Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo

Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnil Sharma
Screenplay byShaktimaan Talwar
Story byShaktimaan Talwar
Produced byAnil Sharma
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Akshay Kumar
Bobby Deol
Divya Khosla Kumar
Sandali Sinha
Nagma
Danny Denzongpa
Ashutosh Rana
Aarti Chabaria
CinematographyKabir Lal
Edited byBallu Saluja
Music byAnu Malik
Release date
  • 24 December 2004 (2004-12-24)
Running time
193 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹200 million[1]
Box office₹191.6 million[1]

Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo (transl. We entrust this nation in you, O countrymen) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language war film directed by Anil Sharma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Divya Khosla Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Ashutosh Rana, Sandali Sinha, Nagma and Aarti Chabaria.

Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo was released worldwide on 24 December 2004, coinciding with the Christmas weekend.[2]

Plot

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Major General Amarjeet Singh is a dedicated officer for the Indian Army. His son Vikramjeet Singh follows in his footsteps and joins the Navy. In 1971, during the Indo-Pak war and the formation of Bangladesh, Lt. Commander Vikramjeet Singh had a ship under his command and a regiment of soldiers of the Indian Army, commandeered by his dad, Major General Amarjeet Singh. The ship comes under attack by a submarine of the Pakistani Navy, undergoes damage, and sinks along with Vikramjeet, but not before he courageously rescues about a hundred trapped army personnel.

Years later, Vikramjeet's son Kunaljeet joins the army as a captain, but he lacks the values his dad and grandfather had in them about serving the country selflessly. He just wants to be employed with the army for a couple of years, then re-locate to the U.S., run a business, and become rich. In order to accomplish this, he always makes up excuses for not going to the front. He falls in love with Shweta Bhansali and decides to stay in the army in order to be close to her. In order to achieve a medal, he fakes heroism, then carelessly jeopardizes a planned attack on terrorists, and as a result, many terrorists escape to their hideouts. Disciplined and chastised, an injured and humbled Kunaljeet waits to meet his sweetheart - only to find out that she is in love and married to his senior officer, Major Rajeev Kumar Singh, who was assumed to be dead but actually was a prisoner of war. The only thread binding him to the army is broken, and it is then Kunaljeet finds out that the terrorists, in collusion with rebel Pakistani officers, are planning to bomb the Bhagwan Shivji's Amarnath Temple in Jammu & Kashmir in order to foment communal strife. Kunaljeet saves everyone and wins his grandfather's heart.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo
Soundtrack album by
Anu Malik
Released2004
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelT-Series

The music is composed by Anu Malik. Lyrics are penned by Sameer.

Track listing

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No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo"Udit Narayan , Alka Yagnik, Kailash Kher, Sonu Nigam,7:38
2."Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo - II"Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam6:51
3."Chali Aa Chali Aa"Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam7:12
4."Dil Rota Hai Baar Baar"Sonu Nigam4:38
5."Humein Tumse Hua Hai Pyaar"Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik6:03
6."Kurti Malmal Di"Anuradha Paudwal, Kailash Kher, Sneha Pant, Sonu Nigam, Sudesh Bhosle7:11
7."Mere Sarpe Dupatta"Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula,5:30
8."Mujhe Pyaar Do"Anuradha Paudwal, Karsan Sargathia, Sonu Nigam6:04
9."Shivji Satya Hai"Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh7:38

Reception

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Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "On the whole, AB TUMHARE HAWALE WATAN SATHIYO falls way below expectations. At the box-office, it will meet with mixed reactions. While the masses wouldn't mind it, the classes, especially the family audiences, would give it a cold shoulder."[4] Patcy N of Rediff wrote "The film's music is average. Divya Khosla doesn't have much to so and acts well in a few sequences. Akshay gets the applause, not for his acting but for his well-written shayari. Bobby is good. Amitabh Bachchan is seen far too often in these officer roles and has nothing at all new to offer in this uniformed outing. He has started looking and acting very monotonous."[5]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2005 Bollywood Movie Award Best Female Debut Divya Khosla Kumar Nominated [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ^ "2004 Box Office Figures". Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2006.
  3. ^ N, Patcy. "Amitabh: I'm trying to improve". Rediff. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. ^ Adarsh, Taran (24 December 2004). "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo Movie: Review". Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. ^ N, Patcy (24 December 2004). "Ab Tumhare Hawale is a muddle!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Bollywood Music & Fashion Awards". Bollywood Awards. 5 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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