Sam Bahadur
Based on the life of Sam Manekshaw, who was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.
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Satisfactory stuff from Meghna Gulzar. It doesn’t try to go beyond “Good” or “Average”. It stays one note throughout. Also I don’t mind movies being episodic but first half was like 5-10 mini episodes, almost like writer is utilising only one page to show 15-20 years of story. Even the 1971 war was slightly hurried I felt. Could have handled better as they seem to have done good research but yes there were so many things to cover about this great man, which might have made writer to show everything as mini episodes or just newspaper clippings. Only thing that goes beyond “Good” is Vicky’s performance. He’s terrific. In short this was largely watchable stuff for me and I can say somewhat satisfied? Yes but Meghna Gulzar has potential to achieve greatness consistently.