The Forgotten Army - Azaadi ke liye

Heared about INA so many times but know them First time.Thanks to all who make us to meet our unsung hero's. The series took us truely the sara of our freedom and once again remember us "Fighting for freedom but to maintain is much more harder"

None of us are going to find this in our school history books. It happened the exact way shown here even more. But unfortunately the credit for fight for freedom is limited to couple of people in India. They are the true unsung heroes of the free India we breath in now.

The content of the mini series could be more focused on fact rather than the dramatisation. With the factual history available in the public domain, the legacy of INA can be made into seasons together, let aside a 5 episode mini series. The storyline and cinematography could be better, even as compared to current Indian productions. Overall, 7 starts would do good. However, 10 stars is for the effort for bringing out such a sensitive and important part of the forgotten history.

Why worked:

• the production team; the series is beautifully shot, edited, sound and video mixing is fine. What stays out is the action team, the stunts, visual effects and overall war sequences. It's commendable and astonishing. The team were able to build a huge set design because of the adequate budget making the viewer experience more realistic.The series is based on a real story which makes it an especial series. Overall, it is an enjoyable watch especially the action scenes.

What did not work:

• love story; the love story somehow distracted the series instead of enhancing it. The movie which should have been focused on the agenda of the movie seem busy in trying to build a story out of the context, which would have been better if not highly valued in the narrative overall. Also, the love story failed to create the intimacy and relatability.
• glorified scenes: some scenes were overly dramatized and gloried for the sake of making it colorful. Many scenes with the themes of nationality and valor could have been cut down to get a crisp narrative.
• plot holes and flaws; what failed miserably is the screenplay of the series. Although they had a huge budget and great team, the screenplay somehow failed to connect with the viewers making it a mundane and cliche war movie with added flavor of romance and predictability. I think many would have not wanted the over glamorous present story, the chase scenes or the love story or the ending of the main character. I would say it's a weak writing and the narrative could have been made better with giving attention to the flow, the intend and the overall message of the movie, rather than gloried love story added on the real story. It's a missed opportunity, which could have been better.

Final verdict: not recommended if you have something better to do. Watch it for set design and action sequences, it's a treat.

I don't know much about Indian history , and I wasn't really going to watch this show I put it on to just sleep infront of it as I normally do , but OMG what did I just watch??? What a masterpiece , the acting , the war Scenes , I'm definitely going to watch more Indian shows and movies now, the drama and the love story and the way they tell the story , the directing and the last 2 episodes are just mind blowing , the girl who does maya , she is just mind blowing ! It's very strange they don't even have a photo of her on IMDb , she is really good , so is he , but she was phenomenal. Looking forward to see more of their work ! I'm very picky when I watch shows and movies , If you read this review , watch it !