"Sam Bahadur".
Watched Hindi movie "Sam Bahadur".
This movie is directed by Meghana Gulzar. Written by Shantanu Srivastava and Meghana Gulzar. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala . It stars Vicky Kaushal, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Neeraj Kabi, Anjan Shrivastav, Govind Namdeo. Cinematography by Jay I. Patel. Music by Shankar-Ehsan-Loy. Film runs for 2 hour and 28 minutes and was released in 2023. I watched with Aditi on Zee5 on 9th Feb 2024.
This is the story of Sam Manekshaw, first Field Marshall of India. It takes us from Sam’s childhood to youth to mature years to retirement.
Some called him loud, some called him cantankerous, some called him stickler. Many disliked him but his patriotism and his acumen were always above argument.
Vicky Kaushal plays Sam superbly. His bearing is perfect. He has crawled into Sam’s skin seamlessly. You don’t see Vicky, you see Sam. Some even argue that he was the rightful owner of Filmfare award this year. Sanya Malhotra plays Sam’s wife Siloo. She portrays the love, dread, jealousy and support of a wife to capable and successful husband very well. Fatima Sana Shaikh plays Indira Gandhi but fails to project her aura. Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub plays young Yahya Khan and the character comes out as an honest man.
It’s a good movie and gives you insights about Sam, the person and the persona as well as the political situation in India at that time.
Positives: Vicky, Direction.
Negatives: Umm…
A must watch!
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