Mission Kashmir
Mission Kashmir | |
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Directed by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
Written by |
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Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
Edited by | Rajkumar Hirani |
Music by | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
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Release date |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹120 million[1] |
Box office | ₹433 million[2] |
Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Indian
Mission Kashmir follows a young boy Altaaf Khan, who gets adopted by a police chief as his police team accidentally kills Altaaf's entire family. After finding out, he seeks revenge and becomes a terrorist. Rated R in the United States due to violence, the film was screened at the Stockholm International Film Festival and released theatrically in India and worldwide on 27 October 2000 during the Diwali festival.
The film clashed with
Plot
Inayat Khan is the Senior
Ten years later, Hilal is assigned "Mission Kashmir," a plan that involves killing the Indian Prime Minister. He encourages Altaaf to target Inayat, now an Inspector General, for his family's death. Altaaf visits his childhood friend and television personality Sufiya Parvez and, though he falls in love with her, uses her to try and blow up the TV tower of Srinagar, according to the plan. He makes another unsuccessful attempt on Inayat's life, which results in him becoming a wanted criminal.
Sufiya learns of his true occupation and breaks off their relationship. Altaaf makes another attempt on Inayat by planting a bomb in his briefcase. Neelima falls victim to it by accident, to the devastation of Inayat and Altaaf. Inayat learns that the true 'Mission Kashmir' is to launch missiles on local places of Hindu and Muslim worship to escalate Hindu-Muslim conflict, thereby dividing Kashmir and turning it into a war zone. The assassination of the Prime Minister was a decoy. Hilal kept the true plot a secret from Altaaf for he fears that Altaaf would not support it and tells his men to kill him if he doesn't consent.
Inayat and his men capture Hilal. Inayat offers a deal: allowing Hilal to continue with Mission Kashmir in exchange for killing Altaaf to avenge Neelima's death. As they reach the hideouts, Altaaf beats up a weary Inayat, who reveals to him the true goal of Mission Kashmir. Hilal orders him to shoot Inayat, who is willing to accept his fate after expressing his love for Altaaf.
Altaaf struggles but remembers Neelima and decides to put his revenge aside to aid Inayat. He kills Hilal and redeems himself by destroying the missile launchers and killing the terrorists, thus saving the shrines. When he gets shot, Inayat rescues him.
The plans of Mission Kashmir are revealed to the public by the media, and Kashmiri police find and shoot the terrorist sponsor. Altaaf wakes up from a pleasant dream and reconciles with Sufiya and Inayat, accepting the latter as his father again after years.
Cast
- Sanjay Dutt as IG Inayat Khan
- Hrithik Roshan as Altaaf Khan
- Preity Zinta as Sufiya Parvez
- Sonali Kulkarni as Neelima Khan
- Jackie Shroff as Hilal Kohistani
- Puru Raaj Kumar as Malikul Khan
- Abhay Chopra as Avinash Mattoo
- Vineet Sharmaas Gurdeep Singh
- Rajendra Gupta as Chief Secretary
- Ashok Banthia as Sharafat
- Mohsin Memon as Young Altaaf
- Heenaa Biswas as Young Sufia
- Yogin Soni as Irfaan Khan
- Rohit Dua as Guru
- Suchita Trivedi as Dr. Akhtar's wife
- Ram Awana as Zuber
- Papa Pencho as Himself
- Manoj Mishra as Koisha
Production
Due to the tight security in Kashmir, in late 1999, when the lead actor Hrithik Roshan arrived on location to start shooting Mission Kashmir, his debut film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) had not yet released, so no one recognized his face. Arriving for the first day of the shoot in Srinagar dressed as a Kashmiri militant, which he portrays in the film, the security guards on location thought Hrithik really was Kashmiri – because of his fair skin and light coloring, and refused to allow him on set. Shortly thereafter, on 14 January 2000, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai turned him a superstar overnight, and his face was instantly recognized everywhere.[3]
Critical reception
Saisuresh Sivaswamy from Rediff wrote, "This is a story from the director's heart, not his head, and the sincerity comes across in frame after frame."
Awards and nominations
Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result |
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46th Filmfare Awards | Best Action | Allan Amin | Won |
Best Film | Mission Kashmir | Nominated | |
Best Director | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||
Best Actor | Sanjay Dutt | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Sonali Kulkarni | ||
Best Villain | Jackie Shroff | ||
2nd IIFA Awards | Best Film | Mission Kashmir | |
Best Director | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||
Best Actor | Sanjay Dutt | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Sonali Kulkarni | ||
Best Villain | Jackie Shroff | ||
Best Music Director | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | ||
Best Cinematography | Binod Pradhan | Won | |
Screen Awards | Best Film | Mission Kashmir | Nominated |
Best Director | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||
Best Actor | Sanjay Dutt | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Sonali Kulkarni | Nominated | |
Best Villain | Jackie Shroff | ||
2001 Zee Cine Awards | Best Film | Mission Kashmir | |
Best Director | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||
Best Actor | Sanjay Dutt | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Sonali Kulkarni | ||
Best Villain
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Jackie Shroff |
Music
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Label | Tips | |||
Producer | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | |||
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack of the film contains seven songs. The music is conducted by the trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, performing separately. Ehsaan Noorani composed three songs, while Shankar Mahadevan and Loy Mendonsa composed two songs each.
According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 1.5 million units sold, the film's soundtrack album was the year's third highest-selling.[11] The song "Bumbro" was recreated as "Bumbro" for the film Notebook (2019).
Song | Singer(s) | Composer | Lyricist(s) |
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"Bumbro" | Shankar Mahadevan, Jaspinder Narula, Sunidhi Chauhan | Ehsaan Noorani | Rahat Indori |
"Chupke Se Sun" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | Shankar Mahadevan | Sameer Anjaan |
"Rind Posh Maal" | Shankar Mahadevan | Loy Mendonsa | Sameer Anjaan |
"Socho Ke Jheelon Ka" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik & Shankar Mahadevan | Ehsaan Noorani | Sameer Anjaan |
"Maaf Karo" | Vinod Rathod, Anuradha Paudwal | Ehsaan Noorani | Rahat Indori |
"So Ja Chanda" | Mahalakshmi Iyer | Loy Mendonsa | Rahat Indori |
"Dhuan Dhuan" | Shankar Mahadevan | Shankar Mahadevan | Rahat Indori |
References
- ^ Aiyar, Shankkar; Unnithan, Sandeep (10 July 2000). "Bollywood goes global, powered by diaspora dollar". India Today. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Mission Kashmir – Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "As recalled by journalist Anupama Chopra (wife of Mission Kashmir director Vidhu Vinod Chopra) when introducing industry superstar Hrithik Roshan as her primary guest for that evening's show -- "The Front Row with Anupama Chopra" on Star World India TV". 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017 – via YouTube.
(Starts at 08:10 of the broadcast.)
- ^ "Review". Rediff.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Review". Apunkachoice.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Review". The Hindu. 3 November 2000. Archived from the original on 30 January 2002. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- Screen. Archived from the originalon 9 February 2001. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Tarafdar, Suman (27 October 2000). "Mission Kashmir". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 8 February 2001. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Chakravorty, Vinayak (2000). "Mission Kashmir". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 20 August 2001. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Kothari, Jitendra (2000). "Mission Kashmir — Mission Accomplished". India Today. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
External links
- Mission Kashmir at IMDb