16 December (film)
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Running time | 158 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
16 December is a 2002 Indian
The film's title comes from the historical date of 16 December 1971 (which is also Bangladesh's
Plot
Major General Vir Vijay Singh, Vikram, Sheeba, and Victor, who are
Although the ruling dictator of Pakistan surrendered unconditionally to India during the
Led by Dost Khan, a hardliner Pakistani army officer, who, against his wishes, had to surrender after the end of the 1971 war, the terrorists planned to take an act of revenge by having a nuclear explosion in the heart of New Delhi. They transport it into a music competition disguised as a musical instrument. When Vir Vijay Singh discovers the plan, he plans to find out the location of the nuclear bomb as soon as possible by taking the help of Remote Radiation Sensors in satellites and innumerable beggars in the city. This helps the team zero in on the location.
After they overpower most of the terrorists in a commando operation, Dost Khan learns about it and sets the nuclear bomb to explode in a few minutes. This creates a lot of problem for Vijay Vir Singh, as the bomb can be defused only by the exclusive voice command of Dost Khan saying: Dulhan Ki Vidaai Ka Waqt Badalna Hai. They adopt a novel way to do it by speaking to Dost Khan and making him say fragments of this sentence without making him realize that it was being done to defuse the bomb. After the conversation is over, they synthesize the sentence to defuse the bomb just in time.
Cast
- Danny Denzongpa as Major General Vir Vijay Singh IRS
- Milind Soman as Vikram IRS / Vijay Chauhan
- Dipannita Sharma as Sheeba
- Sushant Singh as Victor
- Aditi Gowitrikaras Sonal Joshi
- Gulshan Grover as Dost Khan, who took many disguises to hide his identity for various reasons
- Vinay Varma as Shiv Charan Shukla
- Reza as Irfan
- SajeelParakh
- Sohil Mathur as Pappu (informer)
- Shah Rukh Khan (cameo)
Critical reception
16 December received mostly positive reviews from critics in India and abroad. Ronjita Kulkarni of Rediff.com gave the movie 5/5 stars and wrote, "For a first-timer, director Mani Shankar does a valiant job with 16 December. It has four songs, three of which appear in the background, but it certainly does not follow the routine song-and-dance formula. 16 December entertains as well makes you think". Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 4/5 stars and wrote, "The film does have a love angle though there is no undue focus on the romantic couple. Now for the film. In 16 December, Mani Shankar has tried to explore white-collar crime. The premise being, millions of rupees leave the Indian shores daily to Swiss bank accounts. The account holders always remain a secret. What the director tries to do is trace this movement of money from the grass-roots level". Rachit Gupta of Filmfare rated the movie −4/5 stars, stating, "16 December moves at a brisk pace. Mani Shankar does not waste time on unnecessary details. The film requires a fair amount of concentration to understand the chain of events". DNA gave the movie 5/5 stars and said that, one of the best Hindi spy films that had ever come out, it is India's equivalent to Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible.
Soundtrack
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Label | Universal Music Group | |||
Producer | Karthik Raja | |||
Karthik Raja chronology | ||||
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# | Title | Singer(s) |
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1 | "Dil Mera Ek Tara" | Sadhana Sargam |
2 | "Main Cheez Badi Hoon Chaalu" | Shaan |
3 | "I Am A Cool Cat" | Shaan, Subhiksha |
4 | " Dil Ye Tera" | KK |
5 | "Dhuan Dhuan Sa" | Milind Soman, Chitra Sivaraman |
6 | "Chim Chimiya" | Sapna Awasthi |
See also
- Bangladesh Liberation War
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
- List of films about 1971 India-Pakistan war
References
- ^ Shedde, Meenakshi (20 April 2003). "Columbia and Fox trot into masala land". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "16 December (2002) – Mani Shankar". AllMovie.
- ^ "Must watch espionage movies of Bollywood". The Times of India.
- ^ "rediff.com, Movies: The Rediff Review: 16 December". Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "16 December review: 16 December (Hindi) Movie Review". Fullhyderabad.com. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External links
- 16 December at IMDb
- 16 December at AllMovie