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Starring: Salman
Khan, Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Sohail Khan,
Vatsal Seth, Dino Morea, Mithun Chakravorty, Amrita
Arora, Riya Sen
Directed by Samir Karnik
Heroes is about two students
who decide to make a movie on why ‘you should not join
Indian armed forces’. During this process they meet a
war reporter who gives them a task to deliver the last
letters of three Kargil martyrs. These two friends
Sameer Suri aka Saand (Sohail Khan) and Ali Shah aka
Nawab Sahab (Vatsal Sheth) embark on a fun tour on
motorbike and their experiences in the journey change
their outlook towards life.
A touching sequence is about
an audio tape being recorded by Sahil while he is
fighting on the war front and incidentally he is shot
and dies on the spot, which all gets recorded on the
tape. The same tape is sent to his family as his last
things. The sequence where his mother listens to the
tape in front of Sohail and Vatsal Sheth is a
emotionally moving moment.
In contrast, Sameer and Ali Shah are purposeless in
life. Sameer, restless and whacked out guy has a
girlfriend Pia (Amrita Arora). Nothing bothers him and
he likes to stay away from anything that sounds serious.
Ali Shah aka Nawab Sahab as he is called by Sammy
because of his royal background, is used to the comforts
of life and stays away from stress. Ali is oblivious to
pain and suffering. His parents have made sure that his
life is a bed of roses. Consequently, Ali cares for
little in life and even little for the love in his life
- Shivani (Riya Sen). Ali is the symbol for a section of
today’s youth.
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As part of their project they are filming their
experiences on the way. There are three stories
interwoven in the script. The first story is about a
soft spoken yet tough - Balkar Singh (Salman Khan) of
Atari in Amritsar. Like every man Balkar has beautiful
dreams for his family but he knows he might not be able
to fulfill them and he does not regret it as he has
pledged his life for his country. Kuljeet Kaur (Preity
Zinta) takes pride in being an army man’s wife. She is a
loving wife and a caring mother. Sacrifice comes
naturally to Kuljeet and so does hard work.
They meet Kuljeet Kaur - the widow of Balkar Singh, who
was killed in action three years earlier. Kuljeet is happy
that her son Jassi (Dwij Yadav) wants to walk the same
path as his father. The students are amazed to find that
the entire village is greatly proud of the heroic officer
and his sacrifice for country.
The second story is about two
brothers Vikram Shergill (Sunny Deol) who is in Air force
& Dhananjay Shergill aka DJ (Bobby Deol) guarding the
ground in Armed forces. Vikram has lost his legs in war,
but as usual he can still fight with more than 10 men in a
pub. He believes in putting his sorrows behind and moving
on. While his younger brother DJ’s battle of proving
himself better than his elder brother is evidence of the
child that still lives within him. Yet when need be, that
child takes a backseat to let the soldier take charge.
The third story features Dr.
Naqvi (Mithun Chakravorty) and his son Sahil Naqvi (Dino
Morea). Smart, good-looking and intelligent, Sahil could
have easily chosen a lucrative career. Yet he chooses to
be a soldier. Every father dreams that one day when the
child becomes a man, he would take care of the old man.
Dr. Naqvi is one such man who loves his son to death yet
has masked his feelings even after the vacuum his son’s
absence has created.
On completing their task Sameer and Ali discover that to
do something for the country is better than leading a
loser’s life. More touching is the end when Salmaan Khan
grown up son comes to meet them as they made friends with
him during their visit to Punjab - and he has followed his
late father’s steps – serving for our motherland.
The most powerful performance comes from Priety Zinta who
is the quite but a strong woman ready to fight the world
alone. Salman Khan suits the role of tough Sikh military
guy and looks smart and really tough.
Cinematography of the actual Indian countryside is truly
amazing beautiful. A fine film.
- Aniz Filmvala
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CREDITS & CREW:
Director - Samir Karnik
Story: Aseem Arora
Script & Dialogues - Samir Karnik, Aseem Arora
Producers: Bharat Shah, Vikas Kapoor, Samir Karnik
Directors of photography- Binod Pradhan, Gopal Shah
Music- Monty Sharma, Sajid-Wajid
Lyrics - Jalees Sherwani, Rahul B. Seth
Editor - Sanjay Sankla
Production designer -Jitendra Kawa
Costumes - Shamayel Khan
Choreography - Piyush Panchal |
Cast
Salman Khan - Balkar Singh
Preity Zinta - Kuljeet Kaur
Sunny Deol - Vikram Shergill
Bobby Deol - Dhananjay Shergill
Sohail Khan - Sameer Suri aka Saand
Dino Morea – Sahil Naqvi
Mithun Chakravorty - Dr. Naqvi
Vatsal Seth - Nawab Sahab
Amrita Arora - Pia
Riya Sen - Shivani
Dwij Yadav - Jassi
Shott Brown - Abraham
Mohnish Behl.- Akash Sarin
Tinnu Anand - Headmaster
Hrishitta Bhatt - Saloni
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