Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is a Hindi-language biographical film directed by Sharan Sharma and produced under Dharma Productions and Zee Studios. The movie is inspired by the life of Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena (born 1975), an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer and former helicopter pilot.
Gunjan Saxena joined the IAF in 1994, she is a 1999 Kargil War veteran and the first woman Shaurya Chakra awardee. She joined Indian Air Force after attaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Hansraj College, Delhi University. The film was announced on 26th December 2018. Netflix acquired the distribution rights and premiered the movie on 12 August 2020 on Netflix.
Star Cast:
Janhvi Kapoor as IAF pilot Gunjan Saxena
Riva Arora as Young Gunjan
Pankaj Tripathi as Anup Saxena, Gunjan’s father
Ayesha Raza Mishra as Kirti Saxena Gunjan’s mother
Angad Bedi as Anshuman Saxena, Gunjan’s brother
Aaryan Arora as Young Anshuman
Vineet Kumar Singh as Fight commander officer Dileep Singh
Manav Vij as Commanding officer Gautam Sinha
Movie Review: Gunjan Saxena take-offs well but landed unsteadily. The film suffers from the unappealing second half, the makers are failed to deliver a compelling biographical drama film. The Kargil war scenes in the climax doesn’t offer anything captivate about the Kargil girl and the Kargil war.
Sharan Sharma’s debut direction is decent. Janhvi Kapoor’s acting skills are still in progress, she has given a fine performance in quiet moments but when it comes to intense scenes, she has a long way to go. Pankaj Tripathi portraits a supporting father brilliantly. Vineet Kumar Singh and Manav Vij are good in their supporting roles.
Manush Nandan’s cinematography captures the location of Georgia very well for the film as it has a resemblance to the Kashmir valley.
Gunjan Saxena Movie Rating:
Direction 2.5/5
Acting 2.5/5
Dialogues 2.5/5
Story 3/5
Screenplay 2/5
Overall Hit ya Flop Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars (AVG)
