By Reya Mehrotra
Uri: The Surgical Strike
The 2019 military action film, starring Vicky Kaushal, was based on the 2016 surgical strikes. The strikes had been carried out against militant launch pads across the LoC in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. This was in retaliation of the Uri attack of September 18, 2016, reported as the ‘deadliest attack on the security forces in Kashmir in two decades’ in which 17 army personnel had been killed.
Titanic
Talking of films inspired by true events, Titanic tops the list. After striking an iceberg, RMS Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912. Out of the 2,200 individuals on board, 1,500 had been reported dead. The 1997 romantic film Titanic, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, is based on the occasion. One of the most iconic films in Hollywood, Titanic has won a total of 11 Academy Awards. In the film, the lead pair, belonging to two diverse social classes, falls in really like. The really like story entwined with human loss strongly conveys the emotional influence of the disaster.
The Gatekeepers
The 2012 documentary film narrates the story of Israel Security Agency Shin Bet from the viewpoint of its former heads. The film consists of footage and interviews to show the function the agency has played in the safety of Israel from the 1967 war till the present day. The film was nominated at the 85th Academy Awards.
Pearl Harbour
The American lagoon harbour in Hawaii is the US Naval base. The attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941 by the Japanese Navy led the US to declare a war on Japan, generating it an quick bring about of the US’s entry into World War II. The 2001 romantic war drama Pearl Harbour, based on the occasion, stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale and other individuals, and is a fictionalised version of the attack and its aftermath. The film was nominated for 4 Academy Awards.
Pinjar
The 1947 partition of India remains one of the most crucial events in south Asian history, wherein lakhs of migrating individuals suffered and lost lives. The 2003 period drama Pinjar is based on the Hindu-Muslim difficulties through the time of the partition. Starring Manoj Bajpayee and Urmila Matondkar, it is based on a Punjabi novel of the exact same name by Amrita Pritam. The film won the National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. In the film, a young Hindu girl Puro is kidnapped by a Muslim man Rashid to avenge a loved ones feud.
Schindler’s List
The 1993 American historical drama is directed by Steven Spielberg and is based on the 1982 novel Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Kenneally. The film is based on the life of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who is
credited with saving lives of 1,200 Jews through the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film is frequently listed as one of the greatest films ever created and received international acclaim from critics when it released. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards, it won seven of them. Schindler and his wife had been named ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ by the Israeli government in 1993, an honour made use of by Israel for non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews through the Holocaust.
Tamas
Based on Bhisham Sahni’s 1974 novel, the 1988 film Tamas is based on the plight of households migrating through the time of the 1947 partition. The novel won the author a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975. Tamas actually indicates darkness and the film brings out the dark realities of the partition. The film stars Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Amrish Puri, amongst other individuals. The film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
The Invisible War
The 2012 documentary film by Kirby Dick talks about sexual assault in the US military. The film was appreciated by journalists, advocates and lawmakers for bringing the concern to light and influencing government policies to lessen rape in the armed forces. The film attributes interviews of veterans from numerous branches of the forces recounting the events of their assaults. The reports, nonetheless, led to convictions of only 244 perpetrators out of thousands of them. It shows initially-particular person accounts, true footage of survivors documenting the aftermath and the struggles in their each day lives.