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Fighter (2024)
Fighter is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Siddharth Anand, based on a story he wrote with Ramon Chibb. Produced by Viacom18 Studios and Marflix Pictures, it stars Anil Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone as lead characters.The film is the first installment in a planned aerial action franchise.
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Synopsis :
In Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, a terrorist organization led by Azhar Akhtar plans to attack India, targeting the Srinagar Air Force Station base of the Indian Air Force.
Group captain Rakesh "Rocky" Jai Singh is assigned to counter the threat and forms a team called "Air Dragons" consisting of skilled fighter pilots. The team includes squadron leaders Shamsher "Patty" Pathania, Minal "Minni" Rathore, Sartaj "Taj" Gill, Basheer "Bash" Khan, and Sukhdeep "Sukhi" Singh. During training, the team members bond, and Minni develops romantic feelings for Patty. However, Patty is haunted by his past after he lost his fiancée in a previous mission. The team learn of an attack on CRPF soldiers in Pulwama, organized by Akhtar.
In response, the Indian Air Force, along with RAW agent Zarina Begum, plan a counterattack on Akhtar's base in Balakot. Despite succeeding in the mission, the aftermath causes conflict between India and Pakistan. The Pakistan Air Force launches a retaliatory attack on the Indian base as a result. Despite Rocky's orders, Patty, Taj, and Bash cross the Indo-Pakistan border. Taj's and Bash's planes are shot down by Pakistani pilots, leading to them getting captured. Patty is removed from the team of Air Dragons by Rocky following a court of Inquiry. He is posted as a flying instructor at the Air Force Academy in Hyderabad. It is revealed to Minni by Rocky that he holds a grudge against Patty for letting his fiancée, Naina Jai Singh (revealed to be Rocky's younger sister), die in a previous rescue mission.
The Pakistani government announces that they will be escorting Taj and Bash safely back to India. However, the Air Dragons team gets a shock as the chopper, which had gone to receive Taj and Bash, returns only with Bash's dead body. Sukhi tells Patty that Bash was brutally murdered by Akhtar and has imprisoned a badly injured Taj. Determined to rescue him, Patty defies orders and joins a covert mission. The team successfully infiltrates the enemy territory and Patty is able to rescue Taj and kill Akhtar. In the post-credit scene, Minni and Patty embrace, celebrating their victory.
Cast :
- Hrithik Roshan as Squadron Leader Shamsher "Patty" Pathania (Shammi)[11]
- Deepika Padukone as Squadron Leader Minal "Minni" Rathore[12]
- Anil Kapoor as Group Captain Rakesh "Rocky" Jaisingh, Commanding Officer of Air Dragons Unit[13]
- Karan Singh Grover as Squadron Leader Sartaj "Taj" Gill[14]
- Akshay Oberoi as Squadron Leader Basheer "Bash" Khan[15]
- Rishabh Sawhney as Azhar Akhtar
- Sanjeeda Sheikh as Saachi Gill, Taj's wife
- Ashutosh Rana as Abhijeet Rathore, Minni's father (special appearance)
- Geeta Agrawal as Usha Rathore, Minni's mother
- Talat Aziz as Mr. Pathania, Patty's father
- Sharib Hashmi as Wing Commander Varthaman, Ilyushin Il-76 Pilot
- Ramon Chibb as Air Commodore Abhinder "Abhi" Bali, Chief Instructor, Air Force Academy
- Sanjeev Jaiswal as Majeed Khan
- Baveen Singh as Squadron Leader Sukhdeep "Sukhi" Singh
- Mahesh Shetty as Squadron Leader Rajan "Unni" Unnithan
- Seerat Mast as Squadron Leader Naina "Enjay" Jaisingh, Rocky's sister and Patty's ex-fiancée
- Sanjiv Chopra as Air Marshal Harish Rawal, AOC in C Western Air Command
- Nishan Khanduja as Flying Officer Manoj "Birdie" Bhardwaj
- Karan Sharma as Flying Officer Ajeet "Jeet" Deshpande
- Chandan K Anand as Wing Commander Harish "Nauty" Nautiyal
- Harnam Singh Sandhu as Squadron Leader Sanjay Mathur
- Indhu Reddy as Flight Lieutenant Rajshree Mehta
- Aditi Sharma as Flight Cadet Neha Joshi
- Hrushi Poddar as Flight Cadet Sunil
- Mushtaq Kak as Maqsood Abrar
- Vinay Varma as Air Commodore Debyajyoti "Debu" Biswas, AOC, Air Force Station, Srinagar
- Lokesh Batta as Squadron Leader Sandeep "Sandy" Kumar
- Himani Sahani as Squadron Leader Tanya Aggarwal
- Harish Khatri as Prime Minister of India
- Chandra Shekhar Dutta as RAW agent Zarina Begum / Yafeth Salim
- Samvedna Suwalka as Bela Unnithan, Unni's wife
- Geeta Sodhi as Mrs. Gill, Taj's mother
- Gurmeet Chawla as Chief of the Air Staff
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| Directed by | Siddharth Anand |
| Story by | Ramon Chibb Siddharth Anand |
| Screenplay by | Ramon Chibb |
| Dialogues by | Hussain Dalal Abbas Dalal Biswapati Sarkar |
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| Cinematography | Satchith Paulose |
| Edited by | Aarif Sheikh |
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| Distributed by | Viacom18 Studios |
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Running time | 166 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹250 crore[2] |
| Box office | est. ₹337.2 crore[3] |
