Telugu `Prince' Mahesh Babu is a co- producer and Major is his first Hindi production . Glad that he did not push the directorial team to jazz up the box office quotient to make sure that he got his money back. Secondly , big thanks for not playing Major Sandeep . We have seen our Major Ravi directorial giving a pot bellied Major Mahadevan ( Mohanlal) series in name of war films. Incidentally, this film has a Malayalam dubbed version playing in theaters.
Thankfully, director did not go through the usual rigorous NDA camp etc and instead just glossed over it. He makes it up with the characterisation of Major to make us believe that he had the hero material in him. The family angle - Prakash Raj- Revathi of doting father- mother who are anxious about the career choice of their son and the love affair - marriage parts were all a diversion from the nail biting commando operation to free Taj Mumbai from terrorists.
I liked the poriton in which Sandeep gives a piece of is mind to the TV crews outside the hotel who are beaming it live. Though we know that Sandeep is a martyr, the run to the climax has it's goosebumps moments. Saiee Manjrekar ( childhood fiancée) gives a very good performance and found her better than Shobitha Dhulpalia ( wife). The funeral scenes ( one where the application for divorce is shoved away) to the rituals are all that bring a lump in the throat.
Adhvi Sesh as Major is terrific and kudos to director Sashi Kiran to have got together all the camera- music- dialogue- editing departments to synch with the main plot. An interesting bio-pic that does not bore you and also a patriotic film that does go over board on the jingoism.
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