Lakshya (film)

Lakshya
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Hindi	लक्ष्य
Directed by	Farhan Akhtar
Produced by	Ritesh Sidhwani
Screenplay by	Javed Akhtar
Story by	Javed Akhtar
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Sharad Kapoor
Music by	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Cinematography	Christopher Popp
Edited by	Anand Subaya
Distributed by	Excel Entertainment
Release date	18 June 2004 (2004-06-18)
Running time	185 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹320 million (US$4.8 million)
Box office	₹332.5 million (US$4.9 million)

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Lakshya (English: Aim) is a 2004 Indian war drama film, directed by Farhan Akhtar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, starring Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead roles. Hrithik Roshan plays the role of Lieutenant (later acting Captain) Karan Shergill, who develops from an aimless young man into an army officer. It is a coming-of-age story set against a fictionalized backdrop of the 1999 Kargil War.

Karan Shergill (Hrithik Roshan) is a young man from Delhi who has no goal or for his future. His father (Boman Irani) is a businessman and his brother is a successful individual living in America. His girlfriend, Romi (Preity Zinta), a student activist and reporter who espouses fashionable causes out of well-meaning sincerity, tells him he needs to find a goal in life. When a friend announces he is going to join the Indian Army, Karan applies to the Indian Military Academy (IMA) as well, despite dissent from his parents.

Karan gets selected into the IMA, although his friend backs out. However, he is undisciplined and unused to life there. He keeps receiving punishments from the training team. Upset, he runs away from the academy, which causes Romi to break up with him. Karan finally comes to terms with his situation and makes his decision. He returns to the IMA, takes his punishment, becomes a focused, disciplined officer cadet and eventually commissions into the Indian Army. Karan is posted to the 3rd battalion of the Punjab Regiment, commanded by Col. Sunil Damle (Amitabh Bachchan). The battalion is stationed in Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. Karan comes home on leave and finds out that Romi is getting engaged, but is recalled to his battalion due to an outbreak of hostilities in Kargil, and his leave is cut short.