Lakshya

Lakshya Movie Details:

Lakshya Movie Cast & Characters:

• Amitabh Bachchan as Colonel Sunil Damle, The commanding officer (CO)
• Hrithik Roshan as Captain Karan Shergill (3 Punjab)
• Preity Zinta as Romila “Romi” Dutta, based on Barkha Dutt
• Boman Irani as Sanjeev Shergill, Karan’s father
• Anjula Bedi as Shalini Shergill, Karan’s mother
• Lillete Dubey as Mrs. Dutta, Romi’s mother
• M. K. Raina as Akhilesh Dutta, Romi’s father
• Kushal Punjabi as Rajeev Goel, Romi’s former fianceè
• Sharad Kapoor as Maj. Binod Sengupta (OC A Company, 3 Punjab)
• Om Puri as Sub. Maj. Pritam Singh
• Raj Zutshi as Maj. Kaushal Verma (OC D Company, 3 Punjab)
• Sushant Singh as Captain Jalal Akbar (OC E Company, 3 Punjab)
• Parmeet Sethi as Maj Shahbaaz Hamdani, Pakistan Army
• Nissar Khan as Captain Bairam Khanm, Pakistan Army
• Nawab Shah as Maj. Satish Babbar (OC B Company, 3 Punjab)
• Aarav Choudhary as Capt. Manjit Singh Dhingra (OC C Company, 3 Punjab)
• Aditya Srivastava as Lt. Col. Pradeep (2IC, 3 Punjab)
• Vishal Vijay as Captain Saket Ahluwalia
• Vipul Gupta as Captain Rakesh Bhavnani

Storyline:

This is a story that talks about a young lazy boy, Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan), who has no aim in life and later transforms himself into a responsible army officer. The movie depicts Karan’s true dedication towards his goal because of his love, Romi (Preity Zinta). Soon, Romi gets engaged to another man. The lovers meet again in Kargil where Karan is at war. Will the two re-unite again?

Lakshya Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

About Lakshya Movie:

Lakshya is an Indian Hindi romantic action drama film directed by Farhan Akhtar, written by Javed Akhtar, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, and Preity Zinta in the lead roles.

Javed Akhtar returns to scriptwriting in this movie after more than 14 years. Main Azaad Hoon (1989) had been the last movie in which he wrote.

This was the first movie to feature Hrithik Roshan and Farhan Akhtar working together; they would later collaborate onscreen in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011). It was also the last time legends Om Puri and Amitabh Bachchan acted opposite each other.

Aamir Khan was offered the lead role but turned it down for Mangal Pandey (2005)

Production began in Mumbai and included various locations in Uttarakhand. Scenes in Kargil were shot in Ladakh, and parts involving Hrithik Roshan’s military training were filmed at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, with actual Indian Army officers participating.

The role played by Preity G Zinta- Romila Dutta is closely based on a real-life journalist and reporter Barkha Dutt who covered the 1999 Kargil Conflict extensively on ground zero for NDTV. She even had that boy cut like Preity.

Lakshya was released on June 18, 2004. The film grossed around Rs. 23 crore at the domestic box office. It grossed $5,859,242 worldwide including $753,600 from North American markets and $5,105,642 from other markets. In the U.S., it performed better, grossing $380,000 on 59 screens [approx. Rs. 1.75 crore] in its opening weekend with the per-screen average being around $6,440.

Although the movie was a commercial failure, Hrithik Roshan was widely acclaimed for his performance as the aimless youth turned Indian Army officer which earned him his fourth Filmfare nomination for Best Actor. It was Roshan’s 6th Filmfare nomination overall since his debut merely 4 years earlier in Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (2000).

At the 50th Filmfare Awards, Lakshya received 4 nominations, including Best Director (Farhan) and Best Actor (Roshan), and won 2 awards – Best Choreography (Prabhu Deva for “Main Aisa Kyun Hoon…”) and Best Cinematography.