Ghazi (film)

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Ghazi / The Ghazi Attack
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Directed by Sankalp Reddy
Written byAzad Alam
Gangaraju Gunnam
Screenplay bySankalp Reddy
Gangaraju Gunnam
Niranjan Reddy
Produced byAnvesh Reddy
Dil Raju
Prasad V Potluri
NM Pasha
Jagan Mohan Vancha
Starring Rana Daggubati
Atul Kulkarni
Kay Kay Menon
Taapsee Pannu
Rahul Singh
Satya Dev
Cinematography R. Madhi
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Music byKrishna Kumar
Tapas Nayak
Production
companies
PVP Cinema
Matinee Entertainment
Distributed by Dharma Productions
AA Films (Hindi version)
Release date
  • 17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Hindi
Budget₹15 crore [1]
Box officeest.₹34.5 crore [2]

Ghazi is a 2017 Indian war film written and directed by Sankalp Reddy. The film is produced in the Telugu film industry, and is shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi languages, with the latter titled as The Ghazi Attack. [3] The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu and Satya Dev. [4] The film grossed over ₹345 million (US$4.3 million) on a budget of ₹150 million (US$1.9 million). [1]

Contents

Ghazi is inspired by the fictional events from the mysterious sinking of PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. [5] The story is about a submarine of the Indian Navy, an executive naval officer and his team, who remained underwater for 18 days. [6] It is about the valour of the crew aboard the Indian submarine INS Karanj (S21) , which according to Indian claims destroyed the Pakistani PNS Ghazi submarine when it ventured into Indian waters to destroy INS Vikrant on the shores of Visakhapatnam. [7] [8] [9]

The film was released theatrically on 17 February 2017 to widespread critical acclaim and did decent business. [10] It was declared "Hit" by Box Office India. [2] The film later won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. [11] It was also nominated for Best Film and Best Director at 65th Filmfare Awards South.

Plot

In November, 1971, India and Pakistan are on the verge of declaring war on each other, as a result of the refugee crisis precipitated by the Pakistan Army under Operation Searchlight. The Indian Navy and RAW decipher a secret code sent from Pakistan to East Pakistan (modern-day Bangladesh), relating to a possible attack on an Indian naval vessel. The Navy deduces that the target may be INS Vikrant, India's sole aircraft carrier. The top command dispatches the submarine S21 , under the command of Captain Ranvijay Singh for recce missions. To temper Singh's belligerent tendencies, the Indian Navy Admiral assigns Lt. Cmdr Arjun Varma to S21, with orders to ensure that Singh does not confront any Pakistani warships and trigger a war.

The Navy's top command soon learns that the Pakistan Navy has dispatched PNS Ghazi, under Cmdr. Razak Khan, to the Bay of Bengal to confront Vikrant. Meanwhile, to divert the attention of the enemy, Ghazi torpedoes an Indian merchant ship. The attack is picked by S21, which races to the scene. Noticing survivors in the wreckage, Arjun jumps into the sea and manages to rescue a girl child and a woman, both of whom are Bengali refugees. During surveillance, S21 acquires a sonar signal of Ghazi.

Singh believes that they should track down Ghazi and attack, while Arjun obstructs, reiterating his instructions. Singh then orders the ship's EXO, Lt. Commander Santosh Devraj to conduct a drill and target Ghazi while doing so, despite Arjun's protests. They fire a torpedo, which misses Ghazi narrowly, thus alerting them of their presence. Aware of the enemy's presence, Razak orders his crew to head towards Visakhapatnam Port at full speed and to set up mines en route, planning to destroy S21.

S21 pursues Ghazi's path, but they realize at the last moment that it is headed into mines. Singh and Arjun frantically attempt to change its course but a mine explodes in the stern and damages most of the sub's batteries, propellers and circuits. The sub blows open many leaks, with the forward torpedo compartment flooded, crippling the sub and barring it from firing its forward torpedoes. Singh dies while trying to save Arjun, as S21 sinks to the sea-bed.

Arjun, now in command of the sub, regroups and work towards reviving S21. They manage to clog the sub's leaks and pumps the excess water out, before holding a final farewell for Singh. The crew notice that the vessel is incapable of moving in any direction, except upwards or downwards. Since they are unable to chase Ghazi, the crew artificially trigger one of the naval mines in its vicinity to lure Ghazi to their position. Razak, believing S21 is still operational, orders his crew to turn around to sink S21. Arjun and Devraj plan to lure Ghazi within its range of firing, but a suspicious Razak orders Ghazi's course to be changed at the last minute.

