Lakshya (2004)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

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 | Pakistan | Kashmir | Terrorist

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:

This film portrays a fictionalized account of the actions of 3 Punjab. As the film does show, 3 Punjab was based in Kargil and was among the first of the units to detect the Pakistani intrusion across the Line of Control. However, they did not actually capture "Peak 5179" or any other peak. In actuality, much of the on-screen unit's actions are inspired by various other battalions' actions during the conflict. As the film credits the story as fiction based on fact and is largely truthful to the overall situation, the Army officially endorsed and approved the film.

Quotes:

Col. Sunil Damle: [referencing to dead Pakistani soldiers] Sahab Dharamvir Singh, gather some of your men. These men should be buried with total respect.
Subedar Dharamvir Singh: Yes sir.
Col. Sunil Damle: [everyone remains silent] What's the matter? Pradeep?
Pradeep: No sir, I guess the thing is everyone just remembered the way these people returned the bodies of our soldiers.
Col. Sunil Damle: I see, I see. There is a difference between us and them and this difference should remain. Think what kind of army is that which refuses to accept the bodies of their officers, their soldiers. Shall we become the same? This is Indian Army. We maintain decency even in enmity. Sahab Dharamvir Singh, bury these men with due respect.

Movie Connections:

Features Commando (1985)

Lakshya!!What a movie

I'm the kind of guy who enjoys mindless action movies as well as movies that are intelligent,sensitive&thought-provoking.Lakshya falls in the latter category. The promos were slick and the music sounded good.But when i read the box-office report on this movie i was surprised at the lukewarm response this movie got because i thought this movie would be a runaway hit.However what can people like us do when such gifted film-makers like Farhan Akhtar are discouraged because their movies don't spoon-feed facts to the audience.But all said and done,This is among my personal favourites and i'm giving it a 10/10.2004 has produced some mature and intelligent movies like Lakshya,Yuva,Hum Tum,Swades etc and i'm happy that film-makers are growing up.This movie inspired me a lot and has played a role in me realising the truth that we should always have an aim in life because a life without an aim is like a body minus the soul.

+ points-Acting,Music(Background),Sound,Story,Tight Screenplay,Inspiring,Photography,Cinematography(nicely shot) -points-Length,Slow Pace,2nd half songs.