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LOC: Kargil

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 4h 15m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
3.6K
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Sanjay Dutt, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Abhishek Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Ashutosh Rana, Suniel Shetty, and Karan Nath in LOC: Kargil (2003)
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Based on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999.Based on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999.Based on the real story during Kargil war fought between India and Pakistan in 1999.

  • Director
    • J.P. Dutta
  • Writers
    • J.P. Dutta
    • O.P. Dutta
  • Stars
    • Sanjay Dutt
    • Ajay Devgn
    • Saif Ali Khan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    3.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • J.P. Dutta
    • Writers
      • J.P. Dutta
      • O.P. Dutta
    • Stars
      • Sanjay Dutt
      • Ajay Devgn
      • Saif Ali Khan
    • 39User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Sanjay Dutt
    Sanjay Dutt
    • Lt. Col. Yogesh Kumar Joshi (Joe), 13 JAK Rifles
    Ajay Devgn
    Ajay Devgn
    • Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1 by 11 Gurkha Rifles
    Saif Ali Khan
    Saif Ali Khan
    • Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 17 Jat
    Suniel Shetty
    Suniel Shetty
    • Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, 13 JAK Rifles
    • (as Sunil Shetty)
    Sanjay Kapoor
    Sanjay Kapoor
    • Maj. Deepak Rampal, 17 Jat
    Abhishek Bachchan
    Abhishek Bachchan
    • Capt. Vikram Batra, 13 JAK Rifles
    Akshaye Khanna
    Akshaye Khanna
    • Lt. Balwan Singh Panghal, 18 Grenadiers
    Nagarjuna Akkineni
    Nagarjuna Akkineni
    • Maj. Padmapani Acharya, 2 Rajputana Rifles
    Ashutosh Rana
    Ashutosh Rana
    • Gren. Yogender Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers
    Rani Mukerji
    Rani Mukerji
    • Hema
    • (as Rani Mukherji)
    Karan Nath
    Karan Nath
    • Maj. Rajesh Singh Adhikari, 2 Mechanised Infantry
    Manoj Bajpayee
    Manoj Bajpayee
    • Gren. Yogender Singh Yadav, 18 Grenadiers
    • (as Manoj Bajpai)
    Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor
    • Simran
    Raveena Tandon
    Raveena Tandon
    • Deepak Rampal's wife
    Mahima Chaudhry
    Mahima Chaudhry
    • Reena Yadav
    Namrata Shirodkar
    Namrata Shirodkar
    • Joshi's wife
    Preeti Jhangiani
    Preeti Jhangiani
    • Balwan Singh's fiancée
    Esha Deol
    Esha Deol
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    • Director
      • J.P. Dutta
    • Writers
      • J.P. Dutta
      • O.P. Dutta
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    4ssvikas

    Warning: You may fall asleep during some of the long drawn songs

    Storyline: The film spanning 4-odd hours covers in adequate details the happenings at the Kargil sector near the LOC in 1999 when the Pakistani infiltrators had crossed the LOC and had entered deep into the Indian territory and the Indian Retaliation. To know more about the story, I would suggest readers to read the news-items pertaining to Kargil.

    Comment: If one is looking for a formula story in this movie, then one can be sure that it is absent. LOC is a story of Pure sacrifice, patriotism, courage and lots and lots of bullets and Blood. The movie hall where I saw this film was full of whistles and cheers when the Film shows Indian Bravery. Movie audience seemed similar to Audiences like in an India vs Pak cricket match.

    Watch the movie as a tribute to the Army's sacrifice and for the characterization of the real-life war heroes (4 PVC honoured heroes) who have sacrificed their lives so that we could see this day. The movie has made a brilliant portrayal of the Army who have battled all odds in rough weather conditions. The film's negatives are that it is too stretched and the songs are extremely boring.
    10geetha_mateo

    A wonderful movie...a tribute to our brave soldiers.

    LOC is one of the most moving movies ever made. The movie is based on the war that actually happened in Kargil between India and Pakistan. LOC is a tribute, a homage to our brave and selfless soldiers who have laid down their lives to safeguard ours. This movie has made me realize the extent of sacrifice a soldier makes to protect us scores of civilians most of whom he does not even know. It has made me see them in a completely different light and i cannot help but appreciate the effort of a film maker who has tried to immortalize their sacrifice on the celluloid.

    The movie is long. But that is because the script demands it. The movie has an amazing cast and everyone has given outstanding performances. It is an emotional journey and a saga of unseen bravery and unimaginable strength of character.

    The film's characters represent the Kargil martyrs and the other brave soldiers of the Indian Army. So you have Captain Anuj Nayyar, Captain Vikram Batra, Lieutenant Manoj Pandey, Lieutenant Colonel Y K Joshi and many of the other brave men who authored the script that made India the winner in the Kargil war. It captures their valor in the field of battle, shows how they dealt with each new challenge and each new hardship with renewed vigor, how they motivated the soldiers under their command under the most pressured conditions and how they destroyed their enemies. It encapsulates the soldier's quest for victory in extremely hostile conditions.

    LOC Kargil is based on authentic research and gives you the events as they took place. A lot of care has been taken to see that the film is accurate even in its minutest detail. The background score and dialogs are gripping. The songs too, are pretty intense and have been extremely well written and composed. The lyrics motivate you, move you and also wrench your heart out.

