LOC: Kargil (2003)

1999 India-Pakistan Kargil war. Based on the true story.

Director:

J.P. Dutta

Writers:

J.P. Dutta, O.P. Dutta (dialogue)

Stars:

Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sanjay Dutt	...	Lt Col. Y.K. Joshi, 13 JAK Rifles
Ajay Devgn	...	Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1 / 11 Gurkha Rifles
Saif Ali Khan	...	Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 17 JAT
Sunil Shetty	...	Sepoy Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAK Rifles
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Maj. Deepak Rampal, 17 JAT
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Lt. Vikram Batra, 13 JAK Rifles
Akshaye Khanna	...	Lt. Balwan Singh, 18 Grenadiers
Nagarjuna Akkineni	...	Maj. Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles
Ashutosh Rana	...	Yogender Singh
Rani Mukerji	...	Hema (as Rani Mukherji)
Karan Nath	...	Maj. Rajesh Adhikari, 18 Grenadiers
Manoj Bajpayee	...	Gren. Yogender Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers (as Manoj Bajpai)
Kareena Kapoor	...	Simran
Raveena Tandon	...	Rampal's wife
Mahima Chaudhry	...	Reena Yadav

Storyline

LOC KARGIL is the story of Indian soldiers fighting in Kargil and being remembered by their family. There is Vikram Batra (Abhishek Bachchan), a daredevil soldier who won Param Vir Chakra for his bravery. Manoj Pandey (Ajay Devgan), a poet by nature laid his live and was served with Param Vir Chakra too. The toughest of all the soldiers was Lt. Balwant Singh (Akshaye Khanna) awarded the Mahaveer Chakra. Major Deepak Rampal (Sanjay Kapoor) was on leave when the call for war came. He was the backbone of the unit, awarded VIR CHAKRA. Lt. Col. Y. K. Joshi (Sanjay Dutt), a daredevil soldier was too awarded VIR CHAKRA. Captain Anuj Nayyar (Saif Ali Khan) for whom death was just another game lived his life and was awarded with Mahaveer Chakra.

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Plot Keywords:

soldier | major | captain | bravery | india | 

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Taglines:

Heroes do not choose their destiny, destiny chooses them

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official website

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

12 December 2003 (India)

Also Known As:

L.O.C.

Filming Locations:

Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 400,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£57,269 (UK) (26 December 2003)

Gross:

£57,269 (UK) (26 December 2003)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The most expensive Hindi movie made (December 2003).

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Goofs

When Capt. Anuj Nayyar, attacks the Pakistani soldiers, it is daytime. But in the next shot it is completely dark.

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Quotes

Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey: Ask your mother whether you are beautiful or not.

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Soundtracks

"Semmagen Bulaye Tujhe"
Written by Javed Akhtar
Composed by Anu Malik
Performed by Alka Yagnik
Courtesy of Saregama HMV

User Reviews

True Story, Bad Direction

If you have seen very less films, this might be a big one for you. If you have seen lot of films, this is a joke. The acting of real heroes is portrayed very badly. Not to mention, there are songs, there are lot of flashbacks, and most importantly, the fighting scenes are stupidily performed. New characters, good direction, would have done a better job, but since it contains all the bollywood heros/heroines, you can predict whats going to happen next. You do not feel sad when something happens, the emotions they protray is terrible, mainly because we have seen this actor in 1000 other hindi movies. It suppose to be a realistic movie, but it fails to show. There are times you wondering, you have thousands of army vehical filled with soldiers moving and the pakistanis are bombing at them and none of their bomb hits them. Are the pakis really bad at aiming or the director made them look stupid? There were only a few characters acting that was very good, but as far it is concerned with plot, action, it is poorly directed. This movie could have been short if they took out songs, flashbacks, stick to the point.