Ghazi, now having the ability to attack S21, fires six torpedoes, all of which are avoided by S21 through depth changing maneuvers, much to Razak's frustration. S21 dives to 350 m, in order to slip from Ghazi's sonar range despite being designed for a maximum of 250 m depth. With very limited battery support, Arjun instigates Ghazi into attacking by transmitting his crew singing 'Saare Jahaan se Achchha' and the Indian National Anthem. Riled up by S21's defiance, Razak orders another torpedo attack on S21, for which Ghazi will have to turn by port 180 degrees. Arjun dives into the flooded forward compartment to manually trigger the torpedoes, successfully managing to do so. Ghazi also launches its torpedo at the same time. The torpedo launched by Ghazi misses S21 narrowly, but it is hit by S21's torpedo and disintegrates in the water, killing the entire crew. S21 surfaces and the crew manages to save Arjun from the flooded compartment in the nick of time. S21 is later saved by a patrolling Indian Navy vessel.

The ending titles narrate the mysterious circumstances of Ghazi's fate, with its sinking credited to the actions of INS Rajput . It also mentions that in the aftermath of Ghazi's sinking, India and Pakistan had declared war on each other, which would ultimately result in India's victory, Pakistan's surrender and the creation of Bangladesh.

Cast

Production

Development

PVP Cinema has produced the film. [12] [13] Karan Johar distributed the Hindi version. [14] The music is composed by K. [15] Visual Effects handled by Eva Motion Studios.

Casting and crew

The film stars Rana Daggubati [16] [17] and Taapsee Pannu [18] [19] in the lead along with Kay Kay Menon, [20] Satyadev Kancharana, [21] Atul Kulkarni, Ramanuj Dubey, Kunal Kaushik, Priyadarshi Pulikonda, Rahul Singh, Akshay Mittal, Malyaban Lahiri and Naren Yadav. [22] Cinematography is done by Madhi, music composed by K, Visual Effects Supervisor Vasudeva R Enugala and editing by Sreeker Prasad. [23] [24]

Filming

The film shooting started on 3 January 2016. [25] [26]

Historical accuracy

It is not so sure to say that "Indian Navy sunk the PNS Ghazi on 3 December 1971 at the Vishakhapatnam harbour when then Captain Inder Singh of INS Rajput ordered the attack upon it". Because Indian Navy official Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani said in his book (Transition to Triumph: history of the indian navy, 1965-1975) "the truth about ghazi is unknown to many" and Pakistan Navy and neutral analysts believes the Ghazi might have sunk due to it mistakenly entering its own minefield and collided with one of the mines, which resulted in the violent underwater explosion. [27] [28] [29]

Box office

Ghazi grossed a total of ₹34.53 crore (US$4.3 million) overall, including ₹28 crore (US$3.5 million) in India and $975,000 overseas. [2]

Critical reception

Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, "While the visuals and special effects lack finesse, the film compensates for it with its riveting story. Despite the hitches, this underwater thriller is worth a watch." [30] Shalini Langer of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 saying that the film "could have been an engrossing crisis-at-sea drama but the film is so busy slaying Pakistanis that it loses sight of its core strengths." [31] Prasanna D Zore of Rediff said that, "The Ghazi Attack is a riveting telling of a war story" and gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5. [32] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 saying that, "The Ghazi Attack delivers many a riveting moment and is bolstered by the talent of a few capable actors. Its plot, however, is devoid of any mystery." [33] Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 saying that the movie "is a gripping war drama that leaves a stunning impact." [34] Divya Pal of News18 criticized the screenplay and direction of the film and gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 saying that, "All in all, "The Ghazi Attack" is utterly disappointing." [35] Authors at "The Reading Hook" featured this film in their list of best Bollywood War Movies ever made and was positively accepted by their readers." [36]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef
3 May 2018 65th National Film Awards Best Feature Film in Telugu GhaziWon [37]
16 June 2018 65th Filmfare Awards South Best Film – Telugu PVP Cinema
Matinee Entertainment		Nominated [38]
Best Director – Telugu Sankalp Reddy Nominated
26 August 2018 16th Santosham Film Awards Best Director Sankalp Reddy Won
14 & 15 September 2018 7th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Film (Telugu) PVP Cinema
Matinee Entertainment		Nominated [39] [40]
Best Director (Telugu) Sankalp ReddyNominated
Best Debut Director – TeluguNominated
Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) Kay Kay Menon Nominated
Entertainer of the Year Rana Daggubati Won

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