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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   2,289 votes
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Director:
Farhan Akhtar
Writers:
Javed Akhtar (dialogue)
Javed Akhtar (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 June 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
War | Drama | Romance more
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Farhan Akhtar make his foray into Hollywood with a bang
 (From Filmicafe. 15 September 2009, 2:35 PM, PDT)

One can’t predict things: Sushant Singh
 (From RealBollywood. 1 September 2009, 6:04 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Clean Unadulterated entertainment, Great performances more (40 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
186 min
Country:
India
Language:
Hindi
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more

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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. more
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. more
Quotes:
Pakistani Intruder: [on the walky talky] Hello Gaznabi, why has the firing stopped? Gaznabi come in. Why has the firing stopped?
Capt. Jalal Akbar: The firing has stopped because Gaznabi has reached his destiny. Leave our area soon or else swear on khuda we won't leave you.
Pakistani Intruder: Oh, swear on khuda. So are you a muslim?
Capt. Jalal Akbar: Only an Indian for you.
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Movie Connections:
References Jurassic Park (1993) more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Clean Unadulterated entertainment, Great performances, 21 June 2004
9/10
Author: bn0809 from Bangalore

Lakshya is a very well made war, coming of age movie, which can compete with anything from the west.

I personally, feel it ends two debates, other than the fact that it establishes Hrithik as the ultra star-great actor mould (la Kamal Hassan),

a) Farhan Akhtar is the talent to watch for, A Mani Ratnam in the making for Hindi Cinema

b) Prabhu Deva can hand over mantel of the best ever dancer on screen to Hrithik Roshan (you have to see to believe what happens on the screen in the song "Main Asia kyun hoon", which Prabhu Deva himself has choreographed).

Just go and enjoy, this wonderful clean entertainer, which has great music and cinematography to complement the performances from the actors, and the skillful direction of Farhan Akhtar

Badri

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