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Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

sarink Caution: My review might be biased because of my admiration for Indian Armed Forces.This movie reminded me of a Manoj Bajpai movie - 1971 in a sense that both these movies did not get their due appreciation, but were really really good movies. I really liked the way characters were etched, the camaraderie between them, the tension between few, their reaction on the various events. A really well written film, I felt there was never a dull moment. Smart work in ensuring there is constant movement of characters on the screen, so you never feel the movie moving slow (like A Wednesday). The detailing... WOW - I've never been in a Submarine and I don't know much about it. Read some reviews where people were not happy about the way the events were depicted, well this wasn't a documentary. As long as you take cinematic liberty and still convince a non-expert like me that this could have happened, you are successful as a director. And Sankalp has succeeded undoubtedly. Yes, the VFX was not the best. Hell its a 15 crore budget movie. For this budget, this quality is justified. But yeah, better VFX (especially during climax), would have been something.The dialogues were damn impressive, very convincing. Kay Kay Menon is a powerhouse and when you give him a solid character and such screenplay, its a pleasure to watch him. I felt after his departure, the movie would slow down. But Rana did not disappoint. Rana's dialog "kya hain sainik hona".... amazing, goose bump moment. And Atul Kulkarni, what a fine actor and am glad he's got such a good role to play. And then Captain Razak's reaction "upar.. neeche... saala commander hain yeah liftman"... LOL. Nice to see the antagonist not shown as a caricature but actually as a real threat. Rahul Singh did a fine job as Captain Razak.Overall sound design and background score was really good. Special mention of cinematography - you don't feel claustrophobic though the majority of the movie plays out in confined space inside the submarine. Very well shot.And finally the captain of this ship - the director - for a first timer to choose such a subject and make such an impressive movie, really really commendable. Hope he continues to be different and makes many more good movies like this one. Best wishes.My salute to Indian Armed Forces, for your sacrifices. My salute to Sankalp Reddy, for reminding how indebted we all are, to the men and women in the armed forces.

hniecalista This is the only Indian movie that I never watch it until the movie end. I gave up and stopped watching it in the middle. The too fair skin Bengali Girl, Boring plot, and anticlimax in the middle of the movie made me back off to watch this movie to end.The movie only could increase the adrenaline in the beginning and failed to make it in the middle. The rating that I saw on IMDb made me decide to watch but that's below my expectation. 8 rating is too high, for this movie.

nagsaptarshi When was the last time Bollywood thought of not going by the winning formula of Song-dance-revenge formula or following the way of being over intellectual? The Ghazi Attack marks the beginning of a new era, heralded by the young directors like Sankalp Reddy. Tense from the word go, the movie is a captivating tale of patriotism,one's duty to his nation and victory at the cost of sacrifice.Throughout the movie you root for the Indian forces and for the tri-colour. Unfortunately this movie has not minted money like the way Bahubali or other movies have done.But for a connoisseur of movie, it is a wonderful gift. go and enjoy with your family.This is going to stay in your heart for long.

spacescreamer The buzz around the movie was unmistakable. The attempt was first of its kind, and for once, everybody expected a tightly woven tale with worthy gfx in tow. But if one thought that even after a rich history and experience of producing movies since decades + advancements in affordable gfx will finally deliver a tout all time hit, those people need to think again.The movie starts off nicely. First the baritone of Mr Bachchan, and subsequently the scene involving (Late) Om Puri and Nasser looked like the harbingers of a successful venture. The movie looked en route to a successful journey from the word go. Even after a few minutes had lapsed, one could sense that this is not going let up, as there was very less margin to do so. It had a dash of history, backing of good actors, and tech advancements on its side. But things started to nose dive soon. While KK Menon looked set to deliver a powerful performance, and ditto for Mr Kulkarni as well, the talent available at hand was not utilized fully. Tapsee Pannu's role could have been managed via an anecdote. The direction just was not able to pull off a nerve wracking thriller expected out of it. Add to it the penchant to include queasy melodrama, and reluctance to learn from existing epic projects, all these became the undoing of a potential hit. There were moments where the direction could have been tighter, and some slick editing would have at least saved the day, but it seemed as if the movie tried hard to include the forced antics. The graphics are good, but do not hold a candle to the ones people are now accustomed to. The maker(s) must have been counting on the emotional + 'its one of a kind' sentiment to see the movie pull itself over the line. Rana Daggubati does well in bit n pieces, but lacked the aura expected from a defense personnel. Making matters worse, the predictable nature of some of the key scenes stuck out like a sore thumb. They just had to bring in some clichéd stuff and forced suspense. The audience is now much more mature, and the movie makers have repeatedly failed to acknowledge this fact. The dangerous trend of declaring a movie 'hit' based on box office collection and paid reviews may give such films a fake certificate of success, but unfortunately for the team, such movies will not morph quality-wise in the future and will be panned even more.I expected a natural progression from the days of 'Lakshya', which was a brilliant movie, but was left sorely disappointed. The Ghazi Attack goes down not mainly due to the weight of a debutante director, but due to the act of pandering to the lowest common denominator.