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The most recent film by director Meghna Gulzar dramatizes Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's exploits and witticisms without any slyness. Review of Sam Bahadur the film Sam Bahadur offers multitudinous advantages. It follows two glowing blockbusters for director Meghna Gulzar in Talvar( 2015) and Raazi( 2018). Starring in it's Vicky Kaushal, who has experience portraying dogfaces on a charge against the country's adversaries, having done so for both fictional and real- life characters in Sardar Udham( 2021) and Uri The Surgical Strike( 2019). Eventually, it tells the story of one of the nation's most fabulous soldiers, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, a near- mythological mammoth who survived World War II after being shot nine times by a Japanese dogface. You sit there for the longest period, wheeling and writhing, staying for that one perfect moment of cinematic perfection. When director Meghna Gulzar and pen Bhavani Iyer strive to make you laugh, you smile astronomically. And yet, in the end, you fail to understand Sam Bahadur's point at all. After leaving the theater, I felt as though I had just been given a new interpretation of the monthly online listicle you read on Manekshaw, the man who was known for feeding the nation's also- high minister with humble pie, proudly sporting a bushy handlebar moustache, and allocating irons and battlezone sayings. The main reason biopics are a murky kidney is that they generally have an episodic structure and are constrained by length and veracity conditions. The position and manner in which a film's main conflict is deposited are what distinguish memorable workshop in this kidney. In Oppenheimer, which was released before this time, the story revolved around the promoter's security concurrence being abandoned. The celebrated promoter's trip is told by Sam Bahadur without a lot of narrative indications, divergence, or reviews of Manekshaw's recent relinquishment as the epitome of the sigma joker. It delivers a history because it's so unwaveringly concentrated on reaping the benefits of bringing his tradition to life on cinema. Indeed, there's lesser nuance in the depiction of Manekshaw's Pakistani original, Yahya Khan( Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub), albeit not before some unsettling prosthetics and geriatric makeup. Vicky Kaushal is the one thing that has to keep you watching this movie. Sam Bahadur provides Kaushal the kind of magic to work that he has demonstrated in Sardar Udham, Raazi( 2018), and Masaan( 2015), following a generally disappointing time. Kaushal, who always exudes confidence, has a tight hold on the part despite Manekshaw's well- known royal charm, quick wit, and altered vocalisation, which could fluently be incorrect for a mock in the hands of a lower professed actor. The promoter's sanguinity and loyal conviction in his capacities are beautifully restated from his off- screen candour and tone- accepting ways. Sanya Malhotra, who plays Sam's fascinating woman

             Silloo Bode, provides the Manekshaw family with an emotional anchor while balancing his free-spirited energy with the ease that she has most lately shown in Jawan and Kathal. Throughout the movie, there are numerous hints that Manekshaw's palms come at Silloo and their daughters' expenditure. still, Fatima Sana Shaikh's depiction of Indira Gandhi is substantially unreliable, with important of the fault attributed to the casting decision. The war song Badhte Chalo is incredibly mellow and inelegant. The film's soundtrack is loud, protrusive, and cacophonous, which is surprising given Shankar- Ehsaan- Loy's apparent musical gift and their former outstanding work with Gulzar, Raazi. Sam Bahadur employs literal videotape adroitly to maintain the narrative and give a talkie feel to the proceedings, despite the film's medium background score. still, indeed this helps to explain the film's staccato temporal jumps and unresistant linearity. Sam Bahadur comes off as fascinating and intriguing in the separate corridor of Manekshaw's life that come together to make the overall plot of the movie. Thanks to photographer JayI. Patel's work on the air strikes and battle scenes in Burma, these are consummately shot, conceived, and acted, and they may just make it worthwhile to see this larger- than- life picture roll in theaters. still, because of the film's generally upbeat tone, the vestments that connect them — like Manekshaw's badinage with his radio set- carrying chef, the lead actor and his lady's chamber match- cute, or the scene where he's seen making the hectically popular protestation about gurkhas and sweat — feel jumbled and desperately need to be given some latitude. 

Recalling Sam Bahadur: An Indian soldier reflects on the country's first Field Marshal 

From 1969 to 1973, Lt Gen Depinder Singh (retd), a former GOC-in-C of Southern Command, served as Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's military assistant while he was the Chief of Army Staff. We chatted with the General, who is currently retired and resides in Panchkula, about his memories of India's first Field Marshal as "Sam Bahadur" opens in theatres today.

How could Sam Manekshaw have responded to a film based on him?

His inner showman would have been ecstatic, but his inner soldier would not have been too pleased. His personality had two aspects to it. If the movie turned out to be a positive portrayal of the Army and its surroundings, I believe he would have been happy.

Which specific characteristics of his do you recall?

He was incredibly compassionate. He was unable to bear resentment. He used to come into my office, put his arm around my shoulder, and ask if I wanted him to cut a copy of a fresh cassette (music) if he sensed that for some reason I wasn't happy with him. and the ice would be broken by that. He didn't pretend to be a senior commander around him. 

Did he ever talk about his relationship with Amritsar?

Yes, exactly. We visited Amritsar when he was appointed Chief of Army Staff. He brought me along to show me his childhood home. He gestured to a tree he had himself planted. I told him in jest that the tree was now taller than he was. 

In Burma, Sam oversaw a company of Sikh soldiers serving in the 4/12 Frontier Force Regiment. He was a proficient Punjabi speaker. Many former members of his regiment would flock to him for assistance when he served as the Army Chief there.

Indeed. When he was assigned as Commandant of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, one officer testified against him in the Court of Inquiry on bogus charges. Later, this officer commanded a brigade under Sam's command in the Jammu region during Sam's tenure as Western Army Commander. When Sam finally made it to Jammu, there was a party that night and everyone was murmuring about how Sam was going to "sort out" this Brigadier.

He eventually got sick of this chitchat and gathered them all around. He informed everyone that this officer's professional standing exceeded everyone else's. But he's a character, and there's nothing you or I can do about it, he informed the assembly. That characterised him.

Two visits to Lahore by Sam followed the conflict in 1971. What was the purpose of that? 

On the two trips the Chief made following the conflict in 1971, I went with him. These were to discuss the return of a village called "Thakochak" south of Jammu, which Pakistan refused to give back in spite of the Shimla agreement on the return of whatever territory each side had taken in the western theater.

Indira Gandhi, the prime minister at the time, sent Sam back after the initial visit proved fruitless. He was able to persuade General Tikka Khan to return the village during this second visit in exchange for a village in the Poonch sector that was encircled by Pakistan on three sides. During these visits, the Pakistani Army commanders showed us excellent behavior. Gen. Tikka Khan greeted Sam in Lahore in a Rolls Royce that belonged to the Pakistani Army Chief. 

Kindly describe what happened in the Governor's House in Lahore

The Pakistan Punjab Governor informed Sam that his staff was interested in seeing him during a fascinating event at the Governor's House in Lahore, where Sam had been invited for lunch. The whole team was waiting to welcome Sam when he consented to the meeting.

One man moved forward, his turban on the ground, wearing the Governor House livery. He informed Sam that Pakistani soldiers being kept as POWs were being cared after by the Indian Army. They were receiving excellent treatment, and they were even provided with temporary housing by Indian soldiers. Pakistani prisoners of war received the Quran and prayer mats. This was quite poignant.