Picket 43
| Picket 43 | |
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| Directed by | Major Ravi |
| Produced by | OGEE |
| Written by | Major Ravi |
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Prithviraj Javed Jaffrey |
| Narrated by | Mohanlal |
| Music by |
Songs: Ratheesh Vegha Score: Rex Vijayan |
| Cinematography | Jomon T. John |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
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Film Brewery
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| Distributed by | Murali Films |
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Murali Films |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Picket 43 is a 2015 Malayalam-language Indian drama film written and directed by Major Ravi. It stars Prithviraj and Javed Jaffrey in the lead roles. It was filmed by cinematographer Jomon T. John and most portions of the film were shot in Kashmir. The film dealt with the story of an Indian army soldier guarding a picket alone in Kashmir, and his friendship with a Pakistani soldier.
The film released on 23 January 2015 to highly positive reviews from critics and audience alike. The film is one of the profitable Malayalam films of 2015 considering theatrical collections, and satellite and television rights.
Hareendranath Nair (Prithviraj) is an Indian who is assigned to guard an Indian Picket ( i.e,Picket 43) in Kashmir. It was said to be a very dangerous place, and Hareendran had to be forced to take charge at the place, forsaking his sanctioned leave due to the forcefulness of his superior officer (Renji Panicker). Hareendran is forced to stay at the Picket with an extremely trained dog called Baccardi as his companion. He starts seeing the dog akin to someone with intelligence and treats him like a person, not even permitting anyone to call Baccardi a 'dog'. Hareendran confides in the dog his inner thoughts and emotions, which lifts his spirit slightly even at the most difficult times.
It is slowly revealed that the reason Hareendran had applied for the above mentioned leave was to register marry the girl he loved, who happened to be his uncle's daughter. When Hareendran, along with his mother, proposed a marriage between him and his cousin to his uncle, he was forsaken by his uncle in favor of a guy from the very same village who had made a fortune in Dubai. Hareendran along with his friends concluded that the only way to marry his lover was a register marriage, and decides to do it the next time he comes to the village on leave. It was before the decided dated that his already sanctioned leave was canceled, telling us the reason to why he was so sad.
For the first eight months of his stay at the picket, the Pakistani picket opposite his picket, across the L.O.C, was occupied by a very hostile Pakistani.
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