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Line of Control: Kargil (2003)
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Original name: LOC: Kargil
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 255 min.
Story:
This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani soldiers took over the area, blocking the main road that linked the regions. Standing their ground, Indian soldier drove them away, but not without losing more than 400 of their own men first.
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, exciting, tense, disturbing, realistic
Plot:
military, soldier, military officer, husband wife relationship, death of friend, army life, battlefield, lieutenant, helicopter, bravery, suspense, war, politics, terrorism, wartime, combat, courage, captain, colonel, fiance fiancee relationship, death of fiance, fiancee, hate, marriage proposal, train station ...
Place:
india, pakistan
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