TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Bijay Balla Just want to say one thing about this movie: watch Hindi movie "1971" first, and then watch this one. you'll know the defects and cheapness of this movie. I agree that it's a movie, and therefore will be dramatized. But this much!!! Totally unrealistic. You might want to laugh at some very serious scenes here. Don't want to waste my time reviewing about this movie. If you want to watch a movie on war between India and Pakistan, then watch Border, Tango Charlie, 1971 or Hero. But never this one. The standard of the movie is that of 80s. Watch this one if you want to get frustrated with the director, screenplay, actors and yourself.

silvan-desouza In 1975 Amitabh gave a classic DEEWAAR which is remembered even today in 2004 Amitabh returns again with another DEEWAAR this time as an old prisoner of warThe film deals with the story of prisoners of war from India who are caught n arrested since 1971 The film deals with how they wanna escape and how Akshaye wants to save his father The film takes inspiration from 2 English films and also is too filmy Also another problem being the casting of the other actors who are arrested with Bachchan don't look oldThe torture scenes are well handled and Akshaye's journey to Pakistan is well handled too Sanjay Dutt's scenes though cattering towards the masses are well handled The escape is well handled but Sanju's escape is too filmy Even Akshaye- Amrita track could be avoided rest the film is well handled and the second half gets better and till the end keeps you engrossedDirection by Milan Luthria is good in parts, overall average Music is okayAmongst actors Amitabh carries the film on his shoulders and is fantastic throughout 2004 was the best year for him, after KHAKEE, DEV this was his 3rd powerpacked performance Akshaye Khanna excels, sadly nowdays we see him doing c grade films mostly But he was outstanding in this serious role Sanju plays to the gallery and is fun to watch in a clichéd role Kaykay excels in his role Aditya Shrivastav too is fantastic Amrita Rao is avoidable, Tanuja is okay

Sherazade It seems so much like rhetoric, that the minute it begins you already know how it is going to end. The only thing you might not be able to guess are the people who are going to die and in which order they do so.Amitabh Bachchan plays an army major who along with over three dozen Indian soldiers are trapped in Pakistani prisons and are all presumed dead. It's not like India doesn't want to recover them, it's that's for 33 years, Pakistan has maintained that they do not have any Indian soldier prisoners. Ranvir Kaul (Bachchan), desperate and determined not to die on Pakistani soil has tried to escape from the death camp 17 times, all unsuccessful attempts until one day, when he sabotages a routine trip and allows one of his fellow soldier who is also bearing a letter to escape. The man makes it into the slums of Pakistan and is helped by a fellow Hindustani but dies before he can be nursed back to health. Before he dies, he hands his good Samaritan a letter which is then sent to India to alert the military that their soldiers are still alive. The government is hesitant to take the letter as authentic, but when Gaurav Kaul (played by Akshaye Khanna) hears of this, he vows to his mother that he will go to Pakistan and bring his father home. Thus, begins a tumultuous descent to the depths of despair as he slowly becomes a rebel with a cause. Upon reaching Pakistan, he traces the origin of the letter to the person who sent it and when he arrives at the man's home, he meets a girl named Radhika (played by Amrita Rao) who is also the man's daughter. Naturally, she falls in love with him but he keeps his focus on his plans. When upon the 19th prison break, a mysterious stranger named Khan (played by Sanjay Dutt) escapes and is rescued by Gaurav, signs of hope begin to materialise. The best part of the film for me is surprising not the liberation of the soldiers but the song and dance that occurs between Gaurav and Radhika, one of the rare songs in the film, which is also a highlight of the film. Amrita Rao looks so heavenly in this song and the playback singer matches her so perfectly that you would believe she is the one actually singing the song. The worst part of the film is the fact that Gaurav leaves her behind in Pakistan, after all the bad luck he brings upon her all in the name of saving his own father. I mean what sort of fate did he bestow upon the poor girl by leaving her behind after fracturing her life?

Zarminae Ansari Come on! Get over with the Pakistan bashing guys. Bollywood can not only make brilliant movies- but can seriously affect a generation of viewers.I am a HUGE Bollywood fan- but anti-Pakistan movies just make me wince too much to enjoy screenplay, cinematography, action sequences- everything.I'm really happy to see that viewers on both sides of the border are rejecting propaganda, and there are movies like Main Hoon Na out there that have done brilliantly not only because they deserved to because of the quality of its Bollywood masala- but also because it tries to say: give peace a chance and shows that there are crazies out there on both sides who do not represent the masses.