In recent times, two directors have impressed me with their debut products. One is John Matthew Mathan (Sarfarosh) and the other is Farhan Akhtar (Dil Chahta Hai). While the former has not made any more movies since, Farhan disappoints with his second film.
Don't get me wrong. Lakshya is not a bad movie; but it is not a 'differently different' movie either.
Frankly, apart from cinematography, everything else is 'just another movie'. If it is about the dilemma of a young man trying to figure out what he needs to do, it is not properly tackled; if it is about war, God save India if this is how authentically the Indian Army works (I will come to this point later).
Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan) is our man in dilemma. He does not know what he wants to do next. Fair enough. He can be dumb enough to repeat someone verbatim about goals in life and intelligent enough to humour his friends with intelligent jokes. Now that is a confused script.
He joins the Indian Military Academy. Yes, the director knows which exams one needs to pass to join the IMA. But our hero runs away from the IMA. Cool, that was an easy break! This running away apparently does not please his girlfriend (Preity Zinta) very much, and she gives him a moral lesson or two.
Our hero goes back to IMA. When he passes out, he calls himself Lieutenant Karan. Hold on. I thought you graduate to second Lieutenant, not Lieutenant, from the IMA, unless my information is outdated. But what the heck. Every movie has some logical mistakes, so I will let this one go.
Soon, our hero finds himself amidst a 'mini-war' in the Kargil-Drass sector. The rest of the movie is all about how he, along with his superiors and team mates, wins a crucial peak back. The whole planning shown in the movie is a shame. Apparently, the top brass of the Indian army is unaware of the plans of the Punjab regiment (our hero's regiment) on
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