SarzameenReview – A Confused Patriotism-Family Drama Collides in Kashmir
So, I just watched Sarzameen , and let me tell you—it’s one of those movies where you’re not entirely sure if it wants to make you cry, cheer for the country, or just scratch your head in confusion.
The story kicks off in the beautiful yet politically tense landscape of Kashmir. Colonel Vijay Menon, played by Prithviraj Sukumaran, is on a mission to take down a terrorist codenamed Mohsin. Sounds like the typical patriotic thriller, right? But wait— Sarzameen isn’t content with just that. It throws in a full-blown family melodrama. Vijay’s son, Harman, stammers—and that’s somehow a bigger issue for the Colonel than the militant he’s just captured. His wife Meher, played by Kajol, is constantly trying to bridge the emotional gap between father and son, but things take a dramatic turn when Harman is abducted. And here comes the ultimate dilemma—will Vijay choose his mission or his son?
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Of course, he chooses duty, and eight years later, a changed Harman—now played by Ibrahim Ali Khan—returns. He’s older, hardened, and possibly radicalized. The big question now: is he the new Mohsin? Or is he just deeply wounded from his father’s betrayal?
The film tries hard to merge emotional storytelling with nationalistic intensity, but often stumbles trying to do both. There’s a strange clash of tones. One moment you're in a family drama straight out of a 2000s Karan Johar film, the next you're knee-deep in military jargon and patriotism. Songs are used as emotional shortcuts, and the background score feels like it’s doing all the acting. It’s loud, insistent, and never lets the silence do the talking.
Visually, the movie is all over the place too. The extremists feel more like caricatures, the action scenes resemble over-produced music videos, and there are some unintentionally funny moments—like a training montage where Harman builds muscle by listening to his father’s voice saying, “I choose India over my son.” It’s melodramatic to the point of parody.
Yet, there is a message buried somewhere in all this noise—that choosing one’s country shouldn’t mean abandoning love or family. That’s a theme worth exploring, but here it’s weighed down by too many plot twists, a scattered script, and inconsistent performances. Even the central conflict between father and son, which should’ve been emotionally gripping, ends up feeling stagey and forced.
By the time a plot twist tries to tie everything together in the end, it feels like a desperate attempt to give the story depth it hasn’t earned. It’s one of those films that tries to do too much and ends up not doing enough of anything convincingly. Watching it felt like switching between two very different movies on the same screen.
In the end, Sarzameen has its heart in the right place, but its storytelling is so muddled that neither the patriotism nor the emotional journey truly lands.
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