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| Movie Name : |
Paltan
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| Cinema Type : |
Bollywood
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| Release Date : |
09-Jul-2018( 6 years, 121 days ago)
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| Directed By : |
J.P. Dutta |
| Production House : |
NA |
| Genre : |
Drama |
| Lead Role : |
Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood, Siddhanth Kapoor and Suniel Shetty
Luv Sinha, Sonal Chauhan, gurmeet choudhary, arjun rampal, Esha Gupta, Harshvardhan Rane, Monica Gill, Rohit Roy, Abhilash Chaudhary and Dipika Kakar
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Rating:3.5/5
India is an idea, worth dying for – it’s not just a line from the film but also the patriotic notion that keeps the soldiers of JP Dutta’s Paltan marching on. Film’s narrative begins soon after the Indo-Sino war of 1962. Interestingly, that war is referred to as skirmish between both sides, but what follows are more squabbles. This time to save Sikkim from the Chinese army who is treacherously inching toward the Indian side.
Director JP Dutta puts together a team of dapper young and experienced actors to portray real characters from this important yet much lesser known slice of history.
Arjun Rampal as Lt Col. Rai Singh and Sonu Sood as Major Bishen Singh respectively lead the pack not only as top ranking officers but also in performances. Among the younger lot, Harshvardhan Rane stands out as a passionate soldier while Gurmeet Singh Choudhary goes overboard, especially with an accent that oscillates between Jatt Haryanvi and Rajasthani. Luv Sinha as the amiable Attar Singh gives his cheerful best while Siddhant Kapoor is easily forgotten.
But the ones who lose the acting battleground are those playing the Chinese army men. For such important roles, we see caricature figures who simply shout ‘Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai’ after every face-off and do not look menacing enough to be taken seriously.