Shaurya (2008)

Original title

शौर्य

Directed by

Samar Khan

Genre

trial film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

A

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An army officer is put on trial for killing a fellow soldier. A military lawyer defends him while uncovering secrets about the chain of command.

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What happens

Shaurya (transl. Valour) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language legal drama film directed by Samar Khan and produced by Moser Baer. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Rahul Bose, Javed Jaffrey, Deepak Dobriyal, and Minissha Lamba. The film is based on the 1991 Hindi play Court Martial by Swadesh Deepak and the 1992 American film A Few Good Men (the latter being an adaptation of the 1989 play of the same name by Aaron Sorkin about US marine David Cox). The film was released on 4 April 2008, and received positive reviews from critics praising the performances of the lead actors, in particular Menon and Jaffrey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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