The movie 'LAKSHYA' starring Hrithik Roshan is my favorite movie of all times. The word 'favorite' seems pretty small as opposed to my likeliness towards this film. My college professor once told me that no matter what, never call an art of cinema a 'movie' if it means an art to you, but instead call it a 'film'. Here are the reasons as to why I like this film-
*In this Film my favorite character is the protagonist Karan Shergill - And the transformation in his character is quite inspiring! He looked like the sexiest Armyman, of course after my father, Period.
*The subtle humour sprinkled about - One of my most favourite scenes from the movie is 'Detailed Dhava Position' from GC Karan Shergill's unruly early IMA days. Watch it because description doesn't do it justice. Besides, I was the only person in the movie hall to laugh out loud at this scene.
*The music: Each and every song in this movie is at the right place and at the right time. Especially 'Payega jo lakshya hai tera'. It just so so so inspiring that no matter how you try not to think about this song, you will end up singing it.
*Boman Irani as Karan Shergill's father: You just expect him to do something funny anytime, but he holds his fort as a credible character without it becoming a caricature, doesn't he?
*The secondary characters: They are brilliantly detailed and played. Each one has a significance and Karan Shergill rarely has the best lines in the movie! It's these characters that give the film so much depth. Think Amitabh Bachchan who doesn't dominate. Think Sushant Singh with his 'Malihabad ke aam' and Ranveer Shorey with his extremely good luck. They stay with you.
*The beautifully shot battle scenes: ('Shot' isn't quite the right word) I've seen other war movies made by Indian filmmakers and I think this movie has some of the best of the lot. After seeing LOC my father said that the scenes in that movie were probably more detailed and accurate, but Lakshya had more heart without it being melodramatic and loud (literally... Imagine Sunny Deol in border... or Ajey devgan's swear words beeped out in LOC)
Lakshya's battle scenes were balanced well by other events like the hospital scene etc.
*Even though Preity Zinta had the most ridiculous wigs on, and botched up her accent in a scene or two, she adds a feminist flavour to the film which doesn't have noteworthy women characters (Lillet Dubey has an excruciatingly tiny part in the film)
*The fact that I got a running commentary from my father throughout this movie. He was transported back to his IMA days, and I heard stories from him about his time there which convinced me that my father was a wild child! I've seen his photos from his college days and the transition from that long haired, cassanova type-bell bottom wearing boy from Punjab to the uniformed Second Lieutenant was quite similar to Karan Shergill's in the movie.
After the movie, he told me that they gave him restrictions, not the good ones for disciplinary reasons. That day, my jaw dropped to the floor and my father officially became my No. 1 hero!
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This movie has added so much value to my life as well as to Indian films! Happy Independence Day to all.
*This post has been inspired from Vivid Vibes