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Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004)
"Hindustan zinde baad!" that's what you'd be saying if you fell for this tripe CONTAINS SPOILERS
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It wasn't just a little pro Indian, it was all out pro Indian. I felt disgusted watching the lecture the major (amitabh) give kunal (bobby), it went something on the lines of "you should die for your country because its your country" what kind of lame ass excuse is that, haven't they heard of Thomas Aquinas? What ever happened to dying for a cause like freedom, peace or against evil? Even if you haven't, wouldn't common sense suggest that everyone else also has a country and that they might be reciting the garbage you're saying. Also considering the major was Sikh a turbaned one at that (despite trimmed beard and blue contact lenses), he should have known what Guru Gobind Singh Ji had said about war and conflict (which is just about the same as Thomas Aquinas' rules). Other things to note in the film, the general who shot all those innocents at the beginning and later became a terrorist shouldn't have actually survived to begin with as its an unwritten rule that you don't show mercy to those who have surrendered after fighting to the last bullet. Other things wrong with the film are the crappy special effects with the rubber torpedoes and men being pulled away by strings. If you've seen any good war films like "Saving Private Ryan", "Full Metal Jacket" or "Apocalypse Now", you would think the battle scenes are a joke. Also considering how powerful India is with its massive army, artillery and air force, its ridiculous seeing how overwhelmed they are in some of the scenes, when a simple artillery bombardment or air strike could have done fine. Then there's the love triangle (and this was just pathetic, typical love at first site crap) just thrown in for the sake of adding a few forgettable, unnecessary and inappropriate songs to sell some CDs. To sum it up there's nothing new this film does, Pakistani's are monstrous terrorists (ironic as this film's apparent aim was to support friendship between India and Pakistan), Hindustan can do nothing wrong and apparently has the world's support, your only female friends are supermodels, you can do anything if you set your mind to it despite getting blown 15 ft in the air, shot in the leg, standing next to 10 kgs of detonated TNT and getting thrown off a cliff. P.S being Sikh I found it especially weird when amitabhs character was praising Shiva and taking part in the rituals, and bobby's character bowing to a Hindu shrine and trying to run off with Shweta who he hardly knew anyway.
If you enjoy high quality cinema then don't waste your time on this turd. However if you like biased dogmatic ideas about India, coincidences, special effects from 50s B Movies, random song and dance, then this one is for you.