Lamhaa: The Untold Story of Kashmir (2010)

Indian Military Intelligence deputes an agent to Kashmir incognito to find out who is behind extremist attacks.

Director:

Rahul Dholakia

Writers:

Ashwath Bhatt (dialogue), Raaghav Dar (screenplay),

Stars:

Alisha, Asif Basra, Bipasha Basu

Cast

Credited cast:
Alisha
Asif Basra	...	Char Chinar (as Aasif Basra)
Bipasha Basu	...	Aziza Abbas Ansari
Burhan
Diwakar
Jyoti Dogra	...	Badi Bi
Sanjay Dutt	...	Vikram Sabharwal / Gul Jahangir
Harry Josh	...	(as Hary Josh)
Sarla B. Kanji
Kunal Kapoor	...	Aatif Hussain
Ehsan Khan	...	S.P. Khan
Anupam Kher	...	Haji Sayyed Shah
Rajesh Khera	...	Pervez
Shyam Kishor
Vivek Malik

Storyline

Indian Military Intelligence assigns their agent, Vikram Sabharwal, to travel to Kashmir. There he is to locate the person(s) behind the violence, under the guise of a press reporter, Gul Jahangir. Once there, he begins his investigation by visiting highly sensitive areas as such as the Jama Masjid, Dardpura Village and Rainawari Chowk. He is accompanied by a tailor, Char Chinar, who sells uniforms to both militants and the underpaid military soldiers. Vikram meets up with Aziza Abbas Ansari, and her mentor, Haji Sayyed Shah, and aspiring political leader, Aatif Hussain. And it is after these meetings that he will conclude who is behind the extremism in this beautiful yet 'most dangerous place on Earth'.

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Plot Keywords:

child soldier | mosque | madrasah | terrorist | torture | 

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Taglines:

The untold story of Kashmir

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

16 July 2010 (India)

Also Known As:

Lamhaa

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

G.S. Entertainment, PVR Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Salaam Zindagi Hum Se"
Written by Sayeed Qadri
Composed by Mithun Sharma
Performed by Arun Daga and Mohammad Irfan
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

On the whole, i can give Lamhaa a 6/10, out of which 4 is for the

Lamhaa is a sincere attempt, sadly ruined by the not-so engaging screenplay. Once we are into the movie, we see each and every 'Lamhaa' is lagging, :( Rahul Dholakia, the national award for his work 'Parzania' has doubtlessly done so much of research for the movie, he deserves appreciation for that, but the way he moulded his research and fiction has terribly gone wrong, resulting what 'Lamhaa' is now.

Lamhaa, as mentioned in the tagline, is obviously the 'Untold story of Kashmir', for it doesn't go much into the natural beauty of Kashmir, which is, otherwise portrayed in every movie based on Kashmir, regardless of whether it is a terrorist story, or whatever. The dialogues are written brilliantly, some one-line dialogues make strong impact in the minds. But the movie as a whole, is a boring affair. Only grace is the climax, the last 10 minutes. The OST was excellently composed by Mithoon, but all of them are not used well in the movie. Salaam Zindagi track is picturised beautifully.

The actors do their part well, all were good in their roles.

On the whole, i can give Lamhaa a 6/10, out of which 4 is for the movie, and an extra 2 for Rahul Dholakia's effort to make the movie.