Apr 05, 2008 02:56 AM
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Directed by: Samar Khan
Written by: Jaydeep Sarkar, Aparnaa Malhotra and Samar Khan
*ing: Rahul Bose, Javed Jaaferi, Kay Kay Menon, Deepak Dobriyal &Minissha Lamba
Shaurya
is a story of personal courage amidst conflicting convictions set in
the backdrop of the Indian army in Srinagar, Kashmir.
Javed Khan [Deepak Dobriyal] a bright, introvert soldier of the
Rajputana unit who shoots, his commanding officer, killing him
instantly during a terrorist search operation. He is immediately taken
under house arrest until the verdict during his court martial. He
chooses to remain silent about the incident. With his co-soldiers also
testifying against him there is no evidence for his defense.
His defense is a carefree, careless lawyer Major Siddhant Chaudhry. [Rahul Bose] He was
in Srinagar to accompany his friend, the prosecuting lawyer Major
Aakash Kapoor [Javed Jaaferi] and satiate his hunger for adventure
sports.
Major Aakash Kapoor charges Javed of links with the ‘terrorists he
saved’ that night at the operation. So was Javed associated with a
terrorist group? Or this was all fabricated? Had he shot the commanding
officer or was it a terrorist? Watch Sid handle the case with Kaavya
shastri [Minissha Lamba] a local journalist, unearthing dark secrets
and his shaurya to confront the truth that may ultimately save or kill
his defense.
Shaurya raises some uncomfortable questions. A well executed climax
makes up for the slow first half. Shaurya’s drawback could be raising
too many questions and leaving some unanswered, confusing the viewer.
To know what is answered and unanswered, watch the movie:)
A tight script with true-to-character dialogues does leave a smile
on your face in certain scenes. The background score is good with a
‘do-away-with’ item song. Rahul Bose is natural and performs
exceptionally. Deepak Dobriyal as an introvert, guilty soldier does
well for his role. Minissha Lamba, Javed Jaaferi, Amrita Arora are
good. Kay Kay Menon steals the show. Watch him set the screen ablaze in
the climax.
The casting team should pat themselves for choosing the right actors.
Samar Khan deserves applause for showing Shaurya for making Shaurya.
Watch it.
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