Lakshya (2004)

Great Film overall

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

One of the finest movies in the history of Bollywood. All the credits goes to Farhan Akhtar. It can be categorized as 'One of the Best Motivational Movie'. Hrithik Roshan has done some serious hard work for this movie. The cinematography done is a real piece of beauty. Sensational acting by The Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. The way he has acted in the movie makes you even appreciate him even more. Boman Irani at best at his part. Preity Zinta and Hrithik Roshan make a good pair as always. The Photography Director Christopher Popp's work has just been awesome. The background score is something I've never heard before, it's just too good. Shankar Eshaan Loy with their magical touches to the songs. Hats off to the stuntmen for their incredible stunts. One must definitely this movie at least once, as it really tells us how our Indian Soldiers guard our nation day and night, period.

Give credit where credit is due: Farhan Akhtar knows how to make a film and picked the right people for this film.Lakshya is all about a man with no motivation to achieve anything in life. His girlfriend, is the total opposite and by a sequence of incidents, he discovers his goal! No one could have played Karan's role better than Hrithik. The film was tailor made for him, and he gave full credit to a role that required a lot of hard work. I absolutely love army films, so seeing my favourite actor in an army film was a total pleasure. The way Hrithik plays the idiotic Karan to the way he plays the goal driven Karan is seamless and only an actor of his calibre could have pulled it off.Preity Zinta (apart from her hairstyle) plays her role with ease and shares a great on screen chemistry with Hrithik. I do feel however the look she tried to pull off, over shadowed the role and which was very unfortunately. Boman Irani as always is top notch as Karan's father. Amitabh and Om Puri play their roles very well too. The music of the film suits perfectly with the title track and Kandhon Se Milte both excellent army songs. Lakshya is one of the best films ever made, and will always remain as one of my favourite films of all time.

If you want to see the beauty of the war torn area of northern India, you have to get the blue ray DVD of this one. The way farhan shows the peaks and the valleys of kargil, its breath taking.The movie begins with the protagonist going to his posting. I was sold in the initial 15 minutes. The jeep going through different valleys and mountains showing off the grandeur of Himalayas pictured with full justice to the scenery. I was lucky enough to watch the movie on the big screen and it was jaw dropping good. this movie hits you at many levels. But I would have to say the best part is the cinematography.Even later when he is trying to show the war even then its shown with impeccable brilliance.the Shots of the army helicopters and the gun shots at nights, you have to see it to believe it. But that's not all, it also has a gripping story, Hrithik fits just into the role of a zero to hero perfectly. good luck for your future work farhan.

I saw Lakshya two years after its release. I just loved this war film. It was technically brilliant like the camera-work, audiography, etc. I think Lakshya is one of the best war films made in India.India should be proud of Lakshya and Farhan Akhtar. Lakshya is set in the 1999 Kargil war between India and its neighbor Pakistan. This war is very important in Indian history. This was a war where hundreds of soldiers died for their motherland and Lakshya was a befitting tale on the war as its backdrop.Farhan has directed the film very realistically without making it too jingoistic like LOC Kargil. This film gives complete respect to the Indian Military Academy and the Indian army. The film shows that if a human being wants to achieve something in life, he can do it, come what may if he puts his heart and soul into it and that is what Karan Shergil did in the film.The performances are top notch. I have always liked Hrithik Roshan and he is marvelous in this film. He is the best dancer in India. Amitji is also very good. Very strong acting from AB. Om Puri, another great actor should have been given more footage but he was also excellent. Preity was good. Overall, amazing experience.