Director: Joshi; Producer: S.S.T. Subramanyam, V. Balaram; Cinematographer: Jayanan Vincent; Cast: Mammootty, Mohini, Priya Raman, Mukesh (Malayali actor)
Duration: 02:30:14; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 338.936; Saturation: 0.227; Lightness: 0.299; Volume: 0.337; Cuts per Minute: 13.499
Summary: A nationalist ‘tribute’ to the Indian Air Force,
continuing a pan-Indian trend of 90s nationalist
melodramas (cf. Roja, 1992; 1942: A Love
Story, 1994) often valorizing India’s armed
forces while excoriating Muslim separatists.
The intensely nationalist Air Force officer
Eeshwar (Mammootty) leads an exclusively
Malayali unit stationed in politically turbulent
Kashmir. He reluctantly offers shelter to the
beautiful Lakshmi (Mohini) when she is
deserted by her lover. It later emerges that her
cruel lover supports the separatist militants and
blackmails her into leaking secrets from
Eeshwar’s files. Eventually, Eeshwar, with his
‘good’ Muslim colleague, settles both personal
and national scores with the timely help of
some reformed Kashmiri terrorists who
surrender with a speech committing
themselves to peace, education, growth and
progress.
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