The Ghazi Attack (2017)

Captivating movie !

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Caution: My review might be biased because of my admiration for Indian Armed Forces.This movie reminded me of a Manoj Bajpai movie - 1971 in a sense that both these movies did not get their due appreciation, but were really really good movies. I really liked the way characters were etched, the camaraderie between them, the tension between few, their reaction on the various events. A really well written film, I felt there was never a dull moment. Smart work in ensuring there is constant movement of characters on the screen, so you never feel the movie moving slow (like A Wednesday). The detailing... WOW - I've never been in a Submarine and I don't know much about it. Read some reviews where people were not happy about the way the events were depicted, well this wasn't a documentary. As long as you take cinematic liberty and still convince a non-expert like me that this could have happened, you are successful as a director. And Sankalp has succeeded undoubtedly. Yes, the VFX was not the best. Hell its a 15 crore budget movie. For this budget, this quality is justified. But yeah, better VFX (especially during climax), would have been something.The dialogues were damn impressive, very convincing. Kay Kay Menon is a powerhouse and when you give him a solid character and such screenplay, its a pleasure to watch him. I felt after his departure, the movie would slow down. But Rana did not disappoint. Rana's dialog "kya hain sainik hona".... amazing, goose bump moment. And Atul Kulkarni, what a fine actor and am glad he's got such a good role to play. And then Captain Razak's reaction "upar.. neeche... saala commander hain yeah liftman"... LOL. Nice to see the antagonist not shown as a caricature but actually as a real threat. Rahul Singh did a fine job as Captain Razak.Overall sound design and background score was really good. Special mention of cinematography - you don't feel claustrophobic though the majority of the movie plays out in confined space inside the submarine. Very well shot.And finally the captain of this ship - the director - for a first timer to choose such a subject and make such an impressive movie, really really commendable. Hope he continues to be different and makes many more good movies like this one. Best wishes.My salute to Indian Armed Forces, for your sacrifices. My salute to Sankalp Reddy, for reminding how indebted we all are, to the men and women in the armed forces.

Still after so may years Indian filmmakers fail to appreciate originality. "The Ghazi Attack" blatantly plagiarizes "Das Boot", a WW2 epic about a U2 submarine and its crew. If you are lucky enough to have seen "Das Boot" you shall share the same animosity for "The Ghazi Attack".Though it casts some good actors the dialogues are very weak. Even the intense situations fail to thrill. The plot of the movie is to show a cat and mouse game between Indian and Pakistani Submarine. The two rival captains are supposed to be intelligent but its hard to find even a trace of it, all owing to poor research and script.All in all it is an ambitious attempt but the execution is below par. 5 star out of 10

waste of time movie, typical mediocre Bollywood movies.has incorrect facts, the cast is weird with a lost man on submarine who doesn't know his spot. Ghazi misses so many times but the s21 hits on its first attempt ! the plot is dramatic, the Sikh hyms are incorrectly sung.

The buzz around the movie was unmistakable. The attempt was first of its kind, and for once, everybody expected a tightly woven tale with worthy gfx in tow. But if one thought that even after a rich history and experience of producing movies since decades + advancements in affordable gfx will finally deliver a tout all time hit, those people need to think again.The movie starts off nicely. First the baritone of Mr Bachchan, and subsequently the scene involving (Late) Om Puri and Nasser looked like the harbingers of a successful venture. The movie looked en route to a successful journey from the word go. Even after a few minutes had lapsed, one could sense that this is not going let up, as there was very less margin to do so. It had a dash of history, backing of good actors, and tech advancements on its side. But things started to nose dive soon. While KK Menon looked set to deliver a powerful performance, and ditto for Mr Kulkarni as well, the talent available at hand was not utilized fully. Tapsee Pannu's role could have been managed via an anecdote. The direction just was not able to pull off a nerve wracking thriller expected out of it. Add to it the penchant to include queasy melodrama, and reluctance to learn from existing epic projects, all these became the undoing of a potential hit. There were moments where the direction could have been tighter, and some slick editing would have at least saved the day, but it seemed as if the movie tried hard to include the forced antics. The graphics are good, but do not hold a candle to the ones people are now accustomed to. The maker(s) must have been counting on the emotional + 'its one of a kind' sentiment to see the movie pull itself over the line. Rana Daggubati does well in bit n pieces, but lacked the aura expected from a defense personnel. Making matters worse, the predictable nature of some of the key scenes stuck out like a sore thumb. They just had to bring in some clichéd stuff and forced suspense. The audience is now much more mature, and the movie makers have repeatedly failed to acknowledge this fact. The dangerous trend of declaring a movie 'hit' based on box office collection and paid reviews may give such films a fake certificate of success, but unfortunately for the team, such movies will not morph quality-wise in the future and will be panned even more.I expected a natural progression from the days of 'Lakshya', which was a brilliant movie, but was left sorely disappointed. The Ghazi Attack goes down not mainly due to the weight of a debutante director, but due to the act of pandering to the lowest common denominator.