Sahildeep Singh

This fascinating read has 32 chapters, pages to read are 240, further divided into sub chapters with captivating titles and it also contains the map of Afghanistan before the Durand line and the Durand Line Agreement, dated 12 November 1893. It’s a brilliant attempt of the author to explain the misery that Pashtuns are facing continuously first by colonial powers and now by Pakistan. It's a story of a country which has to bear the consequences of “THE GREAT GAME” and has been ravaged repeatedly, The Frontier which was carved remained a live, unresolved problems for years to follow for the people of Afghanistan. For Durand’s agreement Afghan accounts lack both continuity and proof but most shocking fact is that even Brits don’t have the details at all in their writing. Despite they've covered every major event in great detail, their victories as well as their defeat in the Afghanistan. The author has used centuries old documents, so that world can understand the plight of the people of Afghanistan. The Lucid flow makes it more an exciting read and a very interesting topic to dig further into. Anyone interested in the country of “Rashid Khan” should definitely go for this book. Though readers have to consistently refer to the map of Pakistan and Afghanistan, I would prefer them to draw one.

Expectations always raised a bar above when you're making a movie on characters which are not well known to the masses. Specially like Sadashiv Rao Bhau and Tanhaji Malusure. We'all know how "Panipat" fared at the box-office and how lack-Lusture it was. However in this movie director has present his figment of imagination in a very promising way. It offers high entertainment and doesn't disappoint on that front. The hit duo Ajay and Saif once again excels in their performance like they did in their last two outings (Kacche-Dhaage & Omkara). I'm not mentioning LOC Kargil. The Dialogues are the essence of any movie and they are bang on target. It cheers the audience up and gives you goosebumps. Depicting Saif as Antagonist Uday Bhan was not easy so the team has worked on every aspect be it his cruelity, his laughter, posture and walking style. The supporting cast does fair job from Sharad as Shivaji Maharaj to Luke as Aurangzeb. It is said "All is well it it's Ends well" And hence director has done his best to ensure adrenaline gushing climax but the movie is certainly of cliched nature and also Cringe-worthy in the middle, also I would have loved to see ghorpad (monitor lizard) helping the Marathas to scale the seemingly impregnable fort.