Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo

2004 Indian film

24 December 2004 (2004-12-24)

Running time

193 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageHindiBudget₹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 war film directed by Anil Sharma. The film features an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol (in a double role), Divya Khosla Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Ashutosh Rana, Sandali Sinha, Nagma and Aarti Chabaria.

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

Plot

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 has a ship in 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 of 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

Amitabh Bachchan as Major General Amarjeet Singh (Defence Adviser of India after retirement), Vikramjeet's father and Kunal's grandfather^[3]
Akshay Kumar as Major Rajeev Singh after promotion Colonel Rajeev Singh, Kunal's senior officer and Shweta's husband
Bobby Deol in a dual role as
- Capt. Kunaljeet 'Kunal' Singh after promotion Major Kunaljeet Singh; Amarjeet's grandson, Vikramjeet's son and Shweta's love interest
- Lt Cdr. Vikramjeet Singh; Amarjeet's late son, Kunal's late father and Aarti's late husband (cameo)
  - Utkarsh Sharma as childhood Kunal / Vikramjeet Singh (cameo)
Divya Khosla Kumar as Shweta Bhansali–Singh, Rajeev's wife and Kunal's love interest
Sandali Sinha as Captain Dr Sakshi Pant
Nagma as Aarti Singh, Vikramjeet's wife turned widow and Kunal's mother
Kapil Sharma as Captain Trilok
Danny Denzongpa as Col. Ashfaque Khan
Ashutosh Rana as Sikander Khan
Govind Namdeo as Maqbool Butt
Vivek Shauq
Surendra Pal
Aarti Chabria as Trilok's wife
Arif Zakaria
Rajesh Vivek
Vishwajeet Pradhan as Subedar Abdul
B N Sharma as Police Man

Soundtrack

Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik
Released	2004
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	T-Series

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

Track listing

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

Reception

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]

References

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^ "2004 Box Office Figures". Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2006.
^ N, Patcy. "Amitabh: I'm trying to improve". Rediff. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ Hungama, Bollywood. "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo Movie: Review | Release Date (2004) | Songs | Music | Images | Official Trailers | Videos | Photos | News - Bollywood Hungama". Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ "Ab Tumhare Hawale is a muddle!". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.