LAMHAA
Movie Star Cast:
Director: Rahul Dholakia
Producer: Bunty Walia, Jaspreet Singh Walia
Lyricist: Sayeed Qadri
Music Director: Mithoon
Distributed by: G S Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Lamhaa is written and directed by Rahul Dholakia, scheduled for release on 16 July 2010. Set in Kashmir, the film is a story about an army officer, played by Sanjay Dutt, and his love interest, played by Bipasha Basu, in the midst of the various issues that Kashmir had faced over the years. It also features Anupam Kher and Kunal Kapoor in supporting roles.
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 5.5/10 based on 4 reviews. Lamhaa was rated by Rediff 3/5 “ Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India rated it 3/5 “Lamhaa is a no-holds-barred look at the multi-layered turmoil in Kashmir, with so many real-life references that you end up with just one conclusion: now here’s a real film about a real problem” Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times rated it 2/5 “It’s not easy to make sense of Kashmir. It’s harder still then to make sense of this film”
ET has rated Lamhaa 2 out of 5 :Rating: **
Lamhaa opens in the year 2009 and talks about the separatist protest movements that initiated in Kashmir which (it repeatedly claims throughout the film) had started ‘18 years’ back in the year 1989. Not only does the film goes appallingly wrong with elementary mathematics, but also adds to the audience ambiguity through its constantly changing geographical boundaries and jumbled history.
Lamhaa mercilessly doesn’t deal with the Kashmir issue in an outright jingoistic approach like those countless formula films in Bollywood that have been made on the theme that show India as a clear-cut hero and Pakistan as a definite villain to exploit patriotic sentiments. This film highlights several discrepancies in our own country from corrupt army officers, conniving politicians to scheming businessmen. But beyond that when it attempts to fit in a clichéd conspiracy theory within the preset political premise, it falls flat on its face.
Lamhaa has been banned in GCC countries ie Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Oman. UAE National Media Council Censorship Board felt that the content of the movie is highly objectionable and controversial.
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