Mission Kashmir (2000)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Writers:

Vikram Chandra (story)
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (story)

Release Date:

27 October 2000 (India)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Two Brave Men Battle Each Other... And Paradise Burns

Plot:

A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.

Plot Keywords:

Indian | Kashmir | Accident | Nightmare | Revenge

Awards:

8 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Sanjay Dutt	...	SSP Inayat Khan
Hrithik Roshan	...	Altaaf Khan
Preity Zinta	...	Sufiya Parvez
Sonali Kulkarni	...	Neelima Khan
Jackie Shroff	...	Hilal Kohistani
Puru Rajkumar	...	Malik Ul Khan
Abhay Chopra	...	Avinash Mattoo
Vineet Sharma	...	Gurdeep Singh
Rajendra Gupta	...	Chief Secretary Deshpande
Master Mohsin	...	Young Altaaf (as Mohsin)
Master Yogin Soni	...	Irfaan Khan (as Yogin Soni)
Heenaa Biswas	...	Young Sufi
Sanjeev Rattan	...	Ghafoor
Manoj Mishra	...	Koisha
Chandan Bisht	...	Sadiq

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

160 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Urdu | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | India:A | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | USA:R (edited dubbed version) | USA:R (original Hindi version)

Filming Locations:

Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Company:

Destination Films

Trivia:

Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan were both offered the main roles of Altaf and Inayat, but couldn't fulfill it due to their commitment to Mohabbatein (2000) which released the same Diwali weekend.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The eyes of the dead Irfaan are moving.

Quotes:

Hilal Kohistani: Time, death, and religion doesn't wait for anybody.

Movie Connections:

References Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

Soundtrack:

Socho Ke Jheelon Ka

One of the best movies on Kashmir after 'Roja'

A great movie to begin with... It has great performances of Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan and Jackie Shroff... Great Sound Engineering... U can hear that in the title opening sequence with the sound of bullets... Great visuals as u have in all VVC (Vidhu Vinod Chopra) films... VVC has always been aware of bringing hollywood kinda film making to india... We remember him bringing the waves of Dolby Stereo in Inida with "1942 A Love Story"... This time he has sound mixed the entire movie with almost mammoth times cost which would not be possible in Inida... The pace of the movie is another asset... U cannot imagine a single shot to be removed from the movie... Every frame is tightly conceived to fit the script... Add to that, a smooth and pace syncronised editing... To sum up... The end sequence, the fight between Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt... Especially the technique... of Normal and Slow motion shots syncronised with sound... This end sequence would have been less than seen without that great artwork (Old and almost ruined wooden house with lifelike cobwebs and not to forget the swamps)... Not to forget great camerawork throughout the movie... That makes this movie very different in treatment... Surely one of the best movies made on Kashmir after "Roja"