War and Love

Plot synopsis:
The film begins with Major Rajendran (Suresh Krishna) being killed by the Pakistani terrorists in the Indo-Pak border and the war between India and Pakistan begins. Pakistani Army led by General Jaffer Khan (Mukesh Rishi) sends a battalion to capture a village on the Indian side of the Line of Control. Indian Army Brigadier Nayar (Captain Raju) sends the Madras Regiment to recapture the village. Madras Regiment contains Lt.Col Sharath Chandran (Prabhu), Captain Gopinath (Dileep), Major Prabhakar (Saikumar), Captain Kabir (Siddique), Captain Vijayan (Vijayaraghavan), Havildar Kurian (Jagadish), Private Basheer (Kalabhavan Mani), Naik Haneefa, Havildar Prashanthan, Naik Kunjunni (Machan Varghese), Captain Hema (Indraja) and Private Shankar. They recaptured the village after a fierce gun battle that killed all the Pakistani soldiers. Prabhakar and Kunjunni died during this battle. Jaffer Khan was angered by this defeat and hatched a plan to capture the entire Madrasi Regiment alive. He calls Colonel Mushtaq Muhammad, an ISI agent in the Indian Army and pays him 5 crores rupees for capturing the Madras Regiment.
Mushtaq Muhammad hatched a plan in which all of the Madras Regiment except, Gopinath and Vijayan were captured. Gopi kills Mustaq, but was captured by the Pakistanis. All the Prisoners of War were sent to a Pakistani camp, where they were tourtured. They were forced to work like slaves. Kabir, Haneefa, Kurian and Hema (Sharath's love interest) were killed by the Pakis. Meanwhile notorious Pakistani terrorist leader Mansoor Akthar arrived in the camp. Jaffer Khan's daughter beautiful Serina (Laila) also arrived there. She was about to be raped by Mansoor, but Gopi killed him by dropping a big rock on the terrorist's head. Serina fell in love with Gopi while he decided to use it to save his country. Serina knows Malayalam since Jaffer Khan's father migrated from Mallappuram to Pakistan during the Partition. Meanwhile, Captain Vijayan has infiltrated the Pak military and got information that Pakistan is going to use nuclear weapons in the wake of a lost war with India. Gopi with the help of Serina gets access to the defusing codes of the missile. The climax is fully war between Indian POWs freed by Vijayan and Pak army-terrorists. Finally, the nuclear bomb is defused by Gopi and entire Pak army is killed. Jaffer Khan is killed by Sharath, who also dies due to injuries. Entire Pak camp is blown up and only Gopi, Serina and Vijayan survive the holocaust. India wins the war and Gopi is given Param Vir Chakra on his return to India. Gopi marries Serina. Movie ends with Serina chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'.

Tags: romantic, autobiographical

Review:
A touching love story amidst the horror of 'The holocaust'. I saw this one when i was young and right about the time i was beginning to have some of my teenage crushes. It taught me about how it felt when you lose something you cherish-your loved ones.I saw it again recently and i felt the pain of the characters in this movie again(proving that i wasn't a mushy teenager).This may not be a very famous movie but i feel its like 'Titanic',both movies being love stories set amidst a backdrop of disaster.Here the backdrop being the second world war.It tells us the story of a youthful romance much like that of Jack and Rose in the Titanic.Here Jacek and Halina's love story is rudely interrupted by the German invasion of Poland(the story is set in Poland). Most of the incidents in this movie are true like the main characters joining a band of fighters fighting 2 whole German divisions in Warsaw and would have defeated them had their numbers were more. Then comes the inevitable concentration camp for our heroes. (I was not that aware of the horrors that the Nazis unleashed until i saw this movie and Schindler's List later that year)They really do go through hell after that and finds(i feel) shadows of each other.The war and the devilish concentration camps take their toll on them.I don't want to give away the story but this movie really captivates us from start till end. The fresh faced Kyra Sedgwick made me fall in love with Halina(who sadly suffers a lot because she is a Jew). This is a movie for romantics(i'm one) and is a thorough tear jerker.Watch the movie to find what happens to them.I am sure you will be haunted for a long time after this experience and you will and should stop taking your loved ones for granted.Love them cus they are here now and maybe gone tomorrow because of unexpected and uncontrollable events like what happened to Jacek & Halina.