Sikandar

Director Piyush Jha needs to be complimented for presenting the viewers the scenic beauty of Kashmir. Sikandar is not the usual film on terrorism at the very outset, when a kid kicks a football and a bomb explodes. Sikandar is a 14-year-old schoolboy in Kashmir. who ever since his parents were killed by militants 10 years back lives with his aunt and uncle.. One day, on his way home from a school football match
, Sikandar finds a gun lying on the path. Despite admonishments by his newly-made school friend, the 14-year-old Nasreen picks up the gun and thus begins a journey into the darker side of his nature. The quiet yet strong Nasreen becomes Sikandar's conscience keeper. She tries to dissuade him from giving in to the lure of the gun. He chooses to use it to threaten the bullies at school and to easily get out of every other uncomfortable situation. Soon, the gun becomes a part of his life and then a terrorist sees him as a ploy to bump off a former separatist leader (played by Sanjay Suri). Sikandar is promised a reward in return, which is why he agrees to do it. But Sikandar fails in his mission when Nasreen (his friend) comes between him and his target. Now, the terrorist makes sure that he gets back to Sikandar, and there comes an unwanted twist in the story which apparently takes the film to a completely different genre.

The film appeared to be quite different and sensitive with its human-interest angle in the beginning, but lost all the appeal as it started becoming more of a suspense thriller. This is perhaps why ‘Sikandar’ seems to be just another film set against the backdrop of terrorism in Kashmir. The first half of the movie seems interesting but loses its charm and interest in the second half.
This is not a bad film but a better justice to the screenplay could have made it better than what it looks.
My Ratings : 2 stars.

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