Operation Valentine (2024) User Reviews

Avoid at all costs

[harshacherukuvada · 3/10 · 31 March 2024]

Highly disappointed with the movie. It has bad graphics (which is normal in the Telugu industry), terrible dialogues, and a very forgettable storyline.

There are no gripping scenes. The movie tries to mix Hollywood style shots with an Indian storyline, and resulted in absolute disaster. The acting of the cast was very artificial, and added zero emotion to the movie.

The storyline of the movie is a very generic storyline, involving terrorists and the Indian Air Force. Moreover, the poor storyline makes the movie so boring, I slept halfway in the middle.

Overall, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME in watching this movie. There are better movies than this.

Lame Monotonous Concept

[sybernetics · 2/10 · 22 March 2024]

The plot meandered aimlessly, relying on tired tropes and predictable plot points. The opening scene, while attempting to be explosive, felt rushed and lacked the necessary punch to set the stage for a thrilling adventure. Attempts at humour landed flat, and the supposed emotional moments felt unearned. The "big reveal" near the end felt like a desperate attempt to inject some excitement into a narrative that had long lost its momentum. The cardboard-cutout characters felt like rejects from a discount romantic comedy bin. Come on guys, we all know the tea was fantastic. Can we please stop making propaganda movies with low budget VFX? The concept is getting old and monotonous.

Horrible movie

[tahreemfathima · 1/10 · 25 March 2024]

Such a horrible movie and my eyes pain to see such horrible VFX. It felt like watching pubg. Even if the movie was based on true events, they could have spent money on VFX. Acting also looks so fake. Its like you get bored watching the opening scene itself and then the movie no thrill and does not even connect with emotions. It lacked a lot of things tbh. Fighter is way better than this because the VFX is great even if the movie lacked true events. Tbh, i would not recommend this movie to anyone because the movie is not entertaining. I have seen a lot of movies which are based on true events..

Interesting military/heroism/top-gun-ish film

[haixuchen · 7/10 · 31 March 2024]

Firstly, I don't watch films purely using Hollywood features as a benchmark. Every country, culture, possess their own angles and approaches toward visual story telling. For a military/heroism type of film, this is a non-hollywood one that I find entertaining, and without sourcing for information regarding their production value, I can see it is done with the budget that is sensible to the Indian filmmakers.

There's nothing 'wrong' with the story/plot of this film, the premise is fine. Though, the dialogue/scenes can take a little more work, to make it more sophisticated - however it isn't that bad or 'cringy' like various films that I have seen - including big budgeted ones from Hollywood.

The VFX, and depiction of the aircraft are good enough to not make it look 'dodgy'. I believed the types of fighter jets, i.e. The Mirages, the MIGs, depicted are accurate with reference to India Air Force.

As a non-Indian, I am aware of the trend in Indian films (aka 'Bollywood' in my side of the world) to include pop or dance music. The featured music/songs are quite decent to me - melodiously. I wouldn't mind listening to them again, even though I don't understand the language.

The acting style of the actors is, in my opinion, culturally Indian. Just like in Japanese films which the Japanese actors' style is culturally tied to Japanese behavior and way their of life. I'm fine with it.

As a whole, this film is entertaining to me. However, if you are looking for Hollywood style/grade type of films, then don't bother watching this or any other films from other countries. This film will cater to those who want some action/military type entertainment, some interest in military hardware, perhaps over a relaxing weekend.

Tollywood's failed attempt at copying

[parikshit-08034 · 1/10 · 2 April 2024]

Tried to be fighter. But went on to became Tejas.

Poor VFX, no punch in moments, no emotions in acting too.

When you are making a commercial movie on aerial action.. should keep the VFX top notch. Also the what a stupid plot at the end of Pakistan bombing nehru tunnel. Such a slow climax with no real feel.

Tollywood should know that slow motion movies are cringe now. Also what a expressions less acting by both the lead actors. Either make a documentary or make commercial cinema. But sadly its neither a documentary nor a commercial movie. I Was yawning at climax scenes , nothing was happening.

