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26 Rabi Al-Akhar 1446  

Bollywood movie ‘Fighter’ seems like a mix of Abhinandan, jingoism and Top Gun

Fighter's trailer has now been released, movie set for release on Jan 25
Poster for Fighter
Poster for Fighter

Once you get through the sounds of fighter jets, explosions and confidence-bordering-on-arrogance dialogues, the trailer for the new Bollywood movie fighter ‘Fighter’ will present an eerily similar story.

Directed by Sidharth Anand, the movie starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone is about an Indian Air Force unit set in Indian Occupied Kashmir, where a group of firebrand young men and women are being trained for some special mission.

In classic over-the-top homage to Hollywood movie ‘Top Gun’, Roshan’s character, Patty, sports Aviators and even rides a bike during off-duty hours. Roshan completes the set by being a little too reckless during flying training.

However, watching a Hindi-language Top Gun with dance songs in it could seem like a good prospect, the Fighter trailer shows that the movie soon goes off the rails (or falls out of the sky).

The movie’s trailer shows a terrorist attack and the word Pulwama is soon uttered, no marks for subtlety there. Soon a politician is strolling among a ground filled with flag-covered coffins, proclaiming it is the worst attack in the country’s history.

The trailer follows up with a mix of air strikes and explosions, including a cameo by supposed Pakistani pilots in thick Urdu accents customary of Bollywood.

The real events the movie seems to be based on are known. India and Pakistan exchanged airstrikes after the former accused the latter of ‘sponsoring’ the Pulwama attack. The deal ended with Indian pilot Abhinandan being captured by Pakistan only to be released a few days later.

To be fair, the trailer does not give the entire story away (only most of it). However, Patty soon ends up in close proximity with a ‘terrorist’ and tells him India is the owner of Kashmir and Pakistan is ‘occupying’ it.

Then in a charged voice, he tells the terrorist that India could turn every street of Pakistan into Indian Occupied Pakistan if it wanted. The trailer also shows a prisoner, played by Akshay Oberoi. Perhaps the movie could involve a succesful rescue of a team member who crashed across the border

The film also features Anil Kapoor, playing a senior officer incharge of the training of the young guns and Karan Singh Grover. It will be released on January 25th.

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