LOC: Kargil

LOC Kargil
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. P. Dutta
Written byJ. P. Dutta
Produced byJ. P. Dutta
StarringMohnish Bahl
Sanjay Dutt
Ajay Devgn
Saif Ali Khan
Akshaye Khanna
Sunil Shetty
Sanjay Kapoor
CinematographyKarim Khatri
Music bySongs:
Anu Malik
Score:
Aadesh Shrivastava
Production
company
J. P. Films
Release date
  • 12 December 2003 (2003-12-12)
Running time
255 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget33crore[1]
Box officeest. 31.67crore[1]

LOC Kargil is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language historical war film based on the Kargil War fought between India and Pakistan, produced and directed by J. P. Dutta under his banner "J. P. Films". The film features an ensemble cast of Bollywood stars and music composed by Aadesh Shrivastava and Anu Malik, with the former composing the score and the latter composing the songs.

The film is based on the Indian Army's successful Operation Vijay that was launched in May 1999 in the wake of the Pakistani intrusion and occupation of the strategic heights in the Kargil sector to flush out the Pakistani intruders from the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC). Upon release, LOC received a mixed response critically and commercially flopped at the box office. With a running time of 255 minutes, it is one of the longest Indian films ever made and fifth in terms of running time.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "L.O.C Kargil – Movie – Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
  2. ^ thrki (18 January 2004). "LOC-Kagil: How 'real'?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 January 2005.
  3. ^ "Patriotic films to watch this Independence Day". India Today. 11 August 2011.