Adarsh Jain Films’ Bharat Desh Hai Mera (UA) uncovers the untold stories of people living in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the painful exile of Kashmiri Pandits. It recounts the decades of conflict and explores loss, resilience, patriotism etc. of the people there.
Harsh Raj Jain’s story is touching but it lacks novelty. One has seen such stories in earlier films too. His screenplay, therefore, does not have the desired impact. The drama does shake the viewers at places but since one has seen scenes of the kind shown, one doesn’t feel as shocked as one should. Harsh Raj Jain’s dialogues are okay.
Anup Jalota is average as Mohd. Shafi Pandit. R.K. Singh does a fair job as Razzak Khan. Aditya Mohan is okay as Farhan. K.K. Goswami is alright as Chhote Khan. Madhvi Shri passes muster as Dua. Amit Lekhwani performs ordinarily as Hafiz Meer. Raj Chouhan lends routine support as Irshad. Ali Khan is average as Hafiz Sayeed. Qayum Badshah is barely passable as Qayum Badshah. Gunjan Pant is so-so as Chahat. Archana Singh (as Razia), Divya Yadav (as Khushi), Sahib Veer Singh Bedi and Latin Shaikh add dull support. Others are routine.
Adarsh Jain’s direction is below the mark. Music (by Adarsh Jain, Rajesh Gupta and Sunil Singh) is more functional than anything else. Lyrics (Adarsh Jain and Poonam Vishwakarma) are nothing to shout about. Dinesh Bisht and Rajan Arya Rajbhar do a routine job of the cinematography. Ali Mansoor’s action and stunt scenes afford some thrill. Murari Kishan Yadav’s editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Bharat Desh Hai Mera is too dull to make an impact at the ticket windows.
Released on 18-9-’26 at Cinepolis Andheri (daily 1 show) and another cinema of Bombay thru Prakash Films. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was weak everywhere.
