Shaurya: It Takes Courage to Make Right... Right (2008)

Maj. Siddhant Chaudhary, an Indian Army lawyer, attempts to defend Capt. Javed Khan who is accused of killing a decorated officer. The problem is that Khan does not wish to be defended and freely admits to his crime.

Director:

Samar Khan

Writers:

Samar Khan, Aparnaa Malhotra

Stars:

Rahul Bose, Javed Jaffrey, Minissha Lamba

Cast

Credited cast:
Rahul Bose	...	Major Siddhant 'Sid' S. Chaudhry
Javed Jaffrey	...	Major Akash Kapoor
Minissha Lamba	...	Kaavya Shastri
Seema Biswas	...	Mrs. Khan
Deepak Dobriyal	...	Captain Javed Khan
Kay Kay Menon	...	Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh
Amrita Rao	...	Neerja Rathore
Rosa Catalano	...	Singer / Dancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Subrat Dutta
Priyesh Kaushik	...	Reporter
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Narrator
Shyam Kishore	...	Army officer
Aditya Lakhia	...	Army Officer R.P. Singh
Pawan Malhotra	...	Army Officer
Denzil Smith	...	Lt. General P. P. V. Nair

Storyline

Indian Army lawyer, Major Siddhant Chaudhary, has not only to deal with his father's death, but must also defend Captain Javed Khan. The later, charged with killing a decorated Major Virendra Singh Rathore, under various statutes of Indian laws & the Army Act, refuses to defend himself, admits to this killing, and awaits a guilt finding via a Court Martial. Siddhant decides to delve deeper, much to the chagrin of his prosecutor-friend, Major Akash Kapoor, not realizing that he will incur the wrath of his superiors; his work will come under sharp scrutiny; the journalist, Kaavya Shastri, assisting him will be arrested; and he may end up being transferred to violent and isolated areas in Assam and Bihar.

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Plot Keywords:

army | death | court martial | army officer | judiciary | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rahul Bose and and K K Menon reunited in the same year for Man Gaye Mughale Azam, a comedy as compare to much serious tone of this film.

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Connections

References A Few Good Men (1992)

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Soundtracks

Shaurya
Written by Javed Akhtar
Composed by Adnan Sami
Performed by Kunal Ganjawala
Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment (India)

User Reviews

A few good men made an OK remake

Bollywood has an uncanny ability to Indianize the remake. Given that a large majority of our cinema, the songs and perhaps even the dialogue is rehashed from dated Hollywood, Tollywood and whatever wood European, Chinese and Korean cinema comes from, its astounding how Indian each remake looks.

You would almost believe its supposed "inspired tag" Shaurya is different and watchable because for most parts, it retains the flow, feel and texture of A Few Good Men with the Indian confused state of existence in Kashmir as the backdrop.

Rahul Bose, plays Tom Cruise (who played Jerry McGuire in AFGM) in a controlled fashion and brings his own personality into the character of an Army Lawyer. Kay Kay Menon is convincing. The plot is reasonably tight but tends to bore you in bits.

*What's good Kashmir. Breathtaking! Good controlled acting and decent dialogues. A believable and realistic plot and some good court sequences.

*What's not The pangs of boredom you feel. The plot is flat and familiar. You've seen AFGM and you know how things will end.

Watching the movie with Army folk. They rant about breach of protocol or whatever that means to us 'bloody civilians'

Details

Official Sites:

Vidio [Indonesia]

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

4 April 2008 (India)

Also Known As:

Valor

Filming Locations:

Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$187,666

Company Credits

Production Co:

Moser Baer

Technical Specs

Runtime:

149 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1