Lakshya (2004)

An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.

Director:

Farhan Akhtar

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue), Javed Akhtar (screenplay)

Stars:

Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan

Top Rated Indian Movies #127 | 4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hrithik Roshan	...	Karan Shergill
Preity Zinta	...	Romila 'Romi' Dutta
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Col. Sunil Damle
Om Puri	...	Subedar Maj. Pritam Singh
Sharad S. Kapoor	...	Maj. Binod Sengupta (as Sharad.S.Kapoor)
Raj Zutshi	...	Maj. Kaushal Verma
Sushant Singh	...	Capt. Jalal Akbar
Prashant Chianani	...	Lt. Vishal Srivastav (as Prashant Chainani)
Shakeel Khan
Ranvir Shorey	...	(as Ranvir Shoerey)
Arav Chowdharry	...	Capt. Manjit Singh Dhingra
Ajai Jose
Aditya Srivastava	...	Pradeep
Abir Goswami	...	Capt. Sudhir Mishra (AMC)
Parmeet Sethi	...	Maj. Shahbaaz Humdani (Pakistan)

Storyline

Karan is a lazy good-for-nothing who lives on the generated income of his father and elder brother at their family business. Karan's days: hang out with buddies and romance a woman named Romi. When he watches an action movie, he decides to enlist in the army with a friend, but basic training proves to be too much of a bother and he shortly abandons it, thus making him lose respect on the home front. Romi also stops respecting him. Karan decides he must re-join the army and show his family and Romi that he, too, is focused upon the path he has to take in this lifetime, but will he be resilient enough to carry out this task?

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Plot Keywords:

army | military academy | mountain | basic training | terrorist | 

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Taglines:

It took him 24 years and 18000 feet to find himself

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [India] (English)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

18 June 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mut zur Entscheidung - Lakshya

Filming Locations:

Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR300,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$380,000, 20 June 2004

Gross USA:

$753,600

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,859,242

Company Credits

Production Co:

Excel Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

186 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital Dolby SR

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Aamir Khan was offered the lead role but turned it down for Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005)

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Goofs

When Hrithik Roshan receives a letter from his friend while in Kargil and is interrupted by his fellow senior officer, he puts the letter in his right pant pocket, but when he remembers about the letter later on, he removes the letter from his left pant pocket.

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Quotes

Col. Sunil Damle: [referencing to dead Pakistani soldiers] Sahab Dharamvir Singh, organize some of your men and give these fallen soldiers a decent burial.
Subedar Dharamvir Singh: Yes, sir.
[Everyone remains silent and unmoving]
Col. Sunil Damle: What's the matter? Pradeep?
Pradeep: Sir, I think that... everyone is reminded of the condition in which... they've... returned dead bodies of our soldiers.
Col. Sunil Damle: I see. I see. That difference divides us, and it should stay that way. Imagine what kind of army refuses to accept the bodies of their own fallen officers and ...

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Connections

Referenced in Comedy Nights with Kapil: Hrithik Roshan (2013)

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Soundtracks

Separation
(Instrumental)
Music composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
© 2008 Sony Bmg

User Reviews

Lakshya is absolutely excellent: A Class Product from India!

Absolutely fantastic. Hrithik Roshan is brilliantly understated in this coming-of-age epic. World-class production values and high father-son, soldier-soldier emotional content that's not forced (Like the overdone mess LOC). The war scenes were brilliant. People must remember, this film was NOT BASED ON KARGIL. Akhtar took the war as a backdrop to show Karan's transformation - his path from irresponsible and misguided childhood to manhood. This film was quite an experience. I just can't understand how this flopped (If grossing 22 Crores in India can be termed "poor box office performance"). Man, my countrymen really take the cake. Garbage like Veer Zaara (Stunning locales, beautiful people, and amazing music, but overall POOR in terms of content) and Kal Ho Na Ho are lapped up by audiences, but Yuva and Lakshya are rejected completely. After Shah Rukh Khan murdered Asoka with his obsessive megalomania and J.P. Dutta took jingoism to an all-time low in LOC, Lakshya is an epic motion picture. Somewhat muted and subtle, but never EVER slight. Hrithik's a star.