Officer Javed Khan has been accused of killing his senior officer, Major Rathore. The lethargic fun loving
Officer Major Siddhant (
Rahul Bose) has been entrusted with defending Javed. What Siddhant thought would just be a sight seeing and paragliding experience in the valleys of Srinagar turns out to be a life changing experience. The events give a direction to his life, which was missing till now. He becomes representative of true, honest Army personnel.
The screenplay of Shaurya is what makes a predictable
film captivating. The way the
movie is going to end is anybody’s guess, but the way the pieces fall in place to complete the final picture is what makes Shaurya so watchable. But one thing that Shaurya could have easily done without was the love track between Minisha Lambha and Rahul Bose, which seemed entirely forced into the script. If anything, the romance just slackened the pace of the movie.
Of the cast,
Rahul Bose as the main protagonist gives a competent performance. The humor, the passion, the hunger to win, is all perfectly portrayed with ease by Rahul.
Minisha Lambha as the fiery journalist is a revelation. We definitely need to see more of this petite beauty in Bollywood. The intensity of the character of Javed Khan is justified by the newcomer.
But Shaurya belongs to
Kay Kay Menon. Kay Kay who just gets around five scenes in the movie has you all impressed with his hair-raising
performance of Major Pratap. He has you glued to the screen with his magnetic screen presence and demeanor. If Hollywood has
Jack Nicholson, then we do have
Kay Kay Menon.
The director has done a good job especially in bringing out the best from the actors. Cinematography is not so capturing the beauty of Srinagar but overall the story and the characters hold the attention of the audience. A MUST WATCH FILM for the intellectual masses.
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