Ghazi

The movie is an important film in Indian Film history, in a way probably first of its kind. I enjoyed the 30-40 minutes in the second half where the attack and counter attack is played like a chess games and I did feel the good bumps when the flag was waved towards the end but I also thought a great opportunity was lost, not because the movie was adapted from Crimson Tide and Hunt for the Red October, but because none of the characters were developed properly. The most disappointing aspect was kay kay Menon's character is supposed to be a blend of Gene Hackman and General Patton but Kay Kay Menon's fidgety and nervous that he was reminded of kay Kay Menon in Sarkar. Gene hackMan was a class act and Patton was never tentative in what he decided to do. He never exhibited deviousness and was never in a hurry. The greatest opening dialogue in a war movie, No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country he won it by killing the other dumb bastard for his country. If this dialogue can be messed around by Kay in a monotone bereft of any emotion. All one can say is a golden opportunity was missed. The climax scene where Rana Daggubati swims to launch the torpedo reminds you of a sequence in Poseidon Adventure, where the expectation is set to the viewer that the swimmer who will swim underwater is a record holder of sorts for underwater swimming, which lends a certain reality to the sequence. A fine effort lost its steam and credibility due to the way Rana executes the launch of the torpedo. Any which way, the movie is a great effort and a welcome departure from the usual fare. So much of engineering in one India movie is as rare as it can get!!!