    LOC tries to tell the story of the soldiers and their families. It tells you about the sacrifice that a soldier makes for his country and the loss that his family suffers in the process. As the trailers said..."every bullet in a war finds its mark... into a woman's heart". A lot of soldiers died in the Kargil war and this movie makes an effort to show their sacrifice before we forget it. It is a must watch, especially for every Indian in the world.
    anilwebsmith

    Priceless effort in documenting the story, but fails to enhance it

    When I was watching this movie, I was simultaneously being hit by two things

    • the ordinariness of the 'production' quality. What is called 'production values' - lighting, sound, authenticity of effect, bullets hitting people, the environment. See 'Saving Private Ryan', 'Thin Red Line', 'Black Hawk Down', which have you shivering, and diving for cover as bullets fly. I know we don't have the kind of money that they have, but as a member of the audience I have become terribly spoilt by Hollywood, what more can I say. Remember that I WANTED to like the movie, so I am not being careless when I comment that it came across as too artificial and stage like. All the hill storming scenes for e.g., are all from the same camera angle and all have a hill bathed in a uniform light, as if from a lamppost, and just did not pull me into forgetting it was happening on screen. I was too cognisant that I was watching from an aloof medium, a seat facing a stage on what this was all happening perhaps.


    • The story, the challenges our men faced, their pain, their courage, the difficulty of the situation, all of that.


    It struck me that as a movie buff, I should try to somehow be able to differentiate the two even in the midst of 'enjoying' the movie. Differentiate all that is hitting me because of what happened out there from that which is hitting me only because of the way it has been treated / presented by JP. I found, limited as I was in my ability to do this, that despite my best wishes to conclude otherwise, I was being only 'moved' by the facts of the former, and not at all by the effort of the latter. If a young guy, who is about to get married to his childhood fiancée dies while bravely storming a hill currently occupied by miserable mother*&£$£s I would strangle personally if I had the guts, its going to move me in tears by just hearing about it. What I couldn't find was a camera angle, a single feature of the presentation that added to this impact. In fact, I will go so far as to claim that the artificiality of the treatment took away some of it.

    That's about it - was very moved by what the story had to convey, and the research etc has no doubt been brilliant, but as a celluloid 'creation' , didn't find any 'value add' - as a documentary of what happened in itself its priceless, if only because film reaches out to a lot more people than any other media, including newspapers etc.
    Herag

    Sadly Patriotic.

    I have come to the conclusion that Bollywood does not know how to make War Films. A plain vanilla Documentary would have made more justice to the Martyr's of the kargil. The movie is agonsingly long, too many charecters that hoover over a lost script, a technical disaster and repetious to the core. The filmmaker has tried his best to lend auntheticity by using the real terrain but after an hour of the movie it is like Dejavue. The problem I see is Amateur consultants and dialogue that dilutes the theme and reduces the content to a mear childrens play. Bollywood is the leader when it comes to Musical but when it comes to aunthenticity in depicting a war and special effects the two Movies that come close are "The Hero" and "Gadar-Ek Prem Katha". This movie is an unmitigated disaster even though the Producers intentions were laudable and Patriotic.
    3padiyark

    Good potential but horrible execution

    LOC could have been a very well made movie on how the Kargil war was fought; it had the locations, the budget, and the skill to have been India's "Saving Private Ryan" or "Black Hawk Down". Instead it come across as a bloated, 4 hour bore of trying to meld the war move with the masala movie. Even the war scenes were terribly executed, using the same hill in all their battle scenes, and spending unnecessary time on casual talk. Instead of trying to appeal to the indian public, a better movie would have been a to-the-book account of what happened at Kargil (like "Black Hawk Down") or even spending time on the militant point of view (like "Tora, Tora, Tora"). Even better, it could have used a competent director like Ram Gopal Verma to write, direct and edit the film. Until then, I'd like to see some one re-edit this film, with only the pertinent portions included; it would make the movie more watchable.

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    • Trivia
      One of the longest films in the world with its 4 hour 15 minute-long screen play. Based on the story of Indian soldiers at Kargil and their war efforts against Pakistan (Operation Vijay), the movie attempted to give each character a good background story.
    • Goofs
      When the battalion army is interrupted by one of their own which has recently met an accident with truck filled with 8 martyrs. The camera inside the truck can be seen when a side angle is shown during the truck going back to the country.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1 by 11 Gurkha Rifles: At ease. I've ordered you to rest. Even though I know for the next few days resting will be sin for us. Because we've been given such work that we won't get rest. Our aim is Kukarthang post. 3 Punjab and 16 Grenadier soldiers are trying to capture that post since some days. But the strength and ammunition of the enemies is such that our soldiers couldn't move at all. We've to go to help them. I know the task isn't simple. But looking at the guts, strength and history of the Gurkha regiment the task doesn't seem so difficult too. Any doubts?

      All soldiers: No, sir!

      Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1 by 11 Gurkha Rifles: We'll go with ammunitions. But we'll have to go with stretchers too.

      Soldier: It means many of us won't return.

      Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1 by 11 Gurkha Rifles: All of us will return, whatever state they're in. That's my promise. We won't leave even one soldier behind. Any doubt?

      All soldiers: No, sir.

      Thapa: But sir, some men will die.

      Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1 by 11 Gurkha Rifles: Sure. Maybe you don't know that angel of death is choosy too. It picks the most handsome of soldiers.

      Thapa: Then I don't have any chance, sir. I'm not handsome.

      Lt. Manoj Kumar Pandey, 1 by 11 Gurkha Rifles: That's what you think, Thapa. Ask your mother how handsome you are.

    • Connections
      Featured in 49th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2003 (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Seemayein Bulaye Tujhe
      Music by Anu Malik

      Lyrics by Javed Akhtar

      Performed by Alka Yagnik

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    • Release date
      • December 12, 2003 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Линия контроля: Каргил
    • Filming locations
      • Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
    • Production company
      • J.P. Films
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    • Budget
      • ₹400,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $621,103
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $223,793
      • Dec 28, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $621,103
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    • Runtime
      4 hours 15 minutes
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