Amaran is currently playing in theaters. We have watched the Telugu version of this biographical action war film produced by Kamal Haasan and two others.
Story:
Mukund Varadarajan, an aspiring army man, falls in love with a Malayali acquaintance named Indhu Rebecca Varghese. Reciprocity follows in no time. After Mukund joins the army and grows in ranks, the stakes at the job go up. As a Major at the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir, he awaits the riskiest mission of his life.
Analysis:
Jawan stories must go beyond saying that the protagonist is extraordinary. Spelling out his valour is nothing. Making the audience experience what it takes to serve with honour is what makes certain biographical action war films memorable. Although Adivi Sesh’s Major (2022) was not exactly a war film, it told us the story of a braveheart with remarkable earnestness and authenticity. Amaran, the film under review, is another such sincere attempt. If Major was situated in a star hotel in Mumbai, the backdrop in Amaran is Kashmir, a place is torn by war and pulled apart by civilian unrest.
Amaran, for at least the Tamil and Telugu audiences, is the first film to tell how the devious strategy of stone-pelting works in the conflict-ridden Kashmir Valley. Stone-pelting has been a strategy of warfare used by both militants and their sympathizers to subvert India’s sovereignty. This film shows how the jawans are constrained by the criminal assault by local populations.
Up until twenty minutes or so before the interval, Amaran is more of a soothing romantic tale. The thrill of first love, the cute exchanges between Mukund and Indhu, and the pride of being a soldier are narrated. Sai Pallavi‘s bona fide performance is top-notch in these segments.
In the second half, the film becomes a genre movie that doesn’t make compromises. The clashes between the jawans and terrorists, the limitations faced by an army force that honours human rights, the emotions undergone by them, the trauma experienced by their distraught family members, and more keep the audience thoroughly engaged.
The militants and the places they inhabit, their madness and brutality are staged appropriately. Their misguided passion, the challenge they face from a driven leadership in the Army, the role of tactical and weapons training – the film packs in so much.
Sai Pallavi and Sivakarthikeyan completely take over with their performances. Bhuvan Arora as Sepoy Vikram Singh and Rahul Bose as Colonel Amit Singh Dabas, among others, do their jobs well. GV Prakash Kumar’s music CH Sai’s cinematography are solid.
Verdict:
Amaran is an outstanding war film, a love story, and an emotional tale of a soldier’s wife.
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