Film:
Deewar: Let’s Bring the Heroes Home
Director:
Milan
Luthria
Cast:
Amitabh
Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Kay
Kay
Rating:
**
It’s certainly no great escape. Escapism,
though, is more like it. The film is high on mawkish scenes, implausible
scenarios, poor characters and a really soppy romance. Did someone say escape?
Yes, you need it badly.
Decaying for decades in a Pakistan jail is a
group of Indian POWs, led by a Major (Bachchan), who we are told keeps trying
jailbreaks. Next we get to see some really ingenious MO – like setting a
guard afire by hurling a burning lighter and some chemical on his face!
His son (Akshaye Khanna) – who hears of his father being alive
through another prisoner who escaped – is even more ingenious. He pretends
to be dead near the Indo-Pak border, so that his body is taken to the border for
identification. Later, he sneaks into Pakistan, carrying an ergonomic bag with
space enough for a toothbrush.
The ingenious
plan
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