjusts frame a little] Now it looks proper sir.
Col. Sunil Damle: Good. Things don't look OK until they are perfect. Lt. Karan Shergill, welcome to 3 Punjab.

Movie Connections:

References Jurassic Park (1993)

one of the most realistic war movies

Finally Bollywood came up with a nice war movie, featuring then ever charming big Bacchan and the heartthrob Hritik. The movie makers surely consulted some service personnel before getting into production. And that was well seen. The tracer bullets, the accuracy of the weapons,uniforms,officer to me relation and other such things were absolutely realistic and stunning. The insurgent chase in the grasses, the rock climbing, the final battle and most important the IMA training were absolutely 9.9 / 10 . Way to go Farhan and his team. this movie is definitely a hit, at least in my home. The support actors were great in their job, specially Sushant and Om Puriji. Bachan sahib doing that 'we've done it' was exhilarating after they won back Peak 5179. The portrayal of the soldiers couldn't have been better. Shankar Ehsan and Loy,what else can i say other than you are great? Awesome movie.

PS. Preity Zinta was not actually required so much, it looked quiet unnecessary.