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Vijeta 1983
Directed byGovind Nihlani
Written byDilip Chitre
Satyadev Dubey
Produced byShashi Kapoor
StarringShashi Kapoor
Rekha
Amrish Puri
Kunal Kapoor
Supriya Pathak
Om Puri
CinematographyGovind Nihlani
Edited byKeshav Naidu
Music bySongs:
Ajit Varman
Background Score:
Ajit Varman
Distributed byFilm-valas International
Release date
  • 4 March 1982 (1982-03-04)
(India)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Vijeta (English: The Victor) is a 1982 Indian coming-of-age Hindi film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Govind Nihalani. It stars Shashi Kapoor, his son Kunal Kapoor, Rekha, Amrish Puri and Supriya Pathak with K.K. Raina, Raja Bundela and Shafi Inamdar, who went on to become notable supporting actors in Bollywood movies.

Plot

Angad (Kunal Kapoor) is a confused teenager trying to find himself and is caught in between the marital problems of his Maharashtrian mother Neelima (Rekha) and Punjabi father Nihal (Shashi Kapoor), it is time for him to decide what he wants to do with his life. Angad chooses to become a fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force. What follows is his struggle to become a victor both with his self and the outer world. Angad is attracted to Anna Varghese (Supriya Pathak), who is the daughter of his flying instructor Group Captain Varghese (Amrish Puri) a Malayali Syrian Christian. Angad must learn to adapt to flying, leaving his mom and dad for long periods of time, as well as try and woo Anna who helps him overcome his fears and realize his potential as a fighter pilot. Nihal is a clean-shaven Sikh, Neelima is a Hindu, Angad is a Sikh and Anna a Christian, while Angad's fellow officers represent all religions.

The film is notable for some rarely seen aerial photography of combat aircraft active with the IAF in the 1980s. The central character of Angad is a MiG-21 pilot and is shown flying the aircraft in the ground attack role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Much of the movie, including the climax involving a MiG-21bis, was shot at Pune. The IAF No.4 Squadron (the 'Oorials') provided the pilots and planes for the film's aerial sequences. The movie included good color footage of the Oorials aircraft in flight and in operation.

Cast

Music

  1. "Bichhurat Mose Kanha" - Parveen Sultana
  2. "Man Aanand Aanand Chhaayo" - Asha Bhosle, Satyasheel Deshpande
  3. "Man Base Mor Brindaban Ma" - Manna Dey

Facts

  • The "senior pilots of the Indian Air Force" who are credited with providing assistance with the aerial photography were drawn from No. 4 Squadron, IAF ("The Fighting Oorials"). It was their MIG-21Bis' that were used in the aerial combat sequences and much of the film was shot at their then base in Poona/Pune.[1]
  • The I.N.S. Mysore seen in the film was a WW2 British Fiji Class Cruiser, H.M.S. Nigeria that was sold to the Indian Navy in 1957. The ship was decommissioned soon after the film was completed. The current (2006) I.N.S. Mysore is a newer vessel.[1]
  • The aircraft that the pilots train on are domestically produced HAL HJT-16 Kirans.[1]

Filming locations

Reception

Film World magazine rated the film "Good" and wrote, "Vijeta is perhaps the first film of its kind, a film which shows the Indian Air Force, its gallant men and their life in true colours."[2] According to Asiaweek, "Vijeta is a tribute to the IAF in celebration of its golden jubilee last year".[3]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Vijeta (1982) - Trivia - IMDb
  2. ^ Film World. 20. T.M. Ramachandran. 1983. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ C.B. Rao (1983). "Tribute to a Proud Force". Asiaweek. 9. Asiaweek Ltd.
  4. ^ "Best Editor Award". Official Listings, Indiatimes. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
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