Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Review: Justice done to story of 1st female combat pilot

Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl is a biopic based on life of Air Force pilot, Gunjan Saxena, first Indian female pilot in combat. film stars Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Ang Bedi, Vineet Kumar Singh, and Manav Vij in main roles. movie is directed by Sharan Sharma and written by Nikhil Mehrotra and Sharan Sharma. film is available to stream on Netflix from August 12, 2020.

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plot of film

Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl shows life of Gunjan Saxena, played by Janhvi Kapoor, who from an early aspired to become a pilot. But her dreams were opposed by her own family, relatives, and society. Only her far, played by Pankaj Tripathi, supported her dream and kept encouraging her to achieve her goals.

However, real challenges are faced by her once she is mitted into air force acemy. film shows how she faces bias and sexism re. She misses training because base does t have a place for her to change into overalls and is later forced to use a men’s washroom as re are ne for women.

In spite of all struggles and attitudes of fellow cets towards her, she fares well and is able to become an officer. Gunjan Saxena is seen soaring high in sky and proves herself as worthy of her post with her performance and skills. She plays one of main roles during Kargil War was to evacuate wounded from Kargil, transport supplies, and assist in surveillance.

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What works for film?

movie sticks to me which was to give a flavour of feminism and show how women in India faced challenges in orwise considered 'professions for men'. director of film, Sharan Sharma does t beat trumpet of hyper-nationalism and has shown reality in film as close as possible. Ar interesting thing in movie was to see how filmmakers did t try to glamourize characters by showing m in body-hugging uniforms and stuck to decorum followed in defence forces, which showed a serious attempt by filmmakers to stick to realism. acting of cast is impressive. From Pankaj Tripathi to Vij, Ang Bedi, Vineet Singh, and Janhvi, all actors showed sincerity in ir performance. cinematography and direction of film are good along with music and editing of film.

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What does t work

While Pankaj Tripathi has done well in his part, writers did t realise potential of or cast members like Vineet Kumar Singh, Manav Vij, and Ang Bedi. ir characters could have been written with more depth and flavour. Janhvi Kapoor has done a decent job, however, her performance could have been better. After having given a good performance in Ghost Stories, she h set bar higher for herself.

Final thoughts

Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl can be watched to kw story of first female IAF combat pilot who created history by entering war zone in Kargil war. 

Rating 3/5

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