We love a good patriotic film, but this Independence Day we must ask, what differentiates a patriotic film from a jingoistic one — a Swades from a Parmanu? A Gunjan Saxena from an Uri?
The film is not about combat with cross-border enemies, it is not about effects-heavy war scenes, and it is certainly not about Sunny Deol-esque dialogues
Films and series fronted by women have led to the character type of the male ally, as seen in this year’s Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Panga, Chhapaak, Bulbbul, and Churails
Most biographical dramas present their subjects as people who behave like they know a film will be made about them one day. But that’s where director Sharan Sharma’s crafty biopic triumphs.