Tango Charlie (2005)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Mani Shankar

Writers:

Mani Shankar (dialogue)
Mani Shankar (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 March 2005 (India)

Genre:

Action | Drama | War

Tagline:

The heart of a hero

Plot:

Indian Army Sepoy Tarun Chauhan is assigned to proceed to Northeastern part of India that has been rocked...

Plot Keywords:

India | Rescue | Computer Game | Diary | Helicopter

Cast

Sanjay Dutt	...	Squadron Leader Vikram Rathore
Sunil Shetty	...	Flight Lieutnant Shezad Khan
Ajay Devgan	...	Havaldar Mohammed Ali (Mike Alpha)
Bobby Deol	...	Sepoy Tarun Chauhan (Tango Charlie)
Tanisha	...	Lachchi Narayan
Nandana Sen	...	Shyamoli
Sudesh Berry	...	BSF Soldier
Shahbaaz Khan
Vishal Thakkar
Kelly Dorji	...	Bodo militant leader
Vivek Shaq	...	Tarun's friend
Sanjay Mishra
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alok Nath	...	Chauhan (Tarun's dad)
Anjan Srivastav	...	Doctor
Tiku Talsania	...	Ram Narayan (Lachchi's dad)
Mukesh Tiwari	...	Pakistan Army Officer
Rajendranath Zutshi

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Company:

Gaurav Digital

Trivia:

The so called Bodo "Militants" spoke in Tibetan which caused a huge uproar among the Tibetans living in India.

Great war movie !!

A routine sortie in the Kargil sector. Indian Air Force helicopter pilots, Squadron Leader Vikram Rathore (Sanjay Dutt) and Flight Lieutenant Shezad Khan (Suniel Shetty) are busy with the process of passing time in the white-clad wilderness of endless non-populated arid lands. Suddenly, they spot a number of bodies strewn over, and a hand reaching out. The rescue is carried out despite of a 'No-Go' from the HQ Command because of bad weather. The basic first-aid is carried out, and a diary is discovered. What unfolds through the pages of this diary, while these two pilots fight bad weather and the need to keep the rescued BSF soldier alive, takes them on a whirlwind trip across the nation with Sepoy Tarun Chauhan (Bobby Deol), his journey of life, his love Lachchi (Tanishaa), his battles, his fears, the loss of innocence, and above all, the influence of his mentor, Havaldar Mohammed Ali (Ajay Devgan), who is shaping his destiny. From time immemorial, soldiers have fallen on the battlefield without really knowing why they were fighting, and for what. Absurdly, wars are always fought in the name of peace. Whatever the compelling reason to fight, it is ultimately the soldiers on both sides who die - in some strange land, in some horrible way, with no one really to mourn for them, except for their immediately family, or perhaps a posthumous investiture ceremony. The solider is a brutal symbol of the violent animal in all of us. He does our dirty work. All over the world, wherever battle lines are grimly drawn, he emerges. Weary and dusty, with his mud caked gun and torn bleeding face, he squeezes the trigger at another weary and worn person somewhere out there. He is charged with a love for his cause or country. Yet that love is not enough when it comes to death. He is frightened and bewildered. Who in this blue and beautiful planet wants to die in a trench a thousand miles from home? In a real tangible way, he is a true hero - even though he will remain an unknown soldier. He had the courage to believe and the guts to die so that someone, somewhere, far away, might live in peace. The main protagonists of Tango Charlie represent these brave fighters who are ready to sacrifice their lives for the sake of our safety and security without any expectation of any award or reward. However, they should not be consigned to the footnotes of our daily lives. They deserve better than that.