Ashwat Raina and his teammates arrive in Pokhran to re-conduct a confidential nuclear test, where they face challenges from the American Lacrosse satellite and local spies.Ashwat Raina and his teammates arrive in Pokhran to re-conduct a confidential nuclear test, where they face challenges from the American Lacrosse satellite and local spies.Ashwat Raina and his teammates arrive in Pokhran to re-conduct a confidential nuclear test, where they face challenges from the American Lacrosse satellite and local spies.
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Yet another case of brilliant plot, horrible execution
I will say I am very amused by the reviews of the movie. People I feel got swept away by the plot more than the movie, which is my point exactly in writing this review.
Pokhran was a great event to make a movie on. It showed how India became a nuclear power in arms and stood elite among the few nuclear powers. What the movie doesn't do is do justice with the horrible screen play. The plot established itself so haphazardly with Krishna's character, his motivation & his dream. Why no else but himself couldnt have done it nobody knows.
The overacting, to plot holes & the most absurd and horrendouz background score. Leave it to bollywood to push the limits of bad cinema.
After Madras cafe, which was brilliant in its own way, this was such a letdown.
My only positive take away is that Indians got to know about this historical event.
Pokhran was a great event to make a movie on. It showed how India became a nuclear power in arms and stood elite among the few nuclear powers. What the movie doesn't do is do justice with the horrible screen play. The plot established itself so haphazardly with Krishna's character, his motivation & his dream. Why no else but himself couldnt have done it nobody knows.
The overacting, to plot holes & the most absurd and horrendouz background score. Leave it to bollywood to push the limits of bad cinema.
After Madras cafe, which was brilliant in its own way, this was such a letdown.
My only positive take away is that Indians got to know about this historical event.
Amazing Mindlowing movie, one of the best movies of the year
Parmanu is thriller movie, which shows how RAW coordinated with IB , Indian Army , ISA to test India's atom bomb along with keeping the mission secret from Pak's ISI and US CIA.
Great acting by lead actors.
Great acting by lead actors.
Could have been much stronger messaging !!
We would expect a movie inspired with true events ought to keep you engaged throughout.
Alas , it may not be in case of Pokharan.. an event which brought the country to the world map of military power and paved its way to have a stronger role in world politics, the movie might not have been able to build a strong backdrop story line .. a not so strong screenplay, at times lame dialogues and script drags and tries to instill patriotism.. I guess movie was an attempt to stardom, from the factory of recently created patriotism formulae with humor dialogues nd doesn't help, atleast myself.
Again, I still feel we had a great cast nd have watched some great work from JAs production like Madras Cafe.. Diane Pentys role could have been stronger than just making her walk in a uniform ..
Alas , it may not be in case of Pokharan.. an event which brought the country to the world map of military power and paved its way to have a stronger role in world politics, the movie might not have been able to build a strong backdrop story line .. a not so strong screenplay, at times lame dialogues and script drags and tries to instill patriotism.. I guess movie was an attempt to stardom, from the factory of recently created patriotism formulae with humor dialogues nd doesn't help, atleast myself.
Again, I still feel we had a great cast nd have watched some great work from JAs production like Madras Cafe.. Diane Pentys role could have been stronger than just making her walk in a uniform ..
Not Much Research was done
Movie misses on mnay science fronts ... Such as people handle open nuclear core without radiation suit... overall not very smart movie
The Kind of Movie Bollywood Needs
We have people blaming #Bollywood movies for content all year long and when a good film releases there's no one to watch it. Intentionally watched #Parmanu with 50% occupancy and what a film it is!! Such stories need to be told, these are the stories which children need to know.
And not movies on Sanjay Dutt, not movies on Dawood, Haseena Parkar, etc. #Parmanu invokes patriotism in you and that's what should be remembered. Anyway will have people bashing the upcoming Race 3 and blaming the audience for taking it to 500cr.
Whereas a Parmanu silently arrives and leaves without anyone noticing. Hope it gets what it deserves. An audience!!
And not movies on Sanjay Dutt, not movies on Dawood, Haseena Parkar, etc. #Parmanu invokes patriotism in you and that's what should be remembered. Anyway will have people bashing the upcoming Race 3 and blaming the audience for taking it to 500cr.
Whereas a Parmanu silently arrives and leaves without anyone noticing. Hope it gets what it deserves. An audience!!
Did you know
- TriviaThe exact model of Car/Jeep shown in movie used by team Tata Sumo, was not available back then in 1998. That time Tata Sumo was not available in metallic red colour and decal ( graphic stickers ), rather only available in plain white colour.
- GoofsWhile John Abraham is taking tuition classes, the matter on the black board keeps changing between camera shots.
- Quotes
Capt. Ashwat Rana: What we thought was for the nation. What we did is for the nation. And what we got will be for the nation.
- Crazy creditsA lot of real-life footage has been used in the film.
- Alternate versionsThe film was certified U (universal) by the Central Board of Film Certification, with some alterations which are as follows:
- A fiction disclaimer and voice over was added in Hindi, along with the sentence: "The actual footages shown in the film are merely intended to give desired effect to the narrative of the film." Deletion accounted to 1.22 minutes and replacement, 0.05 minutes.
- The dialogue "China ke padosi...chupi saadhi hui hai." was deleted. Deletion accounted to 0.03 minutes.
- The scenes of corporal punishment in school were deleted and some portions were replaced with visuals of men. Deletion accounted to 0.21 minutes and replacement, 0.13 minutes.
- The word "Padma award" was replaced with "Sarva award" wherever it occurred.
- ConnectionsFeatures Mahabharat (1988)
- SoundtracksShubh Din
Lyrics by Vayu
Music by Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya
Performed by Jyotica Tangri and Keerthi Sagathia
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $9,862,726
- Runtime
- 2h 9m(129 min)
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