Movie : The Hero

Starring

After Gadar, director Anil Sharma has tasted blood and can do only with big budget films. This time round he once again brings an action packed thriller bashing the Pakistanis big time. The Hero tells the story about Major Arun Khanna (Sunny Deol) who works for the Indian Secret Service Agent- RAW and has set up his spy in network in the village Kupwada, Kashmir. A villager Reshma (Preity Zinta) becomes a part of his spy network who is assigned to go across the border on a mission. She impersonates as a maidservant in Colonel Hidayatulla's (Deep Dhillon) house who is planning to make a nuclear bomb to destroy India. Here he has the help of a senior pak agent (Amrish Puri). Reshma overhears their plan and is caught. But she escapes to India where Major admits his love for her. But in a bomb explosion they both separate thinking the other dead. Reshma with injured legs is air dashed to Canada for treatment by a saviour (Pravin Dabas).

Meanwhile Major Khanna learns that the villains are in Canada planning another bomb attack. Here he meets Shayna (Priyanka Chopra) a doctor treating Reshma. But her father Zakaria (Kabir Bedi) is a partner with the villains. How Khanna fights for his love and exposes the criminals forms the edge-of-the-seat climax. Anil Sharma's ahs tried his best to give the viewers a mega adventure the scene of the avalanche is a reminder of the same. But then the lacking elements in the story and screenplay and missing emotions of love make Hero a lesser film. Uttam Singh's music is not up to the standard. Only In Mast Nigahon Mein makes a mark leaving the rest in oblivion. Sunny Deol as usual perform well which is expected of him as he was born for such roles. He has some good looking get ups in the film and action that speaks for itself. Preity Zinta is just there for fillers in songs and with her not so great role she does well. While the poor Priyanka Chopra has been misused. She looks great but her debut could have been better. The Hero is a film lavishly produced and has its big moments. Its the small moments which make the film a whole. Without them Hero doesnt touch your heart. Plus the music is a letdown. So maybe the action lovers will love the film for all its worth.