Lakshya (2004-movie): Bollywood Hindi Film :

Lakshya Movie (2004) Details :

Lakshya is a 2004 Indian Bollywood war-drama, directer by Farhan Akhtar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, starring Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead roles. Hrithik Roshan plays the role of Lieutenant later acting Captain Karan Shergill, who develops from an aimless young man into an army officer. It is a coming-of-age story set against a fictionalized backdrop of the 1999 Kargil War.

• Directer : Farhan Akhtar
• Producer : Ritesh Sidhwani
• Screenplay : Javed Akhtar
• Story : Javed Akhtar
• Starring : Amitabh Bachchan,Hrithik Roshan,Preity Zinta,Sharad Kapoor
• Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
• Cinematography : Christopher Popp
• Edited : Anand Subaya
• Production Company : Excel Entertainment
• Distributor : Cinedrome Entertainment AG
• Casting : Nandini Shrikent
• Production Design : Sonal Sawant
• Art Direction : Sunil Babu,Suzzanne Merwanji,Sonal Sawant
• Set Decoration : Kalpa Dave,Gayatri Marwah,Ayesha Punvani
• Costume Design : Roshan Ara,Arjun Bhasin
• Makeup Department : Adhuna Bhabani Akhtar,Sonya Batra
• Special Effects : Agnelo D’Souza,Angelo Sahin
• Visual Effects : Michael Arakkal,Keya Banerjee,Marc Kolbe
• Stunts : Chris Anderson,Keir Beck,Sham Kaushal,Paramjeet Singh
• Genres : Action,Drama,Romance,War
• Release date : 18 June 2004
• Running time : 185 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Lakshya Movie Trailer :

Story of the film :

Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan) is a lazy and aimless young man from Delhi who has no goals for his future. His father (Boman Irani) is a wealthy businessman and his brother is a successful individual living in the United States. His girlfriend, Romila Dutta (Preity Zinta), also known as Romi, a student activist and aspiring journalist, out of well-meaning sincerity tells him he needs to find a goal in life. When his friend Parvesh announces he is going to join the Indian Army, Karan takes the Combined Defence Services Examination as well, despite his parent’s disapproval…

Star Cast of the film :

• Amitabh Bachchan as Col. Sunil Damle, CO 3 Punjab
• Hrithik Roshan as Lt. (later Actg. Capt.) Karan Shergill
• Preity Zinta as Romila Dutta Shergill
• Sharad Kapoor as Maj. Binod Sengupta, OC A Company, 3 Punjab
• Om Puri as Sub. Maj. Pritam Singh
• Raj Zutshi as Maj. Kaushal Verma
• Sushant Singh as Capt. Jalal Akbar
• Parmeet Sethi as Pakistani Maj. Shahbaaz Humdani
• Boman Irani as Sanjeev Shergill, Karan’s father
• Lilette Dubey as Mrs. Dutta, Romila’s mother
• Vishal Vijay as Capt. Saket Ahluwalia
• Vipul Gupta as Capt. Rakesh Bhavnani
• Nawab Shah as Maj. Satish Babbar
• Aarav Chowdhary as Capt. Manjit Singh Dhingra
• Aditya Srivastava as Lt. Col. Pradeep
• Amit Behl as IMA Company Commander (Major)
• Ranvir Shorey as Sep. Tarsem Singh
• Kushal Punjabi as Rajiv Goel, Romila’s fiancée
• Prashant Chainani as Capt. Vishal Srivastav
• Luke Kenny as Nk. Raj Tilak Singh
• Abir Goswami as Capt. (Dr.) Sudhir Mishra (Army Medical Corps)
• Abhimanyu Singh as Lt. Col. Pratap Singh (Adjutant, IMA)
• Ashok Kumar as Sep. Babulal
• Surendra Pal as IMA Commandant
• M K Raina as Akhilesh Dutta (Romila’s father)
• Amrish Puri as Brig. Gautam Puri

Production :

Production of the film Started in Mumbai, India and it was shot at several different locations in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The scenes in Kargil were shot in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. Some parts of the film centered around Hrithik’s military training were also shot at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. Actual Indian Army officers also participated in the shooting of the film. Seeing both the actors and officers in the same getup, at times actress Preity Zinta would get confused separating the actual officers from the actors.

