Upadhyay Rathi Raj

It's nauseating accounts of perverted perception of the religion as practiced by the Portuguese, fills nothing except deep resentment and loath. The King of Portugal and the Church, both were conveniently used by them in order to consolidate themselves in Goa and other occupied territories. In comparison, the Muslim invaders seem to be highly tolerant and just despite their protracted attacks, conquests and rule over the lands of India.

Bollywood has given stiff challenge to the makers of "Saving Private Ryan" and "Platoon" in terms of technicalities, battle scenes, emotions, dialogues, acting, etc. The best war movie so far, followed only by Lakshya. Makes JP Dutta's war movies like caricature. I could not found faults in any part. Kept everyone glued to their seats, forgetting the snacks they carried for "time-pass". Kudos to the makers of this movie and thanks to them.

Typical of JP Dutta, far removed from facts and technically awful, tear-jerker, that would demoralise the viewers. Songs and romantic scenes were absolutely unnecessary. Long line of stretchers carrying martyrs were not inspiring. In this skirmish 80 Indian officers and men were martyred while 400+ Chinese were killed. This skirmish was chiefly won by Indian Artillery whose 5.5-inch guns at Men La fired so much that their barrels turned red with heat. They literally devastated the Chinese bunkers, tunnels and installations so badly that the Chinese were forced to seek truce. Unlike the movie, there was no delay in Indian Artillery support (unlike IAF in Border) opposite to what shown here. Big dialogues, breast-beatings and valiant words do not happen in actual war. Overall, PALTAN is nothing special but a repeat of Border and LOC (both also had similar errors and illogical dramas). Technically this movie fails most of the time. For example:- AN INFANTRY OFFICER NEVER GETS OPPORTUNITY TO PULL AN ARTILLERY GUN! As if there were no artillery officers around! This movie may inspire common civilians who have ZERO knowledge of Army (like most Indians), but to actual soldiers, JP Dutta's PALTAN was a big disappointment. I wish Mr Dutta could have consulted any Army officer while he made this movie. To me, it was no better than Border or LOC.