Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (transl. We entrust this nation in you, O countrymen) is a 2004 Indian war film, directed by Anil Sharma and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Akshay Kumar, Divya Khosla, Sandali Sinha and Nagma[2][3][4]
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Directed by | Anil Sharma |
Produced by | Anil Sharma |
Screenplay by | Shaktimaan Talwar |
Story by | Shaktimaan Talwar |
Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Bobby Deol Akshay Kumar Divya Khosla Sandali Sinha Nagma |
Music by | Anu Malik |
Cinematography | Kabir Lal |
Edited by | Ballu Saluja |
Distributed by | Movie World |
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Running time | 193 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹200 million[1] |
Box office | ₹191.66 million[1] |
Plot
Major General Amarjeet Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is a dedicated officer for the Indian Army. His son Captain Vikramjeet Singh (Bobby Deol) follows in his footsteps and joins the Army. In 1971 during the Indo-Pak war and the formation of Bangladesh, Lt. Commander Vikramjeet Singh has a ship in his command and a regiment of soldiers of the Indian Army, commandeered by his dad, Major General Amarjeet Singh. The ship comes under attack by a submarine of the Pakistani Navy, undergoes damage, and sinks along with Vikramjeet, but not before he courageously rescues about a hundred trapped army soldiers.
Years later, Vikramjeet's son Kunaljeet joins the army as a Captain, but he lacks the values his dad and grandfather had in them about serving the country selflessly. He just wants to be employed with the army for a couple of years, then re-locate to the U.S., run a business, and make lots of money. In order to accomplish this he always makes up excuses of not going to the front. He falls in love with Shweta Bhansali, and decides to stay in the army in order to be close to her. In order to achieve a medal, he fakes heroism; then carelessly jeopardizes a planned attack on terrorists and as a result several terrorist escape to their hideouts. Disciplined and chastised, an injured and humbled Kunaljeet waits to meet his sweetheart - only to find out that she is in love and married to his senior officer Major Rajeev Singh (Akshay Kumar), who was assumed to be dead but actually was a prisoner of war. The only thread binding him to the army is broken, and it is then Kunaljeet finds out that the terrorists in collusion with rebel Pakistani officers are planning to bomb the Bhagwan Shivji's Amarnath Temple in Jammu & Kashmir in order to foment communal strife. Kunaljeet saves everyone and wins his grandfather's heart.
Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan as Major General Amarjeet Singh (Defence Minister of India after retirement)
- Bobby Deol as Capt Kunaljeet Singh/Major Kunaljeet Singh/Lt Cdr Vikramjeet Singh (deceased, Kunal's father)
- Akshay Kumar as Major Rajeev Singh /Lt Col Rajeev Singh
- Divya Khosla as Shweta Bhansali / Shweta Rajeev Singh
- Sandali Sinha as Captain Dr Sakshi
- Nagma as Aarti Vikramjeet Singh
- Utkarsh Sharma as Kunal / Vikramjeet Singh (Childhood)
- Kapil Sharma as Captain Trilok (deceased in war)
- Danny Denzongpa as Col. Ashfaque Khan
- Ashutosh Rana as Sikander Khan
- Govind Namdeo as Maqsood Butt
- Vivek Shauq
- Surendra Pal
- Aarti Chabria as Trilok's wife
- Arif Zakaria
- Rajesh Vivek
- Vishwajeet Pradhan
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Anu Malik. Lyrics are penned by Sameer. The song "Humein tumse hua hai pyaar" became extremely popular.
Track listing
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo" | Alka Yagnik, Kailash Kher, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan | 7:38 |
2. | "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo - II" | Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan | 6:51 |
3. | "Chali Aa Chali Aa" | Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam | 7:12 |
4. | "Dil Rota Hai Baar Baar" | Sonu Nigam | 4:38 |
5. | "Humein Tumse Hua Hai Pyaar" | Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan | 6:03 |
6. | "Kurti Malmal Di" | Anuradha Paudwal, Kailash Kher, Sneha Pant, Sonu Nigam, Sudesh Bhosle | 7:11 |
7. | "Mere Sarpe Dupatta" | Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula, Udit Narayan | 5:30 |
8. | "Mujhe Pyaar Do" | Anuradha Paudwal, Karsan Sargathia, Sonu Nigam | 6:04 |
9. | "Shivji Satya Hai" | Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh | 7:38 |
References
- "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo". Box Office India. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2004.htm
- "Amitabh: I'm trying to improve".
- Hungama, Bollywood. "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo Review – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.