Lakshya Movie Songs / Music :

The film’s soundtrack was composed Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, with lyrics Javed Akhtar.Shaan’s “Main Aisa Kyun Hoon”, picturized on Hrithik, is a laid-back, funky-hip hop track.”Agar Main Kahoon” is the love duet, picturized on Hrithik-Preity. The trio used harmonica for the track.The title track “Lakshya” is a techno-flavored patriotic song Shankar Mahadevan, which is followed “Kandhon Se Milte”, another patriotic song with the vocals of Kunal Ganjawala and Vijay Prakash. “Kitni Baatein”, a pathos song, is crooned by Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam. There are two instrumentals, “Victory” and “Separation”. The trumpet portion from “Victory” has been used as the background music for their logo by Excel.

• “Main Aisa Kyun Hoon” – Shaan
• “Agar Main Kahoon” – Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
• “Kitni Baatein” – Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
• “Lakshya” – Shankar Mahadevan
• “Kandhon Se Milte Hain Kandhe” – Kunal Ganjawala, Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod, Vijay Prakash, Hariharan
• “Separation” – Instrumental
• “Kitni Baatein” (Reprise) – Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
• “Victory” – Instrumental

The soundtrack received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama in his review, said “Lakshya does have good music that is very urban and will appeal to the class audience. Going by the theme of the movie, the album is pretty balanced and has been composed with style that speaks of class.” Planet Bollywood found the album to be “as good as Dil Chahta Hai”.Subhash K. Jha described the album as “daringly unusual sound with a show-offy kind of innovativeness”. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com, however, remarked that, though the album was good, it was below expectations and “lacked punch”.According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 11,00,000 units sold, this film’s soundtrack album was the year’s thirteenth highest-selling.

”Lakshya Title Track” Full Video Song :

• Song Name – Lakshya
• Singer – Shankar Mahadevan
• Music Composer – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Lyricists – Javed Akhtar
• Music Label – Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

”Kandhon Se Milte Hain Kandhe” Full Video Song :

• Song Name – Kandhon Se Milte Hain Kandhe
• Singer – Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Hariharan, Roop Kumar Rathod, Kunal Ganjawala and Vijay Prakash
• Music Composer – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
• Lyricists – Javed Akhtar
• Music Label – Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

Awards :

52nd National Film Awards :

• National Film Award for Best Choreography – Prabhu Deva for “Main Aisa Kyun Hoon…”
• 50th Filmfare Awards :

Wins

• Best Cinematographer – Christopher Popp
• Best Choreography – Prabhu Deva for “Main Aisa Kyun Hoon…”
• Nominations
• Best Director – Farhan Akhtar
• Best Actor – Hrithik Roshan

Lakshya Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.9 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 20164.

Enjoyable, good story, well told. Farhan Akhtar has done it again, after his first movie Dil Chahta Hai.Hrithik Roshan’s character grows up from being a confused young lad to a man with a mission. Shades of An Officer and a Gentleman, Guns of Navarone, and a little of Saving Private Ryan.
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have created more of their world music, and it rocks. The first two songs were fabulous; the other songs should be skipped, I thought.

As in Dil Chahta Hai, the parents are all ultra-supportive. They also dress and decorate in expensive nouveau handlooms, rattan furniture, slip covers, etc. Boston Brahmin did a good review.
Very nice and straightforward; none of the Hindu Family Values reactionary material that Bollywood routinely churns out.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh , from Bollywood Hungama give 2.5 star out of 5 Star.

Lakshya Movie Box Office Collection :

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