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
Hrithik Roshan
Karan Shergill
Preity Zinta
Romila "Romi" Dutta
Amitabh Bachchan
Col. Sunil Damle
Om Puri
Sub. Maj. Pritam Singh
Boman Irani
Karan's Father
Sushant Singh
Capt. Jalal Akbar
Raj Zutshi
Maj. Kaushal Verma
Ranvir Shorey
Sep. Tarsem Singh
Parmeet Sethi
Pakistani Maj. Shahbaaz Humdani
Lillete Dubey
Mrs. Dutta
Abir Goswami
Capt. (Dr.) Sudhir Mishra
Kushal Punjabi
Rajiv Goel
Abhimanyu Singh
Lt. Col. Pratap Singh
Amrish Puri
Brig. Gautam Puri
Surendra Pal
IMA Commandant
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.
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