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Wikipedia article
'Paltan' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action-war film written, directed and produced by J. P. Dutta, based on 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes along the Sikkim border after 1962 Sino-Indian War. It stars an ensemble cast with Jackie Shroff, Arjun Rampal, Sonu Sood, Harshvardhan Rane, Sonal Chauhan, Dipika Kakar and many more. The film was theatrically released on 7 September 2018 .
Plot
The film is Based on clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the regions of Nathu La and Cho La in 1967 where Indian troops defeated Chinese troops and stopped their attempts to encroach on Indian territory.
An Indian platoon is deployed near China. After some days Chinese troops starts creating trouble by using loud speakers and by threatening Indian troops by going near the border. Indian troops does the same to quite the Chinese troops. One day Chinese and Indian troops engage in stone clashes and After that Indian troops start building the fence at border but it was later destroyed by Chinese army.
Indian army tries to build border again but met with heavy fire by chinese. Indian troops returned fire but were facing trouble by Chinese artillery. Indian commander asked troops to hold their Positions till the Indian artillery arrives to support them. Both Side faces Casualties and Indian artillery arrives resulting in Heavy Chinese Casualties.
Indian troops won and were able to rain down heavy artillery firing on Chinese bunkers.
Cast
* Jackie Shroff as Maj. General Sagat Singh, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 17 Mountain Division
* Arjun Rampal as Lt. Col. Rai Singh Yadav, CO , 2 Grenadiers
* Sonu Sood as Maj. Bishen Singh, 2IC, 2 Grenadiers
* Gurmeet Choudhary as Capt. Prithvi Singh Dagar, 2 Grenadiers
* Harshvardhan Rane as Maj. Harbhajan Singh, 18 Rajput Regiment now (13 Mechanised Infantry)
* Siddhanth Kapoor as Hawaldar Parashar, Intelligence Corps
* Luv Sinha as Second Lieutenant Attar Singh, 2 Grenadiers
* Rohit Roy as Maj. Cheema, Corps of Engineers
* Abhilash Chaudhary as Hawaldar Lakshmi Chand Yadav, 2 Grenadiers
* Nagender Choudhary as Nb.Sub. Raghav Prasad Pandey, 18 Rajput Regiment now (13 Mechanised Infantry)
* Esha Gupta in a special appearance as Lt. Col. Rai Singh Yadavs wife
* Sonal Chauhan as Maj. Bishen Singh's wife
* Monica Gill as Harjot Kaur, Maj. Harbhajan Singh's girlfriend
* Dipika Kakar as Capt. Prithvi Singh Dagar's fiancee
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
| name = Paltan
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Anu Malik
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 28 August 2018
| recorded = 2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Feature film soundtrack
| length = 19:54
| language = Hindi
| label = Zee Music Company
| producer =
| prev_title = Judwaa 2
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Batti Gul Meter Chalu
| next_year = 2018
| misc =
}}
The background score of the film is composed by Sanjoy Chowdhury and songs are composed by Anu Malik. The lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar. The first song "Paltan Title Track" was released on 13 August 2018. The second song "Raat Kitni" was released on 21 August 2018.
The music in the Paltan song is borrowed from the theme music of iconic 1957 Hollywood blockbuster The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Reception
The film received very good reviews from the families of the soldiers who participated in the war who thanked J P Dutta, the film producer for presenting the life story of the unsung army officers.
The movie also received very good reviews from army circles and officials from the Defence Ministry of India for revealing the true incidents from the lesser known battle of 1967 war at the Sikkim border.
Audience and critics found the film's execution largely ineffective for a war film with caricature characters and an extremely long runtime. Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India gave it 3/5 stars calling it a long-drawn war-drama that picks up only during the final moments.
References
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