MOVIE REVIEW 

The Gazi Attack – (2017)

Today we are here with review of one of the movies released this week by the name ‘THE GAZI ATTACK (2017)’. This war theme movie is directed by South Indian movie director Sankalp Reddy. The Ghazi Attack is starred  by Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni & Taapsee Pannu in lead roles. The movie is inspired by true events from the 1971 India-Pakistan war and is an underwater tale of nerves & patriotism of the Indian Naval officials on the Indian Submarine S-21.

PLOT:

Indian Submarine S21, led by Captain Rann Vijay Singh (Kay Kay Menon), Leiutenant Arjun Verma (Rana Daggubati) and Executive Officer Dev Raj (Atul Kulkarni), sent on a recce mission in the Bay of Bengal for checking the Pakistani activity after intelligence input in the Naval Eastern Command.

Rann Vijay is an impulsive captain who is always ready for war and wants to kill the enemy at first sight. Arjun, on the other hand is ordered to maintain peace in the ship and await for orders and as far as Devraj is concerned, he is the peacemaker between the two.

PNS Ghazi and INS Rajput are onto one another, launching torpedoes. The movie shows how S21 after being hit once, not only survived but come out victorious.

ANALYSIS:

This has been a first war film of bollywood which portrays the underwater war in a naval submarine. It does manage to hook to an extent to a story of Indian Navy’s classified mission that has also not find any space in text books itself.

The film’s plot wins in the detailing that has been provided in the procedures followed on a submarine. The second half of the movie is gripping one with close encounters of Indian Submarine S21 and the Pakistani Submarine Ghazi with launching torpedoes.  The funny dialogue of the Pakistani captain is also hilarious when he says, ‘Ye Commander hai ya liftman’ when Indian Submarine shifts up and down, adjusting to the Pakistani shooting range.

Dealing with historic events in Indian cinema is not easy and hence the makers post a huge disclaimer, even mentioning their actors, directors as ‘law abiding citizens of the country’. The first half of the movie is too dramatic, when Singh’s character is shown an over aggressive, who is hell bent to go on war, defying orders when he knows his decision will wage war between two countries which is not declared yet (due to his personal reason). The character of Pakistani captain was not upto mark who is more busy giving threatening looks than orders.

Also, the character of Taapsee Pannu and a child, who are refugees of                East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh) landing up on the Indian submarine is slightly unnecessary.

The production design of the film is impressive. The submarine insides with their lofty instruments are well made and give you a complete feel of being a part of Naval ship.

WHAT’S GOOD:

As a war film that too underwater with the interiors of submarine, The Gazi Attack is good enough to watch.

UNINTERESTING:

Kay Kay Menon’s role is slightly over the top and few scratchy dialogues and unnecessary Taapsee Pannu angle.

STAR PERFORMANCES:-

Kay Kay Menon’s role as Rann Vijay Singh is not upto the standards he has already set with the strong characters played by him earlier.

Rana Daggubati does a decent job as a calm Naval officer.

Atul Kulkarni is one of the actor of that zone who can pull off any character. As officer Devraj he is excellent.

Late actor Om Puri is a part of the film and he makes an impact with his limited role too.

Taapsee Pannu doesn’t has much to offer in the film except her shocked expression all through the film.

Rahul Singh as Ghazi’s captain is not that good.

FINAL WORDS:

A good war film underwaters that is new for bollywood audiences with good acting. Moreover, it is interesting enough as an untold story of 1971 war.

My ratings for this movie is 2.5 out of 5 stars.

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