

An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
Cinematography
Those Himalayan warfare shots? Absolutely unhinged beauty.
Acting
Hrithik's physical transformation actually sells the arc.
Direction
Farhan's debut has zero business being this polished.

Director
Farhan Akhtar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hrithik trained with actual Indian Army officers for months; the drill sequences use real cadets as extras.
Released during a wave of patriotic cinema post-Kargil, it walked the line between jingoism and genuine character study better than its peers.