Bhuj : Ajay Devgan starrer leaves heroic sense of unity; sure to tug at your heartstrings (a bit)!

In the midst of the 1971 Indo-Pak valorous carnage, the IAF airstrip at Bhuj, Kachchh District of Gujarat was demolished like any volatile warfare. To which IAF squadron leader Vijay Karnik (Ajay Devgn), along with 300 women from the local village Madhapar responded with a stealthy yet miraculous reconstruction of the whole airbase. Undoubtedly, Bhuj: The Pride of India is a story that leaves us with a heroic sense of unity that surfaces in our hearts during the ballad of shell-shocked bullets.

But what is it lacking? Bhuj: The Pride of India has all the elements of a commercial film. It is intertwined with a mix of emotional cameo and aerial action scenes that twirls around a mix of action/drama compatibility but what the creators fail to understand is this pitch is great for a theatrical experience but with these over-the-top added components it is tough to impact the audiences on the OTT platform. 

Abhishek Dudhaiya directorial leaves us with a spinal feel of a predicament where destruction was answered with construction, that too under a thick shade of resilience. It showcases an exemplary diary of events that establishes only the bravest frequency out of us. High sung are the praises of all 300 women to not only avoid the suspicion but adhere to a trek of cobblestones riddled with fatality. 

A credit long overdue under blazing patriotism, Ajay Devgn starrer hits every stop of how an act of phoenix-like courage ignites a firm light of hopefulness in the darkest hour. A piece of an art form that transcends its viewers to see the pinnacle of true terrain of a malignant struggle created in the name of bullets and cannons. However, the honest heroism of war heroes that we saw in films like Uri:The surgical strike, LOC, and Border goes completely missing as our war hero here doesn’t portray the indomitable spirit.

The film is hoarded by an exaggerated trail, and Bollywood talents like Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Sharad Kelkar, Amy Virk and Nora Fatehi tried hard to keep it pinned. But a weak storyline and scattered approach towards the characters fail to create a bond with the audience. Characters are introduced in flashes with a lot of back and forth movement. Thus creating a confusing mess from the starting itself.