Kandahar

<p>Suryanatha Sharma ( ) is an educated, unemployed man. His father, Lokanatha Sharma (played by ), wants to see his son victorious in life. Things change when he meets Mahadevan ( ). Though, their initial encounter is hostile at first, Suryanath apologizes to Mahadevan for his rudeness, and impressed with Suryanath and seeing potential in him, he suggests him to join the Indian Army. Though he struggles a bit in the beginning, Suryanath is able to pass out of the with flying colors’ and gets commissioned in the After getting Commissioned, he joins the NSG ( ) as a commando where he joins Mahadevan’s crew. Soon after, an Air India flight becomes hijacked by hardcore terrorists whose objective was to have the Indian government release their leader who was caught by Mahadevan himself. They are then forced to land in New Delhi to refuel. Mahadevan and his crew are able to infiltrate the plane through the wheels, even though their superior ordered them not to. Once inside the plane they are able to find out the number of terrorists who are inside and quickly kill them and their leader and retake the plane. However a sleeper cell reveals himself and shoot the pilots and Suryanath injuring them. Mahadevan and Suryanath take control of the plane and with the pilot’s guidance are able to land plane. But Suryanath unfortunately dies from his injuries. He is given a hero’s funeral with honour after which Mahadevan consoles Lokanath, who reveals that he is proud of his son and thanks Major Mahadevan for making his son a hero. is the third film in the “Major Mahadevan series”, the previous ones being (2006) and (2008). played a supporting role in and in . This time is playing the supporting role. plays the lead role and is the film’s producer. was approached for a major role in the film, and he immediately agreed. Even though he did not ask for any remuneration for his appearance, he was offered a whopping 8 crores. His son in is played by . Later, model and Kannada actress, was signed up to play a supporting role. There were reports that was also cast in the film. At a press conference, Major Ravi reported that the aeroplane sequences of the film would be shot in . Other locations include and . The soundtrack features five songs composed by Shamir Tandon, who is known for his compositions in ‘s films, with lyrics by , , Sudhakar Sharma, and Kaushal Kishor. The film was released on 16 December 2010 in 111 theatres in , 9 theatres in , 5 theatres in , and around 18 theatres in , , and . has collected 5.25 crores revenue from before releasing through selling satellite rights, audio rights, video rights, overseas distribution rights, and theatre advances. received mixed reviews upon release. Though it was one of the most-awaited films of the year, it failed to attain a good word-of-mouth. A review by , which rated it “below average” said, “There are moments when every Indian would feel proud about being born in this great land, but the shaky script, ordinary action sequences and a faulty climax lets the film down.” published a nearly negative review saying, “A better script would have perhaps made the return of Major Mahadevan more appealing.” It rated the film 2.5 in a scale of five.</p>