All audience reviews of Lamhaa- The untold story of Kashmir

The story is about kashmir facing very major problems. Here, Sanjay Dutt gets to know a hidden plan that results in all over distruction. Kunal Kapoor and Bipasha Basu were earlier headed by their political leader, Anupam Kher but later they choose their own path by standing against him. Initially, we can say, that Kashmir that once was known as heaven is spoiled by the cruel acts of terrorism. Its not a super hit kind of movie but is a good for 1 time watch... less

Lamhaa movie is based on the Kashmir valley. An unknown company who is generating millions of unaccountable dollars benefiting politicians and bureaucrats in the Indian and Pakistani intelligence is likely to disrupt and possibly paralyze Kashmir.

Thus Vikram (Sanjay Dutt) an undercover intelligence officer is sent to investigate this highly confidential mission using the identity of Gul Jehangir. The same day that he lands in the valley, Haji (Anupam Kher) a top separatist leader, survives a blast. Only leaving Vikam to wonder whether there is connection between the blast and the operation?

To solve this conundrum, Vikram teams up with Aziza (Bipasha Basu), Hajis young, aggressive and outspoken protg. They embark together on a journey full of intrigue, suspicion, betrayal and danger, to uncover the truth. Vikram and Aziza exposes the dirty secrets of a states fight for freedom, the corrupt nexus of politicians, intelligence, militancy and the crucification of idealistic and passionate people. less

I expected this movie to be far better than what I saw. It was not upto d mark.sorry,I wont recommend this movie to my audience. less

By now, the promos which have been all over the tube may have given the viewers a sense of what Lamhaa is all about. The catch line of the film, The untold story of Kashmir revolves around the ensemble cast trying to depict the agony and the malevolence that the people of post 1989 Kashmir have been subject to. The story is indeed complicated and never been attempted before. With raw bluntness in its approach, Rahul Dholakia, who had earlier directed Parzania, inimitably recaptures the old tell tale of the war strife Indian state on which many power hands (read countries) have their eyes and armies on.

The story revolves around an intelligence officer (played by Sanjay Dutt) who with his drop dead rugged looks is sent to Kashmir to foil a sinister plot that aims at causing turbulence in the upcoming elections. Kunal Kapoor as Aatif has a history of that of a surrendered militant who has his eyes fixed on the the ballot more than the bullet and Aziza played by Bipasha Basu, is a fireband female activist who seeks to get in more workable sector. The common objective for the former and the latter is the same, a safe and sound future of Kashmir that is not constantly disturbed by bomb explosions, curfews and bringing it onto a level where the state gets to a state of normalcy inspite of not everyone being really interested in it.

The romantic part has been shot well and it does not co-relate anywhere with the stereotypical political, chinar trees or Dal lake in its backdrop though it has a good relevance with the entire movie plot. The movie has got a new subject and substantially it has got a lot to offer and it is quite easy to keep up with the movie and not running about haywire trying to reconnect frame by frame.

Veteran actor, Anupam Kher does complete justice to his role of a political party leader and some may even get transported to a time where he gave a rock solid performance in A Wednesday. This Friday, Anupam Kher and the entire ensemble cast of Lamhaa is all set to cast a spell on the serious cinema loving audience with the USP of the topic being Kashmir- A story untold! less

So you might be the one eagerly waiting for the movie after seeing its promo....well this is the case with almost everyone...thanks to the people behind this promo..they really did a wonderful job of catching the eyeballs. But Lamhaa is no way close to the hype generated by its promo.

The story revolves around Sanjay Dutt trying to investigate a murder mystery in Kashmir where the politicians are taking advantage of their positions and fooling their own people. All the issues highlighted in this movie...corrupt politicians, blast, human bombs, they are known to all of us. There is nothing concrete in its story line. The director tried to highlight in fact all the issues and he himself got confused and than we all know the outcome.

There are too many characters in this movie and which makes the situation worse. You wont be able to remember who was who. Moreover you wont even try to put some pressure on your mind to remember what exactly happend as the movie lacks that appeal. It becomes quite boring in the middle and you would start looking at your watch.

Sanjay dutt was ok in his acting..in fact all other actors too but when the story has nothing to offer their is nothing much they can do.

This was a good topic and could have been treated better provided there was a theme.

All i can say...just watch the promo and forget about it. less