First of all I really liked the movie and frankly it was better than Shakuntala Devi. With all the Nepotism debates going on it is difficult to digest a movie starring the daughter of Sreedevi and Boney and also the fact that the movie does show Indian Air Force in a bad light which was unnecessary.
No spoilers in the movie and my rating is 3/5
The film is essentially a heart touching movie about how a proper support by your near and dear ones and in this case father can make you reach the skies! Literally!
Having said that it is heart warming to see the support which Gunjan gets in every step of her life from her father and how he makes her realise her true potential!
At one point Gunjan goes to a friend’s wedding and decides that she will also leave her ambition of being a pilot and get married!
Her father then tells her that ok then lets go to the kitchen and make aloo paratha!
Pankaj Tripathi is one of those actors who get better with every movie and the size of the role is hardly important!
So the other people in the movie are just support staff and they have done their role well.
You may find the role of the elder brother a tad annoying but I am assuming that he has the interests of his sister in his mind when he makes ridiculous assumptions and announcements.
Then the typical Indian mother played brilliantly by Ayesha who is a very underrated actress and the roles which she plays is simply amazing especially as a mother! She is the modern age Farida Jalal!
Then comes the real lead of the movie! The chopper! The scenes of training and rescue have been shot very well with good details into what goes to make a helicopter pilot!
The selection process and the way Gunjan was supposedly treated in the Air Force has been exaggerated to get some forced spice in the movie and this could have been refined. Being a lady pilot of a helicopter in war zone is not easy feat and they could have very well shown tit bits of the forty war missions of which Gunjan was a part of but I guess that will not give the TRP!
The real Gunjan snaps which they show in the end of the movie are really nice and I was specially happy to see her father in real life!
In the times of lockdown we have already exhausted the old movies and series and new ones are eagerly awaited! This is one movie which you can watch with your whole family which is a lot to say considering the web series none of which you can watch with your family!
I was disappointed with Shakuntala Devi movie since it turned out to be the movie about her as a person and mathematics was relegated to a corner! At least in this movie, the combat and the Air Force gets a good chunk of the screen time!
Jhanvi is good but need to work on her emotions and her timing. It is a good thing that she looks very ordinary and such movies are good choices for her!
Pankaj Tripathi is the silent winner in the movie and you can see the whole movie just to see his presence in the screen!
When the world tries to cage you do not get trapped but grow wings and breaks the cage and fly away!
A good movie to watch during Independence week!
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