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I loved it! Movie was gripping and fun from

start to finish. It was not a very long movie so that was great. I actually liked Janhvi’s acting. She has shown improvement since Dhadak and has a natural screen presence. Pankaj Tripathi’s acting is super cute. He is the backbone. All the supporting cast have done well. Definitely a one time popcorn watch.

Found pankal tripathy very weak, don’t know what people are seeing in him, no depth at all, his role was so good. Boman, aamir or someone like pankaj kapoor would’ve been much better.

Jhanvi was excellent and of course manav vij ❤️

I saw it quite enjoyable 👍🏼

Originally posted by: Unconventional

Finally watched it.Decent watch.The supporting cast did so well.Janvi def has improved but she falters badly when there’s some scene where she has to speak.That outburst scene in the Mess was very bad.Otherwise she has improved..her innocence really gives her a lil edge.

Pankaj Tripathi was adorable.And I loved the guy who played the CO..I loved his voice and his acting so good.And also Vineet was pretty awesome.👏

But I have serious issues with the prejudices that has been shown.So so OTT.Theres no way the officers are so narrow minded..maybe by chance 1-2 that too m just being too understanding in saying so.The defence officers are trained to behave in a certain way and they are so respectful towards women so showing almost everyone in bad light was something that I don’t appreciate.Of course bcoz of the changes they may have been a bit annoyed but the behavioural things i.e. the petty things shown is so wrong.I know it’s just a movie and I must und they would obv add some masala but they went too far in showing the prejudices.👎🏼

@Bold: THIS! This was my problem too.. I understand now why IAF expressed their displeasure.. Like you said, a few rotten apples is understandable but here almost everyone was chiding her and being unreasonable, not a single person who was friendly to her. Manav Vij's character did support her eventually, but initially he was pretty darn rude to her and rude to the level of saying IAF hai tumhare baap ka ghar nahi.. Do officers really use such crude language? I have always heard that they are the most dignified people out there.. This gives out a very wrong impression.. I dont deny that boys do have their sort of fun.. but here almost every night the guys were dancing to Choli ke peeche kya hai and Pamela Anderson posters on ur academy wall? I have visited a relative of mine in NDA, and though the living quarters are messy, like u expect of boys hostel.. but otherwise its a very disciplined space.

Originally posted by: HakunaMatata.

@Bold: THIS! This was my problem too.. I understand now why IAF expressed their displeasure.. Like you said, a few rotten apples is understandable but here almost everyone was chiding her and being unreasonable, not a single person who was friendly to her. Manav Vij's character did support her eventually, but initially he was pretty darn rude to her and rude to the level of saying IAF hai tumhare baap ka ghar nahi.. Do officers really use such crude language? I have always heard that they are the most dignified people out there.. This gives out a very wrong impression.. I dont deny that boys do have their sort of fun.. but here almost every night the guys were dancing to Choli ke peeche kya hai and Pamela Anderson posters on ur academy wall? I have visited a relative of mine in NDA, and though the living quarters are messy, like u expect of boys hostel.. but otherwise its a very disciplined space.

Anybody who knows any defence officer will surely have issues with the way all this shit is portrayed.I have 2 cousins who are in Defence.I have met their friends too.They are very different people trust me.Again xceptions are def there but in general their training is such that they are extremely disciplined and respectful towards everyone.I refuse to believe in any era there were such units which was full of petty officers.Nah.

So just to make a movie likeable or to show a character heroic one shouldn’t cheat their audience.The whole heroism seems hollow when u have to stoop low and cheat with such lies

Or you show it as pure fiction.I won’t complain.Dont sell a movie saying we are showing true story and then u add unnecessary elements in it.

Good movie

Jhanavi can act.

I can relate to lack of washroom. I once went for an interview in a company in Delhi which did not have toilets and washroom for women. This company was soon shut down by the local government for discrimination against women.

I have seen gender based discrimination at work place too. All the conversation based profiles are given to women and writing based profiles to men.

Regarding the portrayal of IAF in the film, don't you all think many people are missing the point that the film is set in the 90's? Almost 25+ years back. Things change with time, maybe they weren't really as open minded back then as they are right now, the very reason why back then there were just a handful of women officers in IAF and now there are more than a thousand. And I think that was the intention of the film that women like Gunjan back then paved the path for so many other women to be a part of IAF only through her sheer determination and hard work. And I find that the best thing about the film too. They never show Gunjan using the discrimination against her as a deterent in achieving what she wants to do. She just wants to fly a plane and serve the country, that's it. I actually enjoyed the film a lot more in a second viewing watching it alone.

The madam sir issue felt closer home since I remember my bhabhi facing a similar thing at her workplace after she got promoted and people under her just refused to report to her. Like whatever be the problem they would report to her boss until obviously they were given an earful by the management very similar to what Manav Vij's character does in the film.And this I'm speaking about it just a few years ago like 2014-15 in a corporate space.

While the film talks about things happening in the 90s and given that permanent commision for women in the Indian armed forces were only approved in 2020, almost 16 years after Gunjan's career as a helicopter pilot came to an end since she was a short service commisioned pilot, gives me enough reasons to believe what they showed in the film is true, obviously dramatized for theatrical but still very true. I mean people are still debating about the absence of women officers in combat roles like infantry and artillery in today's day and age so absolutely no reason for me to not believe what they showed in the film regarding the discrimination.

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Good Wishes to Jhanvi👍🏼

I saw the movie and I liked it, mainly for the father-daughter storyline.

Super disappointed with the portrayal of the IAF. They didnt deserve this, given how facts are coming out now about how welcoming they were. Must be so humiliating for the officers who trained her to watch this now.

I realized tho that this forum is SO easy on Janvhi. I thought she did well and im probably biased because I have a soft corner for her. But the minute the movie was over, the first thing my parents said was "She can't act, they could've taken someone else".

Its a good watch nonetheless.