A K Srivastava

In the previous Jolly films, there was only a single hero and against them, the antagonist also had powerful roles. Here both the Jolly's waste time in fighting each other. Due to this multiple hero/heroine, nobody got enough space to perform, and here the film gets diluted. Every film cannot be Amar Akbar Anthony or Sholay. The matters regarding the farmers was raised, but the way the matter gets resolved, was quite easily done, which leaves some gaps in the storyline. It can be watched once. In my view, a good book and film is one, which someone wishes to read and see twice respectively. A. K. Srivastava, Navi Mumbai

It's a film which is not larger than life. The 19 year old soldier, Alexei who has got a leave in wake of his bravery, or in protagonist's own words, due to his scariness. He travels on the goods train by bribing a Russian soldier. He delivers soap to a soldier's father, enroute he meets a girl Shura. There's an undercurrent of love which is not clear, which under the circumstances is quite natural. Though the war scenes may be of five minutes, but the destruction caused by the war is well covered. A brilliant piece of anti-war cinema. The brief meeting with his mother is brief but quite poignant. The film is brutally honest in the 'grey' portrayal of the Red Army. The bribed soldier is eating beef from a can, in which U.S. is written. During the Second World War, USA supplied hardware and canned food to USSR and England under the Land Lease agreement. The director has a fine eye for details.

The film is quite accurate in portraying the life of Oppenheimer. The writers have taken pain in putting across the technical details across the audience which is also fitting to the ultimate goal of making the atomic bomb. The sets and costumes are appropriate. However I feel the sex and nudity scenes should have been avoided. Had that aspect been taken care of, I would have given 5 stars, but by putting these, I will give only a 4 star rating. Also the film has shown the atmosphere during the McCarthy era in which people like Oppenheimer and Chaplin were subjected to humiliation.

I feel it is worth watching. In a subtle manner the director has indicated the plight of Kashmiri pandits.

Unconventional and out of the box storyline. I am watching it regularly.