Over the years, Indian filmmakers have delivered cinematic gems that have helped us make sense of the nation’s realities. While many of these titles had well-meaning national allegiance at their core, some films were designed to cash in on the twin sentiments of chest-thumping jingoism and blind faith taking over the country. Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone’s Fighter which was out on Netflix OTT is not loved by all. So here are a few patriotic films you may enjoy binge-watching this weekend.
Film: Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
Starcast: Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi
Director: Sharan Sharma
Streaming On: Netflix
Story plot: To date, the Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is considered to be one of the most patriotic films on the silver screen. The film is about the life and life story of the never-say-never Gunjan Saxena, whose sole mission in life is to become a pilot.
Film: Raazi
Starcast: Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Soni Razdan, Jaideep Ahlawat
Director: Meghna Gulzar
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video
Story Plot: Sehmat Khan, an undercover RAW agent, is married into a Pakistani family by her father so that she can get some valuable pieces of information about the enemy.
Film: Lakshya
Starcast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Streaming On:
Story plot: This film, to date, finds resonance with many cine-goers (mostly with the youth), thanks to its arresting and compelling storyline that revolves around Karan (Hrithik Roshan) and his aimless life. Even though he joins the NDA (National Defence Academy) just for the lark, he returns home as a loser and a quitter. Seeing this, his girlfriend of many years (played by Preity Zinta) leaves him.
Film: Rang De Basanti
Starcast: Aamir Khan, Alice Patten, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor, R Madhavan, Atul Kulkarni, Waheeda Rehman
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Streaming On: Netflix
Story plot: Even with the mere utterance of the term ‘patriotism’, memories of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s blockbuster Rang De Basanti immediately spring up. Such is the impact that the film has on the minds of the cine-goers. The film’s plot mirrors the lives of a bunch of the thickest graduate friends (led by Aamir Khan’s character) of Delhi University who find immense pleasure in roaming around the college’s sprawling campus.
Mission Majnu
Starcast: Sidharth Malhotra, Rashmika Mandanna, Parmeet Sethi, Kumud Mishra and Sharib Hashmi
Director: Shantanu Bagchi
Streaming On: Netflix
Story plot: The film, which has been set in the seventies era, is about a daredevil RAW agent Amandeep Ajitpal Singh aka Tariq (played by Sidharth Malhotra), who lands up using the girl whom he married (played by Rashmika Mandanna) as a cover in his mission. And for the unversed, his mission was to eventually expose a clandestine nuclear facility which rooted its base to Pakistan. The film was definitely high on the patriotism factor!
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