Sikandar (2009 film)

Sikandar Hindi , Urdu is a Bollywood film. The film, which features Parzan Dastur in the lead role with R. Madhavan, Sanjay Suri, Ayesha Kapoor in pivotal roles amongst others is written and directed by Piyush Jha and produced by Sudhir Mishra. The film has terrorism in the Indian state of Jammu amp Kashmir as its backdrop. It was known in its production stages as Foot Soldier. The film was released onAugust 2009.

One day, on his way to a school football match, Sikandar finds a gun lying on the path. Despite admonishments by his newly made school friend, 14yearold Nasreen Ayesha Kapoor, Sikandar picks up the gun and begins a journey into the darker side of his nature. The quietyetstrong Nasreen becomes Sikandars conscience keeper. She tries to dissuade him from giving in to the lure of the gun.Sikandar gets embroiled further and further in situations beyond his control, and people get killed. At first it seems that the happenings occurring alongside Sikandars predicament are not connected. But, as layer upon layer is revealed, it becomes clear that Sikandar is the innocent victim in a game being played out between the militants, the army, the peacebartering politicians and the religious heads of the little Kashmiri town. The pieces of the puzzle come together at the very end, leading to a shocking revelation. The movie is a portrayal of how child psychologies can be moulded, how terrorists are made. Bholi bhaali rahne do by Prasoon Joshi wonderfully sums up the movie. ........

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