Decent movie, watchable

[nnik-77401 · 7/10 · 25 March 2024]

Film loosely based on true events, and fairly Owen as story. If you want to watch, watch without any expectations. Visuals are fairly good. Actors did a fair good job. And story was smoothly executed without much twists. From beginning to end the movie executed smoothly. Director didn't tried to over exaggerate the situations which would have made movie complicate. The story directly jumps into story without much delay. Which is a good one otherwise it would have made story boring. The technicals are good. So if you are bored it's a fair good try to watch movie which would not disappoint much.

Pleasant surprise

[pingsatish · 9/10 · 3 March 2024]

Did go to the movie without knowing the story. It started slow but the pace picked up slowly. By interval, you are in the edge of your seat. The direction, acting, music and VFX were just in enough dose. Congrats to the entire team for making this movie. Though the star cast is not well known, they have pulled it off nicely. Definitely a good watch for the weekend. I didn't expect the VFX. To be so good. It really elevated the aerial fight scenes. Almost to the Hollywood standards. Screenplay had played a very good part to keep the flow. No unnecessary songs that kept the movie going. Finally, the photography did great justice to the gorgeous locations in kashmir.

Decent Film with Good Arial Action

[contactdroy · 7/10 · 12 May 2024]

Based on a true story "Operation Valentine" is a decent aerial action drama based on the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack and the Indian Air Force's retaliatory Balakot Air Strikes. What is refreshing compared to Yodha is that Operation Valentine does not show Pakistani Air Force to be dumbos. Personally, I found the visual effects and cinematography to be fairly descent, especially the aerial dog fights. First half is a bit slow, but the second half picks up and visually exceeds expectations. In some ways There are comparisons being drawn to Fighter and hence the lower rating but personally I found the film to be a lighter and more realistic version of Fighter and better than Agnipankh, the film is fun to watch. Not sure about the Telegu version (there are mixed reviews) but the Hindi version had decent dialogues.

Correct representation which makes it entertaining.

[sandeepsrinivas · 9/10 · 23 March 2024]

Anyone who knows the technical details and exact events that happened in real life, will appreciate this movie. This movie correctly depicts almost everything that happened in the Balakot air strike.

Comparing this to "Fighter" movie which was made with 5x times more budget than Operation Valentine got almost every detail wrong. "Fighter" movie over powered the enemy and under powered the protagonist, not only that they got all Fighter Jets used in the operation wrong. They added dance numbers and made it a commercial movie, which is why it did more numbers.

"Operation Valentine" on the other hand correctly depicted almost all variants of fighter jets used in the operation, along with getting all events true to real life. To Finish off, It doesn't just get the technical details right, it is also a good entertainer. But if you're looking for dance numbers, you should look elsewhere. I could only imagine what they could've done with a budget similar to big budget movies.

Good Movie - Must experience it in Theatres

[sinematalks · 10/10 · 19 March 2024]

This movie is awesome. I like the graphics, music and story. This story is mainly based on surgical strikes. If you have patriotism you will definetly like the movie. They show how much skilled is our airforce. I basically loved this movie. It is feel good movie based on real story. How indian airforce works, if you like movies gujjan saxena you will definetly love and enjoy Operation Valentine movie. I love the way manushi chillar acted in this movie and also varun tej did good work with this movie. I liked idea of operation vajra wonderful thought by our airforce very appreciable. I liked comedy in this movie between varun tej (arjun dev) and his sub ordinate. You should definetly expirience this movie in theatres because of graphics. I hope kids also will love it.

Fantastic movie

[techmetamorph · 10/10 · 16 May 2024]

Much underrated movie, all criticism is just to undermine the levels attained by the Indian industry and to support leftists ideation. Kudos to director and the crew keep up the good work and expecting much more to come up. It's usually thrown to pits by international media coz no one wants to see India in light but the time has come on field and on screen we are not just song and dance but serious work too. One facia opposition will meet their end soon. It's great to enjoy type movie and something to be proud of for everyone of us so let's stop listening to the jealous croud and start to be ours for all of us. Jai hind.