Fighter movie review: Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone’s aerial war drama runs high on adrenaline and patriotism
Hindustan TimesFighter movie review: Bollywood’s love for telling India-Pakistan stories on the big screen knows no bound. Touted as India’s first aerial action film with Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone playing top combat aviators, Fighter creates an immersive experience and turns out to be equally impressive. The film begins with Commanding Office Rakesh Jai Singh aka Rocky forming a quick response team comprising top AIF fighter pilots — Squadron Leader Shamsher Pathania aka Patty, Squadron Leader Minal Rathore aka Minni — to form a special unit called Air dragons. Fighter is a full-on entertainer Karan Singh Grover as Squadron Leader Sartaj Taj Gill aka Taj and Akshay Oberoi as Squadron Leader Basheer Khan aka Bash are brilliant in their respective parts, and it’s good to see them having well-etched out characters pivotal to the storyline, and not just supporting cast. Film: Fighter Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor, Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi, Rishabh Sawhney Director: Siddharth Anand Entertainment!