Lakshaya (2004)
Unlike other war movies of Bollywood Border, LOC etc , Farhaan Akhtar has made Lakshya quite intelligently. He has focused on the angst of a young man, his aimless life, his gradual maturing, his grilling training at the Academy and his metamorphoses into a soldier.

Gradually the story moves into the battlefield, into the bunkers and shows the realities of war, the loss of lives and the triumph of the human spirit.

Lakshya is evenly strewn with gripping sequences. Hrithik's training at the academy in the first half keeps viewers glued to the screen. There is no doubt that many young viewers will easily relate to the indecisiveness of his character in this half.

In the second half, the tempo builds up slowly and reaches a crescendo just before the climax when Hrithik and his company of soldiers climb a steep cliff to shock the intruders from the enemy territory.

- posted by nirmuhi @ 8:32 AM