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Arun is an Indian undercover agent enlisted to stop ISI chief Ishaq Khan. The village girl Reshma helps him but endangers her own life.Arun is an Indian undercover agent enlisted to stop ISI chief Ishaq Khan. The village girl Reshma helps him but endangers her own life.Arun is an Indian undercover agent enlisted to stop ISI chief Ishaq Khan. The village girl Reshma helps him but endangers her own life.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Preity G Zinta
- Reshma
- (as Preity Zinta)
- …
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- Shaheen Zakaria
- (as Priyanka Chopra)
Rajpal Naurang Yadav
- Lt. Dorjee
- (as Rajpal Yadav)
Gene Snisky
- Russian Terrorist
- (as Gene Snitsky)
Yvonne Maverick
- Government Agent
- (as Yvonne Czerny)
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10Asbohra
The Hero is true to its title, especially with Sunny Deol playing the action hero. This is a the second Desi James Bond type movie that Sunny is doing (the first was Himmat in '96). The movie has an interesting direction, thanks to Anil Sharma, who directed the awesome patriotic action film, Gadar. Action in this movie is superb, especially the scene where Sunny falls 11,000 feet down and does not even get hurt (Sunny is known for doing his own death-defying stunts). I like that fight with that giant guy (I forget his name, but I know he is a famous wrestler) and the train climax. Amrish Puri is the greatest and most intriguing villain ever to hit the big screens, and only he could pull off his role as the ISI agent with élan (I do miss seeing him, but he will be remembered forever). (Only flaw was playing the same song repeatedly as it got annoying). The confrontation scenes between Amrish Puri and Sunny Deol are definitely worth watching. Anyways, there are twists and turns to keep you at the edge of your seat. Just sit back and relax and enjoy the movie!! Cheers!!
Just want to say, that if you watch the movie with some guys enjoying a drink, you really enjoy it.
This movie was then the most expensive movie made in India.
however, what classifies this movie are some earthy dialogues like 'Daadi badhaane se koi Mussalman nahi ban jaata' There are also some good Pakistani characters this movie (played by Pravir Dabas and Priyanka Chopra) and it says that it is bad to burn a Pakistani Flag. So, this is nit as Jingoistic as other Anil Sharma/Sunny D movies.
This movie is as nonsensical as other such movies and can be enjoyed only if you are drinking with your buddies.
This movie was then the most expensive movie made in India.
however, what classifies this movie are some earthy dialogues like 'Daadi badhaane se koi Mussalman nahi ban jaata' There are also some good Pakistani characters this movie (played by Pravir Dabas and Priyanka Chopra) and it says that it is bad to burn a Pakistani Flag. So, this is nit as Jingoistic as other Anil Sharma/Sunny D movies.
This movie is as nonsensical as other such movies and can be enjoyed only if you are drinking with your buddies.
10nyc1179
THE HERO is one of the best spy thriller from india... right behind AANKHEN some 30 years ago, ironically that blockbuster starred SUNNY'S father megastar DHARMENDRA... THE HERO is technically as good as big hollywood productions, stunts are breathtaking, movie is highly entertaining and for all indians who like good movies this must be seen...
I think it is just a matter of time in which this movie was released , if this were released in 2015 to 2020 .
This movie could have done better.
Better then tiger zinda hai and all.
This movie could have done better.
Better then tiger zinda hai and all.
This dreadful film is a classic proof that a big-budget and innovative stunts cannot save a poor script. A director who just tries to collect many clichéd moments from different films in history cannot make a film good enough. A film cannot look new and fresh with advanced film-making when the dialogues are so ancient. A title like "The Most Expensive Indian Film Ever" cannot draw audiences to cinemas. This film was evidently treated like a good lure to make money. But happily it didn't work out. Sunny Deol stands there with no expressions. Preity Zinta may be the film's saving grace. She looks amazingly beautiful and manages to do the best of the otherwise bland role she was given. There is hardly a chemistry between Sunny and Preity, by the way. Priyanka Chopra cannot act to save her life in her debut role (thankfully she would later improve). The result is a disastrous, pretentious flick for children, who too will get bored at some point. Avoid.
Did you know
- TriviaSunny Deol jumped off an 11,000 feet tall peak for an action sequence in this film without using stunt double.
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, the distributor chose to cut sight of strong and bloody bullet impacts to man's head and to man's arm, and clear sight of headbutt - all of which are singularly focused upon. Cuts made in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
- SoundtracksDil Main Hai Pyar
Written by Anand Bakshi and Javed Akhtar
Performed by Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik and Jaspinder Narula
Composed by Uttam Singh
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹530,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $285,394
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $130,200
- Apr 13, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $5,835,846
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