Bhuj Review: Incredible story from a chapter of Indian history is presented in excellent way
Bhuj Movie Rating: 4 Stars
Just watched Bhuj movie on Disney Plus Hotstar VIP. So let’s focus on the cast, release date story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Ammy Virk, Nora Fatehi, Sharad Kelkar, Pranitha Subhash, and Ihana Dhillon
Director: Abhishek Dudhaiya
Release Date: 13th August 2021 on Disney Plus Hotstar VIP
Story: Movie is the story of an incredible chapter from the 1971 India Pakistan war. The persecution of East Pakistan residents by Pakistani military in 1971 leads to lakhs of deaths. Innumerable people migrate to India to escape the killings. Hence India too gets involved in this conflict and deploys a majority of its troops on the Eastern border. Taking advantage of this situation, Pakistan begins to attack the defense base of India on the Western side. On December 8, 1971, Pakistan air force suddenly attacks Bhuj airbase, taking commanding officer Vijay Karnik (Ajay Devgn) and everyone else present by surprise.
Pakistan has another sinister plan up its sleeve. It cuts off all the commonly used modes of reaching Bhuj from various parts of India by destroying bridges, annihilating the Bhuj airstrip and also completely destroying the roads which lead to Bhuj. The larger plan is to send the Pakistani army men with tanks to capture the entire Kutch region of India. Since Bhuj would now be cut off from the rest of India, armed forces would not reach Bhuj from other parts at least not before the huge contingent of Pakistani army men would reach. But Vijay Karnik and other top officials of the Indian Airforce 2nd Lieutenant R.K. Nayar (Sharad Kelkar) and fighter pilot Vikram Singh Baaz (Ammy Virk) and others are not the ones to give up so easily.
While Vijay Karnik takes up the impossible task of reconstructing the airstrip in a matter of a few hours, Nayar aided by Ranchhodbhai (Sanjay Dutt) plans to attack the infiltrating Pakistani army men on the way. Vikram Singh Baaz, meanwhile, is all ready to transport 500 armymen to Bhuj in an aeroplane/cargo plane once the airstrip in Bhuj is complete. How this seemingly impossible mission is accomplished in a matter of a few hours and how the Kutch region is saved from going into the hands of Pakistan is what the last part of the film is all about.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Cinematography
3. Screenplay
4. Story
5. Dialogues
6. Direction
Negatives
1. Climax
2. Music
3. Length
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When movie was announced planned to watch this film on its release date due to real life incident on 1971 war against Pakistan.
Film is based on a real-life story. It is the story of India versus Pakistan, of the bravery of India’s airforce and army, of the genius of Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik. It was Karnik and his team, with the help of 300 local women, who reconstructed the destroyed Indian Air Force airstrip at Bhuj in Gujarat, in what could be termed as India’s Pearl Harbour moment in 1971.
Story is fascinating and also unknown to most people. Most viewers would be amazed to know that an incident like this occurred and that even the common citizens helped the forces in the war. The story inherently has so much power that it is a delight to watch the drama unfold. The aerial fight between fighter planes of India and Pakistan right at the start of the film are wonderful. The post-interval portion is far more dramatic, fast-paced, exciting and thrilling. So much happens in the second half that it just doesn’t give the audience time to think or blink! The planning portion is fantastic while the execution portion is simply extraordinary.
Overall, Bhuj is an out-and-out mass-oriented commercial entertainer with the additional plus point of a powerful and patriotic real-life story. It is a well-made war saga that is sure to make your heart swell with pride and your eyes moist. Movie would have been a huge box office hit had it been released in cinemas. It releases just around Independence Day and hence, it’s sure to get very good viewership. My view on this movie Highly Recommended !!
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