Heroes (2008 film)

Heroes (2008 film)
Heroes

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Samir Karnik
Produced by Bharat Shah
Vikas Kapoor
Samir Karnik
Screenplay by Aseem Arora
Samir Karnik
Story by Aseem Arora
Samir Karnik
Starring

Salman Khan
Sunny Deol
Mithun Chakraborty
Bobby Deol
Preity Zinta
Sohail Khan

Dino Morea
Vatsal Seth
Music by Sajid-Wajid
Monty Sharma
Cinematography Binod Pradhan
Gopal Shah
Editing by Sanjay Sankla
Distributed by Future Picture Company Pvt.Ltd
Mega Bollywood
Release date(s) October 24, 2008
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget Rs. 20 crores[1]

Heroes is a 2008 Hindi film directed by Samir Karnik and starring Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, Sohail Khan, Dino Morea and Vatsal Sheth. The film was written by Aseem Arora. Although initially set to be released on 6 June 2008,[2] it was pushed to 24 October 2008, the opening weekend of the holiday Diwali. On 22 November 2008 Heroes script was asked to be part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Contents

Plot

Two film academy students, Ali (Vatsal Sheth) and Sameer (Sohail Khan), must make a movie in order to graduate. They choose to create a documentary illustrating reasons not to join the Indian Armed Forces, and go on a motorcycle road trip bearing three letters they have been given to deliver — each from a slain soldier to his family.

On their first stop, in Atari, Amritsar, they meet the widow, Kuljeet Kaur (Preity Zinta), and the son, Jassi, of a Sikh soldier, Balkar Singh (Salman Khan), who was killed in action three years earlier. The students find that the entire village is greatly proud of the heroic officer and his sacrifice for country. The students' second stop, Himachal, finds them meeting the wheelchair-using former Air Force pilot Vikram Shergill (Sunny Deol), whose Army officer brother, DJ (Bobby Deol), had also been KIA. There they see that Vikram Shergill is very proud of his brother's sacrifice for his country. Finally, back in Leh, the duo meet the parents, Dr. and Mrs. Naqvi, whose son Sahil (Dino Morea) had also died for his country. After bringing Dr. Naqvi's (Mithun Chakraborty) life back to normal, they finally end their filming. After meeting all three families they realized that being a soldier is all about proud love for one's motherland.

Years later, Jassi (also played by Salman Khan), now a man and a soldier himself, visits Ali and Sameer at the military academy the two former film students had founded after failing multiple times in army entrance test.

Production

Originally titled Mera Bharat Mahaan (My India is Great), the film was rechristened Heroes, to avoid sounding jingoistic.[3]

Filming began on 15 June 2007. Salman and Preity are paired opposite each other, in their fifth film together.[4] Shooting has taken place in Ladakh[4] and Chandigarh , Punjab.[4][5] Some shooting also took place in Delhi.[6] Some scenes were shot in Pangong Tso featuring Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Vatsal Sheth.[7]

Cast

Actor/Actress Role
Salman Khan Balkar Singh/ Jassvinder Singh
Preity Zinta Kuljeet Kaur
Sunny Deol Vikram Shergill
Bobby Deol DJ Shergill
Mithun Chakraborty Dr. Naqvi
Dino Morea Sahil Naqvi
Sohail Khan Sameer (Saandh)
Vatsal Sheth Ali (Nawab Sahib)
Amrita Arora Piya (Saandh's girlfriend)
Riya Sen Shivani (Ali's girlfriend)
Mohnish Behl Akash Sarin

Crew

  • Director: Samir Karnik
  • Script and dialog: Samir Karnik, Aseem Arora
  • Story: Aseem Arora
  • Producers: Bharat Shah, Vikas Kapoor, Samir Karnik
  • Directors of photography: Binod Pradhan, Gopal Shah
  • Stunts: Peter Hein
  • Music: Monty Sharma (credited as Monty), Sajid-Wajid
  • Lyrics: Jalees Sherwani, Rahul B. Seth
  • Editor: Sanjay Sankla
  • Production designer: Jitendra Kawa
  • Costumes: Shamayel Khan
  • Choreography: Piyush Panchal

Release

Critical Reception

Heroes received generally positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5.

The Indian Express argues that the film does manage to say what it set out to: that pride keeps the families of the deceased soldiers going, that we civilians sleep peacefully only because someone has given up his life for us, and that we have a country only because we have a brave ‘soldiers’ guarding our borders. But the director falls for the easiest trick in the book i.e. he wrings tears out of so many situations that everything even the supreme sacrifice that the soldiers make turns trite.[8] Indiatimes movies gave the movie 4 out 5.

The film's writer Aseem Arora was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Story.

Box office

Ths film grossed $326,425 in its opening week. It was an average performer at box office.[9]

References

External links


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