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After the eminently forgettable Kuch Meetha Ho Jaaye, director Samar Khan is back with Shaurya. His intentions are noble, though the plot is heavily borrowed from Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men & vaguely resembles Farhan Akhtar's Lakshya too.
Now onto the story:
Captain Jawed Khan (Deepak Dobriyal) is about to be court martial led for shooting his senior officer Major Rathod at point blank range. Enter army lawyers & best buddies Major Aakash Kapoor (Javed Jaffrey) and Major Siddhant Chaudhry (Rahul Bose) who are called in to deal with what looks like an open and shut case. Until Siddhanth realises that Captain Jawed is NOT GUILTY, after meeting raging journalist Kavya Shastri (Minissha Lamba) & the ruthlessly authoritative Brigadier Pratap (Kay Kay Menon).
Considering Samar Khan's inspiration is the immensely powerful A Few Good Men, he already has a decent plot and screenplay going. However, it's the performances of the key players like Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon & especially Deepak Dobriyal as Captainn Jawed that succeed in uplifting this film. The dialogues are effective and so is the camerawork.
Shaurya may not make you get up from your seat and applaud, but without shouting out loud, it certainly provokes us to rethink the way we choose to deal with injustice in present times. The E NOW WEEKEND rating for this well intentioned piece of drama is three stars.