Mission Kashmir
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| Directed by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Written by |
Vikram Chandra Vidhu Vinod Chopra Abhijat Joshi Suketu Mehta Atul Tiwari |
| Starring |
Sanjay Dutt Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Sonali Kulkarni Jackie Shroff |
| Music by | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Edited by | Rajkumar Hirani |
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Vinod Chopra Productions Destination Films |
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Release date
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27 October 2000 |
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Running time
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161 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹995.5 million (US$15 million) (Domestic gross) |
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2000 (India)
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| Producer | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | |||
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Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Indian action drama film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Jackie Shroff and Mohsin Memon appeared in the main roles. The film follows the life and tragedy of a young boy named Altaaf after his entire family is accidentally killed by police officers. He is adopted by the police chief who is responsible for this, and when Altaaf finds out, he seeks revenge and becomes a terrorist.
The film also deals with terrorism and the tragedy of children suffering from war. Its screenplay was written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Suketu Mehta. It was rated R in America due to violence. The film was screened at the .
Upon release, Mission Kashmir became a critical and commercial success. Despite releasing on the same date as Mohabbatein it took a record opening and went on to become the third biggest domestic grosser of that year.
Mission Kashmir received generally positive reviews from critics. Mohammad Ali Ikram of Planet Bollywood gave it an 8.5/10 rating, praising the film's technical quality and the lead actors' performances. Saisuresh Sivaswamy of Rediff.com wrote, "This is a story from the director's heart, not his head, and the sincerity comes across in frame after frame." Giving the film 4 out of 5 stars, N K Deoshi of apunkachoice.com wrote, "Beneath all the drama that goes on in the movie there lurks the aspiration to get across to people the message of what actually people of Kashmir are going through." Savitha Padmanabhan of The Hindu stated, ""Mission Kashmir" might have its faults but it is definitely a cut above the rest of the commercial Hindi films that have been made on terrorism." She also praised the cast's performance and the film's production values. Film journal Screen praised the performances, but further wrote, "Chopra makes a sincere effort in his latest film Mission Kashmir to bring to the fore, the turmoil in the valley. But one feels disappointed, all the same, that there is very little of Kashmiriyat in the story, which is more of a personal conflict between the victim of a police shoot-out and a police officer."
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