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A brave soldier is the first, and best line of defense: ‘Tejas’ tells the story of a skilled IAF pilot who puts her life at stake every time she is on a dangerous mission, the more dangerous the better. As one of her admiring instructors in flying school says of her: if it is easy, don’t send her.
This is yet another of Kangana Ranaut’s recent films in which she is playing an In and As part, with the film being named after her character. Tejas Gill has grown up in a loving family, where a supportive father has encouraged his daughter to fly, and here she is in her Top Gun avatar, striding down the runway, strapping on her helmet, and looping the loops.
The trouble with this kind of film which is so intent upon keeping the main star centre-stage that everyone else ends up as satellites. The relationship between Tejas and her co-pilot (Anshul Chauhan) has its moments– especially one in which the two are chatting about boyfriends and two-timing, and a couple of others meant to be humorous, making light of a tough situation– but it is always clear that it is Tejas who is calling the shots; one of the men (Varun Mitra) in her life, who does get a bit of screen time, is reduced to looking at her adoringly.
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A significant portion of the film has a ‘Uri’-like snatch-and-grab operation (with a direct reference to that ‘ghar mein ghus ke maarna’ dialogue, and New India etc) from deep within an outpost in Pakistan, who is, of course, Our Enemy Number One. Their guy who is known for his beheading skills is called, um, Sarqalam. A daring rescue operation spearheaded by our two daring female pilots is dreamt up simply to make the enemies look like fools, which in turn leads the film into a series of eye-roll moments. The plot builds in an attack on the Ram Janmabhoomi, which is, of course, the worst act ever in the movie’s book, with the chief terrorist stomping about yelling hysterically about India’s destruction.
It’s more ludicrous than anything else, and papers over the couple of things that the film works at making the point, even if it is in the most obvious manner, about how women are as good as men, if not better; and of course, its leading lady, whose acting abilities shine through even in the weakest scenes.
Tejas movie cast: Kangana Ranaut, Anshul Chauhan, Ashish Vidyarthi, Varun Mitra, Sunit Tandon, Veenah Nair
Tejas movie director: Sarwesh Mevara
Tejas movie rating: 1.5 stars
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