Kurukshetra (2008 film)

Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra
Soundtrack album by Siddharth Vipin
Released	2008
Genre	Popular music
Language	Malayalam
Label	Manorama Music
Producer	Santhosh Damodar
Siddharth Vipin chronology

Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Major Ravi
Written by	Major Ravi
Produced by	Santhosh Damodharan
Starring	Mohanlal; Siddique ; Biju Menon; Ravi Mariya; Sania Singh; Anjana Chandran; Assim Jamal
Cinematography	Loganathan Srinivasan
Music by	Siddharth Vipin
Production; company	Damor Cinemas
Release date	28 October 2008;
Running time	125 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kurukshetra is a 2008 Indian Malayalam language war film written and directed by Major Ravi. It is a prequel to the 2006 film Keerthi Chakra and the second installment in the Major Mahadevan film series, with Mohanlal reprising his role as Colonel Mahadevan The film is based on the Kargil conflict of 1999 between India and Pakistan. The political situation of the conflict is portrayed from an Indian perspective.^[1]

The film was released on October 28 coinciding with Diwali. It was a box office success and was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year.^[2] The third film in the series Kandahar was released in 2010 and the fourth film 1971: Beyond Borders was released in 2017.

Plot

The story revolves around the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan. It revolves around the Battle of Tololing between Indian Army Colonel Mahadevan and Pakistani Army Colonel Chengiz. In the climax, India wins the war and Mahadevan kills Chengiz and avenges the brutal murder of many Indian soldiers.

Cast

Mohanlal as Colonel Mahadevan, CO- 2 JAT
Siddique as Subedar Major Ahmed Khan, 2 JAT
Biju Menon as Major Rajesh, 2 JAT
Ravi Mariya as Brigadier Krishna, 2 JAT
Sania Singh as Captain Lekshmi Rajesh, army doctor
Manikuttan as Naik Prakash Menon
Pradeep Chandran as Naik Saravanan, Radio Operator
Rony David as Naik Sasi
Saju Attingal as Naik Swaminathan
Sudheer Sukumaran as Havildar Johnson Varghese
Anu Anand as Lieutenant Saurabh Kalia
Major Kishore as Major Jerry Prem Raj
Kannan Pattambi as Naik Kannan, Cook
Anil as Naik Anilkumar
Cochin Haneefa as Havildar Sathyan
Bineesh Kodiyeri as Naik Bineesh
Suraj Venjaramoodu as Naik Ganeshan
Anjana Chandran as Alma, Kashmiri Girl
Anil Murali as Squadron Leader Ajay (Indian Air Force officer)
Joy John Antony as Soldier
Assim Jamal as Hyder, Pakistani officer
Sukumari as Fussy's mother (Cameo)
Kavitha Nair as Swaminathan's wife
Major Ravi (Cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The film have four songs composed by debutant Siddharth Vipin, with lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery and Bombay S. Kamal (Chalo Chalo).

Track	Song Title	Singer(s)
1	"Jwalamukhi"	Najim Arshad, Arun Gopan, Roshan, Nithin Raj
2	"Oru Yathramozhiyode"	M. G. Sreekumar, Swetha
3	"Thathamma"	Najim Arshad, Arun Gopan, Roshan, Nithin Raj
4	"Chalo Chalo Jawan"	Kailash Kher
5	"Oru Yathramozhiyode"	Swetha
6	"Jwalamukhi"	Instrumental

References

^ "Review: Kurukshetra". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "Top 5 Stars at the Box- Office". Sify. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

External links

Kurukshetra at IMDb

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[1] "Review: Kurukshetra". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

[2] "Top 5 Stars at the Box- Office". Sify. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

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