KANDAHAR movie review

The much awaited much hyped movie of the year KANDAHAR has been released. The film teams up MAJOR RAVI and Lt.CL MOHANLAL for the third successive time.KANDAHAR is produced by mohanlal himself under the banner PRANAVAM INTERNATIONAL after a gap of 11 long years. the film boasts the presence of amitabh bachan, that too for the first time in the southern film industry. ganesh venkatraman also plays a prominent role alongside the two legends.the film does not portray a female lead.

The film deals with hijack of indian airlines flight from mumbai to new delhi by the taliban terrorist and the rescue operation by the nsg commando's lead by major mahadevan and team.major ravi kept the entire fans waiting for this movie coz of this powerful rather original story line and since it was an historical failure from our indian govmnt to nab the terrorist people as a whole was waiting how the major's fiction tale would turn out to be.This is where the director failed to catch the audience heart.

The movie takes off with two normal frustrated young generation lads soorya and razzack searching for a job to earn a livelihood. soorya true in heart and a good human being joins army under the compulsion of major mahadevan and razzack goes to fight for jihad in order to earn money. both of their lives are given a true comparison where in which one toils hard in the army training and other in the jihadi camp, the editing over here is brilliant. one is given a good look at the life of IMA i wish many likes it and join the forces.

the second half movie gathers some pace and gets into the real plot.the dialogues are precise but it will give u the point.all the actors Every actor, especially Mohanlal,amitabh bachan and Ganesh Venkatraman do justice to their roles and the fact that Big B did not accept a single rupee for the project in spite of being offered a huge amount just goes to show how much these actors are dedicated towards films that bear a social message.The operation inside the plane is swift (i wanted it to be a long operation) and worth watch. all the aerial shots in plane have been shot in russia, the locations really takes once birth away! ravi varman and velraj have done a great job with the cameras.

the surprising part of the movie is the songs tuned by shamir tandom m sure his compositions will catch your heart and each song is aptly placed in the movie though dheeme cud hav been cut short.

the movie brings a message of national duty and the respect each soldier gets! the way in which the public recieves soorya's dead body is worth a scene and u feels like standing from the scene and giving a salute.

The conversation btwn bachan and lal seems quiet long. the movie could have made even more pacier with such a theme.but this time i guess major has tried to portray the life of a soldier and terrorist in one canvas. The effort need to be applauded. bachaan plays the role of soorya's father, who is very keen to c his son make him proud one day. KPAC lalitha brings out a brave character in doing the mothger'srole for a traitor.the film as such is not a commercial entertainer but surely is based on some ethics and values which our indian society has.

i would rather say to watch this movie for a meaningful reason to remember our national heroes rather than to watch the gunfires u want 2 c 2 keep u entertained.

rating:6/10

verdict:above average