1962 The War in the Hills (2021) Season 1 Hindi Complete WEB Series Review

 

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What Is the Story About?

Directed by Mahesh Manjerekar in 1962: "War on the Mountain" tells the story of Indian soldiers in the Ladakh winter in the apparently one-sided anti-China war without proper equipment. The 10-episode web series is slow, no matter how you try to reconcile yourself by believing that it will show you more history, you fail to concentrate and are often distracted.

The story centers on Major Suraj Singh (Abay Dir), who is given the responsibility of leading an Indian army to fight the Chinese. He led a company of soldiers, most of whom were from the town of Revali Haryana. To our surprise, none of them appeared or spoke like people belonging to Haryana. The villagers seem to be just placed in the scene, without much consideration. They don't speak a Harianwei accent, and they don't dress like people who live in northern states. Sometimes, Akash's Marathi accent becomes obvious.

This show looks more like a gang war, with Chinese soldiers speaking like gangsters. They are portrayed as barbarians, with no obvious needs, and they ripped the bird with their bare hands. Or stupid people who get some fresh panes to be distracted from performing their duties.

If 1962: The war on the mountain was based on real events, then it should look like one. None of the characters in the series resemble real people. From what they say to what they say and what they do, everything seems to be for the actors to speak out their conversation. The most disappointing thing is the carefully choreographed battle. The actors claimed in the interview that they filmed these scenes on the rugged terrain of Ladakh. But looking at the battle scenes, it is easy for people to understand that all this is fake. The visual effects are very poor. The soldiers just lie and kill the enemy with a revolver (can you imagine? If the web series ignores every basic principle of storytelling, then it will not be an exaggeration.

This series reminds us of Kabir Khan’s "Forgotten Army" for more than one reason. Although the online show is based on two different events in Indian history, the producers of both series used the same method to tell the story-a wrinkled old man told the story of war to the grandchildren of millennials. Hello, creative! One thing we don't understand is why the producers don't use Mahigir as the old lady to tell the story when they use her voice. A little makeup and prostheses will make her as unattractive as the ladies who tell war stories on the show.

Mahesh Manjerekar used a stylized palette in war scenes, but then he forgot to abandon this method when showing the domestic environment. The gray tones on the screen often confuse you and set a gloomy tone, even when people celebrate at a wedding.

Many people will watch and praise the simple facts of the series, it is about the brave soldiers of our country. However, we cannot ignore the fact that the creators have forgotten the themes of addressing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the human cost of war, and seem to be just taking advantage of patriotism.

In summary, 1962: "War on the Mountain" is a very disappointing war drama. Especially after we watched "Uri: Surgery" starring Vicky Kausal, we hope this series will give us a better war film. The plot is not attractive, you can't sympathize with any characters, and most importantly, there is no logical insistence.

Obviously, we have not used all the movie sketches to beautify the history of the Indian army. It seems that we did not play a member of the Deere family in the war drama. After many years at the border of Sonny Dier, Abay Dier came to the border, hoping to stage a military operation full of patriotism in "War in the Mountains" in 1962. The Disney Hot Star Show, directed by Mahesh Manjerekar, is a fictitious portrayal of the Sino-Indian border conflict in the Himalayas. This also marks the reunion of Diere and his Dev.D co-star Marcy Gill, which is a major fire that may haunt their film photography in the next few years. But I digress. When a person passes 10 episodes of this show, they will disappear in their painfully forgotten characters. You will hope that you can completely forget this show.

Inspired by real events, 1962: "War in the Mountains" tells the story of 125 soldiers confronting 3,000 soldiers. The play will feature Abay Dier, Sumet Vyas, Mahi Gil, Akash Tosal, Rohan Gandotra, Anup Sony, Zhang Meiyang, Rochelle Rao, Hemarin Ingle and others have shaped a narrative, taking their freedom in all wrong directions. Leading this force is Major Suraj Singh (obviously played by a misrepresented Abay Dier) commanding a group of sergeants from Lewari Village, whose family lives in Lewari Village. By running the plot for more than half an hour, we get a special background story. The result is a bland arc of battle, running parallel to the same bland personal arc.

Abhay Deol aka Major snooze cannot save this botched attempt at an emotional war story.

If you have any hope, trade from Abbe x Mahigir to reunite, give up all hope, a victory. I don't know who thinks it is a good idea to hit Abayi soldiers, but this is the least inspired choice. He couldn't afford the narrative from the beginning. This is not to say that it is delivered by other actors who seem to follow their pathetic conversations and become unintentional comedy moments in the worst scenes. The characters must also convey the most basic information through dialogue, which is not explained. They don't even use military jargon or give us anything insightful. The subtext here is that the presenters and writers are very sure that their audience needs to spoon a basic war drama, and there is actually no complicated plot line.

It boils down to my main criticism of this show. When you think about the retelling of historical wars, it is accompanied by the risk of dehumanizing the enemy, but "War in the Mountains" does not give you the joy of picking the edge. Both sides are duds. On the one hand, you have soldiers who might lose the most beautiful quarrel, on the other hand, the Chinese army plays, waiting for it, Indian actors. I know that given the political climate, you can’t fully play a Chinese actor, but the overall picture is-all characters speak fluent Hindi (dubbing is out of sync). This show made a dangerous mistake by letting Indian actors play "hostile" ", or the show called them "dirty" Chinese soldiers. You have Mei Yang Chang playing Major Lin and actors from the North and Northeast playing the enemy. One can only imagine how many racial stereotypes would be strengthened simply by casting. However, my guess is that most viewers will ignore the details. However, what we cannot ignore is that even the Indian soldiers have an extremely lack of respect. I haven't even gotten a picture of Nehru who complained.

1962: "War in the Mountains" paired terrifying battle scenes with daily soapy sub-pictures.