Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020)

Inspired by the life of a fearless young officer who made history by becoming the first Indian female Air Force officer to fly in a combat zone during the 1999 Kargil War

Director:

Sharan Sharma

Writers:

Nikhil Mehrotra, Sharan Sharma

Stars:

Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Janhvi Kapoor	...	Gunjan Saxena
Pankaj Tripathi	...	Colonel Anup Saxena
Angad Bedi	...	Anshuman Saxena
Manav Vij	...	Commanding Officer Gautam Sinha
Ayesha Raza	...	Kirti Saxena (as Ayesha Raza Mishra)
Viineet Kumar	...	Flight Commander Dileep Singh (as Vineet Kumar Singh)
Chandan Anand	...	Chief Instructor Ashish Ahuja (IAFA)
Gautam Singh	...	Self Defence Instructor
Mannu Malik	...	IAFA Instructor
Kapil Tilhari	...	SSB Officer Mishra
Maneesh Verma	...	SSB Officer Sameer Mehra (as Manish Verma)
Sadhna Bajpai	...	SSB Lady Medical Officer (as Dr. Sadhna Bajpai)
Barbie Rajput	...	Mannu
Virendra Singh	...	Subedar Dayal
Raunak Bhinder	...	Soldier Biswa (as Raunak Binder)

Storyline

Gunjan Saxena's dream since childhood is to be a pilot she decides to quit her education after 10th to train as pilot.But with changing times the qualification changes finally she manages to fill the form after her graduation but has to back out due to a huge fee.She gets an opportunity to train as a female air force officer in newly started camp and is the only candidate to be selected.Gunjan then heads for further training towards the air force camp where she has to face humiliation from Senior male officers for being the only female in the camp.

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Plot Keywords:

life | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Drama | War

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is the directorial debut of Sharan Sharma. This is Janhvi's third film. She debuted with Dhadak (2018) and starred in Zoya Akhtar's short in Ghost Stories (2020), a Netflix original.

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Goofs

In the patrol scene, the troops are shown in a very relaxed attitude, with their rifles hanging from their shoulders as if they were on parade, which is completely unacceptable for a combat situation. The Indian Army is a highly professional force which has undergone a lot of fighting.

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Quotes

Colonel Anup Saxena: Those who work hard and never give up in life are always rewarded with success in the end.

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Soundtracks

Mann Ki Dori
Vocals by Armaan Malik
Lyrics by Kausar Munir
Music by Amit Trivedi

User Reviews

a bad actor on lead makes entire movie bad

Not watching this would be a better tribute to the Kargil hero ,Gunjan saxsena.

Details

Official Sites:

Dharma Productions Netflix

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

12 August 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dharma Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1