Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Kurukshetra (2008)

Kurukshetra poster
Original title
കുരുക്ഷേത്ര
Directed by
Major Ravi
Genre
popular music
Country
India
Runtime
1h 49m
Rated
U
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Indian army colonel leads his troops during the 1999 Kargil conflict with Pakistan. The film shows the battles and political tensions from the Indian side.

patrioticintensesomberaction-filledseriouswar-tornemotional

What happens

Kurukshetra is a 2008 Indian Malayalam language war film written and directed by Major Ravi. It is a sequel to the 2006 film Keerthi Chakra and the second installment in the Major Mahadevan film series, with Mohanlal reprising his role as Colonel Mahadevan The film is based on the Kargil conflict of 1999 between India and Pakistan. The political situation of the conflict is portrayed from an Indian perspective. The film was released on October 28 coinciding with Diwali. It was a box office success and was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year. The third film in the series, Kandahar, was released in 2010 and the fourth, 1971: Beyond Borders, in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?