Mission 11 july
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Mission 11 July is a Bollywood
Hindi
film that was released on the 15th of January 2010. It deals with the sensitive subject of terrorism
. People are not born terrorists, wrong influence and brain washing and circumstances make them so, and that is the whole subject of Mission 11 July. That just as wrong influence can make a terrorist, with the right influence maybe people can change and terrorism and killing in the name of religion
can come to an end.
area of Bhandup
in India. The story revolves around a simple lower middle class Muslim
boy called Shahid (Tarun Khanna), who is very poor but is living a happy existence with his mother (Joyshree Arora) and his beloved girlfriend Raavi (Nattasha Singh
) who is a Hindu
but the difference in religion does not matter to their love. His life is simple and full of love and laughter till he meets a professor (Pramod Moutho) who starts brainwashing him into believing that Muslims are treated badly and given second hand and low treatment in India
.
Due to his respect and love for the professor and his own past where his father had been killed in the riot
s when he was a child, Shahid starts getting disturbed by the professors talk and actually starts believing in them, and finally one day, when he sees his dear professor being taken away by the Anti Terrorist Squad, he remembers his own fathers death in the communal riots and gets fully convinced that his community is being ill treated in the country where he lives.
Not realizing that the Professor was a wrong influence and has affected his entire thinking process, he is convinced that the professor has unnecessarily been arrested! He now makes up his mind that the professor was right! He has to become a terrorist to help his kind, the Muslim. He decides to leave his home and his mother and his beloved girlfriend Raavi who try their best to stop him and when they cant, they refuse to stand by his decision to join a group of Jihad
is.
Shahid life changes fully and he becomes as hard as nails thinking that he is doing good for Islam
, and saving his people by killing the Hindus.
5 years pass. Killing becomes something he feels he is doing for the good of his people as that's the only way to help them. That's how well the professor had brainwashed him. He never the questions the path he's on until the day when everything changes.
Shahid and his partner Aftab (Mukesh Tiwari
) have been given the Mission to bomb the Parliament of India
in Delhi for which they have to kidnap the Police commissioner's (Vikram Gokhale
) family, hence blackmailing and coercing him into driving them to their destination, the Parliament House to which he has free access, in his own car!
They have to spend one night at the Police Commissioners house as their Mission to blow up the Parliament House is planned for the next day, 11 July.
And.. in that one night things turn around once again. Their souls which had fallen asleep are forced to wake up.
The police commisssioner Abbas Ali who is also a Muslim has never felt ill-treated in his country,the talks he has with Shahid and Aftab shake their souls up and make them doubt the validity of their Mission.The Commissioner Abbas Ali Baig takes the decision that he won't betray the country he lives in no matter what. He decides he,d rather let his family die than help the terrorists to blow up the Parliament house just to save his family. He is a true Patriot
On 11 July as they are preparing to leave they hear of another group of terrorists who have bombed the trains in Mumbai 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
and the people who have died in the bombings are not from any particular caste; they are just Indians.
Shahid and Aftab are shaken up and realize that even though the Commissioner is from the same religion of Islam as them, but still he is ready to die for his country and countrymen because he feels he belongs to his country first.. and they have a change of heart and realize that its not about which community
or caste
or religion or even country one belongs to..the ones who die in any terror attack are humans first, they decide to give up their Mission to bomb the Parliament House and surrender themselves to the Indian Police Service
.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
film that was released on the 15th of January 2010. It deals with the sensitive subject of terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
. People are not born terrorists, wrong influence and brain washing and circumstances make them so, and that is the whole subject of Mission 11 July. That just as wrong influence can make a terrorist, with the right influence maybe people can change and terrorism and killing in the name of religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
can come to an end.
Plot
Mission 11 July is a story set in the slumSlum
A slum, as defined by United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the...
area of Bhandup
Bhandup
Bhandup is a suburb of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, in the state of Maharashtra, India and is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line....
in India. The story revolves around a simple lower middle class Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
boy called Shahid (Tarun Khanna), who is very poor but is living a happy existence with his mother (Joyshree Arora) and his beloved girlfriend Raavi (Nattasha Singh
Nattasha Singh
Nattasha Singh is an Indian actress and started her career as a kid, in the superhit Sitcom serial called Dekh Bhai Dekh. She played Kirti, the bubbly talkative emotional daughter of Navin Nischol and Farida Jalal....
