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Lakshya

2004 · 186 min

A slow-burning, earnest journey from aimless youth to battlefield resolve, mixing romance and military grit with emotional weight.

Directed by
Farhan Akhtar
Genres
War, Action, Drama
Starring
Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan
Tagline
It Took Him 24 years And 18000 Feet To Find Himself
Overview
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.

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  • Netflix
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Directed by
Farhan Akhtar
Genres
War, Action, Drama
Starring
Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • war
  • love
  • redemption
Places
  • military
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
war, action, drama, romance
Directed by
Farhan Akhtar
Written by
Javed Akhtar
Starring
Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri, Boman Irani, Sushant Singh, Raj Zutshi, Ranvir Shorey
Music
Ehsaan Noorani, Shankar Mahadevan
Cinematography
Andre Menezes, Dhimant Vyas
Runtime
186 min
Country
India
Languages
English, Hindi

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