Paltan

<p>The film is Based on where Indian troops defeated Chinese troops and stopped their attempts to encroach on Indian territory. An Indian platoon is deployed near China. After some days Chinese troops starts creating trouble by using loud speakers and by threatening Indian troops by going near the border. Indian troops does the same to quite the Chinese troops. One day Chinese and Indian troops engage in stone clashes and after that Indian troops start building the fence at border but it was later destroyed by . Indian army tries to build border again but met with heavy fire by Chinese. Indian troops returned fire but were facing trouble by Chinese artillery. Indian commander asked troops to hold their positions till the Indian artillery arrives to support them. Both Side faces Casualties and Indian artillery arrives resulting in heavy Chinese casualties. Indian troops won and were able to rain down heavy artillery firing on Chinese bunkers. The background score of the film is composed by and songs are composed by . The lyrics are written by . The first song “Paltan Title Track” was released on 13 August 2018. The second song “Raat Kitni” was released on 21 August 2018. The music in the Paltan song is borrowed from the theme music of iconic 1957 Hollywood blockbuster . On the website , 29% of 7 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10. Udita Jhunjhunwala of gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote ” is more testosterone and male ego than strategy or drama and, surprisingly, it’s tentative even in its jingoism.” gave it 1.5 (out of 5) stars, saying: “There is a lot to be said about the futility of war, and now Dutta has made his case for the futility of the war movie.” Devesh Sharma of rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote “All-in-all, the film might be a little melodramatic at times but its heart certainly is in the right place.” Ronak Kotecha of the rated 3/5, stating that ” manages to undo some of the damage in its final moments that are truly action packed. Director JP Dutta fires all his ammo in a rousing climax for a bitter sweet victory.”</p>