Best movie of this year hands down!

A Major Disappointment

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Hats f to this film and the maker Mr.Mrityunjay Devrat and all of the members who made this film awesome. I did not thought i'll love this film. I am Bangladeshi and a dreamer. Whenever I read and think about Bangladesh freedom fight 1971 and all the peoples who gave life and the children's and woman's who were raped, killed and tortured by those Pakistani monsters, pictured the whole situation in mind only and always hope if any one can make a perfect movie on this 1971 Genocide attack, the whole bloody 9 months. One morning just opened a TV for watching typical boring serials. Suddenly I saw, a film named "Children of war"!! Felt not that much excited, because I thought this film will not reach my hope like other freedom fighting films. But,, I have no idea about when I continued watching it my eyes wear full of tears. It felt like, I was there too, watching my sister and mother getting raped by those Hayena monsters. " Children Of Wars"... you make me fell that pain again which I should remember everyday. Thank you so much to all of you.

Children of War is based on the 1971 Bangladesh genocide which highlights the atrocities of Pakistan Army on Bangladeshis. The story is a work of fiction with background setting of real events taking place during the genocide. Various lives are captured in the movie to display the struggle of ordinary people under the Pakistani regime. A young couple getting separated where the husband (Indraneil Sengupta), a journalist is writing on Army's brutal acts and Bangladeshi independence and who refuses to toe the line with army generals. His wife (Raima Sen) is raped and imprisoned in a rape camp. There is another story of a small kid and his sister, the only inhabitants of their village, and the quest of the brother to safely transport his sister to Indian border.The movie is a half attempt to capture the terrifying events which occurred during Bangladesh independence. Pavan Malhotra, does justice to his role of a Pakistani Colonel along with other cast. I feel Farooque Sheikh's role has been a mis-cast and could have been done by a lesser gentlemanly character. In-spite of being a 168 min movie, there is less attention to detailing and all the references/ acts are cursory in nature. The movie could have been brilliant had it cut short the music and elongated scenes for a fast paced detailed story.

This film really start of well. Some of the scenes were really spine chilling. But as the story progress. It goes nowhere.This film start with an interview of Indira Gandhi and showing the India's point of view. And I kept waiting till the very end to watch some kind of participation by Indian army during the gorilla warfare and later during conventional warfare. But the film just seem to be getting lost. Instead we were watching prisoner stealing arms from Pakistani cantonment and giving to Mukti Bahini and again coming back to prison. Moving in and out just like moving in her balcony.Film just chose to show numerous rape and murder scenes in very detail instead of developing any story. All the 3 parallel stories generate lots of interest but end aimlessly. I liked the story of brother and sister story and their effort to reach Indian border. their experience of violence was well shown. But then suddenly changed tract to spiritual Goddess Durga and all lost its realism and effect. End of the story very predictable with bit of melodrama.This film had a great star-cast who performed really very well. But they completely wasted. At the end film says that there were more than 40,000 rapes committed by Pakistani Army. I thank God that director had only 160 minutes to make this film. Or-else he might tortured us showing 40,000 rapes in detail.Overall I would say very ordinary movie just one time watch if u have not of options.

I praise producer and director Mr. Mritunjay Devvrat for choosing this issue but can't even say a good thing about the film. All visualization and emotions remained in directors mind only. Screenplay and dialogues are pathetic. If you don't know about the backdrop of this film then you wont be able to find out the reason behind every things happening. You wont get touched with a single scene even. Subject is so dark that I was apprehensive about watching the film but promo and trailer pulled me to the theater but I got very disappointed with the final product. Such type of mistake often happens when one person holds two biggest post, producer and director and even first timer. Then you never realizes that when you have crossed the thin line between confidence and over confidence . Director is so obsessed with some typical metaphors that he did too much, i.e every person died while keeping their eyes open, suddenly rain and thunder appears for a dramatic scene, for this purpose he does not mind to keep the continuity intact. Scene opens in day and transforms into night. He has shown only one Pak Army Camp and they use cinematic lights to light there camp!!? What type of camp this was? Key source of light is Lantern in a scene but lighting of scene is so bad that you don't feel the need of lantern. Performance wise all actors are just OK. Music slows down the film especially which has Bengali lyrics.