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Deewaar (2004) - 2004 [DVD] |
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Starring : |
Amitabh Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Amrita Rao, Tanuja, Raghuveer Yadav |
Director : |
Milan Luthria |
Music Director : |
Aadesh Srivastava |
Lyricist : |
Nusrat Badr |
Artist : |
Arif Zakaria, Akhilendra Mishra, Aditya Srivastava, Raghuveer Yadav, Raj Zutshi, K K Menon |
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The movie is based on the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. Khanna plays Bachchan’s son who goes to rescue him when Bachchan is taken a prisoner in Pakistan. Dutt helps Khanna in the rescue.
December 3, 1971. War broke out between India and Pakistan. At the end of this war, 92,000 Pakistani soldiers returned home... 60,000 Indian Defence Personnel also returned...
But 54 Indian soldiers remained unaccounted for. Pakistan on its part denies their presence in any Pakistani jail. 33 years later, their families are still waiting for their return. In 1983, Pakistan allowed a contingency of six Indian family members of the POWs to check the jails for themselves. Intriguingly, the families were allowed to check only one jail, and felt cheated. An international Red Cross team attempted to trace them. They failed too. And yet, there is proof that the POWs continue to languish in Pakistan jails. the verbal testimony of someone as eminent as the Late Zulfikar Bhutto. Photographs in Time Magazine. Testimonies of other people who had been imprisoned in Pakistan jails. But it made no difference. These men are technically neither dead, nor alive.
33 Years...
33 Years of incarceration and torture, inhuman imprisonment, brutality. 33 years can do a lot to a man. Apparently, the POWs are left shells of the brave, valiant soldiers they once were. Now forgotten By Army, By Government, By the Public, By the very Country whose Borders they defended, many of the prisoners are supposed to be out of their senses. Stark raving man. Pakistan continues to deny they exist. This film is dedicated to those men Non-Existent people. |
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War movie blended with the galaxy of stars |
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Deewar is about prisoners of war who have been jailed in Pakistan for many years. How they escape from their confinement, forms the climax of this film. After 18 unsuccessful attempts to escape from the high security prison, the inmates led by Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) are almost on the verge of exasperation.
Beyond Amitabh, many others provide excellent performances. Akshaye Khanna, as Gaurav, the son, gives an excellent performance as the man who learns to fight and to kill and to make hard choices. He also learns to deal with the consequences of his actions. It's an understated performance, but still very strong. Sanjay Dutt too is in top form.
The movie is well acted and well directed. It should NOT have been a musical. |
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