) who is a Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
but the difference in religion does not matter to their love. His life is simple and full of love and laughter till he meets a professor (Pramod Moutho) who starts brainwashing him into believing that Muslims are treated badly and given second hand and low treatment in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Due to his respect and love for the professor and his own past where his father had been killed in the riot
Riot
A riot is a form of civil disorder characterized often by what is thought of as disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence against authority, property or people. While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots are thought to be typically chaotic and...
s when he was a child, Shahid starts getting disturbed by the professors talk and actually starts believing in them, and finally one day, when he sees his dear professor being taken away by the Anti Terrorist Squad, he remembers his own fathers death in the communal riots and gets fully convinced that his community is being ill treated in the country where he lives.
Not realizing that the Professor was a wrong influence and has affected his entire thinking process, he is convinced that the professor has unnecessarily been arrested! He now makes up his mind that the professor was right! He has to become a terrorist to help his kind, the Muslim. He decides to leave his home and his mother and his beloved girlfriend Raavi who try their best to stop him and when they cant, they refuse to stand by his decision to join a group of Jihad
Jihad
Jihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God ". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is...
is.
Shahid life changes fully and he becomes as hard as nails thinking that he is doing good for Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
, and saving his people by killing the Hindus.
5 years pass. Killing becomes something he feels he is doing for the good of his people as that's the only way to help them. That's how well the professor had brainwashed him. He never the questions the path he's on until the day when everything changes.
Shahid and his partner Aftab (Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari is an Indian actor who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language films as a character role. He belongs To Sagar. His first appearance was as a bandit "Jagira" in China Gate in 1998...
) have been given the Mission to bomb the Parliament of India
Parliament of India
The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the President and the two Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...
in Delhi for which they have to kidnap the Police commissioner's (Vikram Gokhale
Vikram Gokhale
Vikram Gokhale is an well known Indian film, television and stage actor, notable for his roles in Marathi theatre and Hindi films and television...
) family, hence blackmailing and coercing him into driving them to their destination, the Parliament House to which he has free access, in his own car!
They have to spend one night at the Police Commissioners house as their Mission to blow up the Parliament House is planned for the next day, 11 July.
And.. in that one night things turn around once again. Their souls which had fallen asleep are forced to wake up.
The police commisssioner Abbas Ali who is also a Muslim has never felt ill-treated in his country,the talks he has with Shahid and Aftab shake their souls up and make them doubt the validity of their Mission.The Commissioner Abbas Ali Baig takes the decision that he won't betray the country he lives in no matter what. He decides he,d rather let his family die than help the terrorists to blow up the Parliament house just to save his family. He is a true Patriot
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
On 11 July as they are preparing to leave they hear of another group of terrorists who have bombed the trains in Mumbai 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings
The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. The bombs were set off in pressure cookers on trains...
and the people who have died in the bombings are not from any particular caste; they are just Indians.
Shahid and Aftab are shaken up and realize that even though the Commissioner is from the same religion of Islam as them, but still he is ready to die for his country and countrymen because he feels he belongs to his country first.. and they have a change of heart and realize that its not about which community
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
or caste
Caste
Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...
or religion or even country one belongs to..the ones who die in any terror attack are humans first, they decide to give up their Mission to bomb the Parliament House and surrender themselves to the Indian Police Service
Indian Police Service
The Indian Police Service , simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India...
.
Cast
- Vikram GokhaleVikram GokhaleVikram Gokhale is an well known Indian film, television and stage actor, notable for his roles in Marathi theatre and Hindi films and television...
as Police Commissioner Abbas Ali Baig - Mukesh TiwariMukesh TiwariMukesh Tiwari is an Indian actor who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language films as a character role. He belongs To Sagar. His first appearance was as a bandit "Jagira" in China Gate in 1998...
as Aftab - Tarun Khanna as Shahid
- Nattasha SinghNattasha SinghNattasha Singh is an Indian actress and started her career as a kid, in the superhit Sitcom serial called Dekh Bhai Dekh. She played Kirti, the bubbly talkative emotional daughter of Navin Nischol and Farida Jalal....
as Raavi - Pramod Moutho as The Professor
- Neena Kulkarni as Police Commissioner's wife
- Joyshree Arora as Shahid's mother