The history that needs to be told
Movie Paltan
Some movies
and content go beyond errors, technicality and novices. The fact that these
stories are being told to our generation is an achievement in itself and thus
deserves our respect and honor. If we could ever have a voting for our favorite
enemy the result would be unanimous of it being the partitioned neighbor as it
keeps the border between the two nations burning with fire. Hence, when I get
to watch the story of the actual deceitful neighbor I grab the chance.
Paltan tells
a compelling story of Nathu La military skirmishes between India and China in 1967. India attempting to barb fence the Indian side of the border. Nathu La looks to be very a beautiful stretch
and that’s the best technical part of the movie. The director of the epic movie
(Border) J P Dutta fails to bring out the same magic with Paltan. It falls
short in moving the audience. Primarily the movie is too long, dialogues too
predictable and big motivational patriotic lectures are so over rated. The cast
is extensive but none get the acting part right. The movie is dragged and very
slow paced. The enemy which is china’s military are bunch of actors that are
laughable, their constant fixated stare throughout the movie is hilarious to
watch along with their sarcastic reminder of “hindi-chini bhai bhai”. Nevertheless,
the Paltan scenes are accurate and some of the story telling is really good
which makes it a pleasant watch.
The few
reasons to watch this movie are the fact that we are Indians, and it is
definitely a historic tale that needs to be heard out of respect for our army
the actual soldiers who keep losing their blood as water for our border safe keeping.
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