Picket 43 Malayalam Movie Review

Picket 43 Malayalam Movie Review

Picket- 43 is a wonderful movie about the unique relation between an Indian army man on a border post and his pakistani counterpart. Its is more of an emotional drama than a war movie.

Picket -43 written and directed by Major Ravi has all typical elements like patriotic dialogues and breath-taking visuals from the border. It is produced by O G Sunil.

Havildar Hareendran Nair (Prithviraj) is posted to Picket- 43, only with an army dog for his company. An outpost where ceasefire violations are very regular. And on the other side of the border he find an unusual friend Musharraf Khan( Javed Jeffrey) who man the Pakistan outpost. In the beginning Hareendran is sceptic about the crazy pakistani soldier who is unusual about everything. Let it be his don’t care attitude or his love for Indian music or it be his open mind. Musharraf is also a hard core cricket fan who fire to sky when Pakistan win!

The duo get closer as Hari share about his lonely mother and his lost love. Musharraf at the same time talk about his family and how his daughter can’t go to school because of Taliban militants.

In spite of their friendship both remain loyal to their own countries. Neither Hari nor Musharraf entertain jokes on their own country. And it was a shocking surprise for each other.

The movie is nonlinear; the visuals switch between an infringement from Pakistani militants threatening Hari’s life and scenes showing his life back at home.

The movie show Hareendran’s efforts to secure the border as well as to keep his life and what changes does Musharraf make in the whole equation.

Cinematography by Jomon T John is exceptional and is successful in capturing the beauty of Himalayas. The nature in the movie show a black and white difference. The green summer time is for peace time where as the frozen, snow covered surroundings signal you death and war. Editing by Rajan Abraham was just average, he failed to capture the tension during the gunfire scenes. The only song in the movie fits as well as the background score by Rex Vijayan. M Bava succeeded in creating army outposts with real feel. Make up by Rajesh is also outstanding.

This is not a war movie. At the end of the movie Javed Jeffrey steal your heart with a wonderful performance along with Prithiraj showing vulnerabilities of a soldier. Watch this movie to witness the real life of a soldier be it Indian or Pakistani . Also Picket – 43 will challenge your notion about friend and enemy.

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