Lakshya (2004)

Glamsham.com

But here's a rare, refreshing, path-breaking film that is as noble in intent as it is in treatment.
Lakshya" has the fluent flow of poetry but not the ornate opaqueness.
Bachchan is a special disappointment.
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Rediff India | 2004-06-18

Watch Lakshya as normal drama and, more likely than not, you will still enjoy it.
You won't be disappointed
special effects, choreography, and what-not that the 'cinematically literate'like to discuss, is a good tale well told
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Apun ka Choice

In a nutshell, the music of Lakshya is uninspiring and quite drab.
This song undoubtedly is the best composition in the album.
But there is hardly any number (except one) that delights an appreciator of good music.
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Lakshya is absolutely excellent: A Class Product from India!

akumar82@imdb | 2005-02-21

Absolutely fantastic. Hrithik Roshan is brilliantly understated in this coming-of-age epic. World-class production values and high father-son, soldier-soldier emotional content that's not forced (Like the overdone mess LOC). The war scenes were brilliant. People must remember, this film was NOT... Read more at imdb.com

Clean Unadulterated entertainment, Great performances

bn0809@imdb | 2004-06-21

Lakshya is a very well made war, coming of age movie, which can compete with anything from the west.I personally, feel it ends two debates, other than the fact that it establishes Hrithik as the ultra star-great actor mould (la... Read more at imdb.com

A must watch movie and yet another masterpiece from Farhan Akhtar...

chetan prusty@imdb | 2004-06-19

The movie is all about having a LAKSHYA (aim) in our lives. It would'nt be inappropriate at all to comment that this film in one way points out at today's indecisive youth who are not clear about what they are... Read more at imdb.com

one of the most realistic war movies

Devavrat Oak@imdb | 2005-01-04

Finally Bollywood came up with a nice war movie, featuring then ever charming big Bacchan and the heartthrob Hritik. The movie makers surely consulted some service personnel before getting into production. And that was well seen. The tracer bullets, the... Read more at imdb.com

Farhan Akhtar is a class act

Kunal Chandra@imdb | 2004-08-21

After making a brilliant movie like DCH, Farhan set the expectation meter soaring. He has succeeded in living up to the high expectations by making an authentic movie like Lakshya. Lakshya is the first Indian war film devoid of unnecessary... Read more at imdb.com

Hrithik Roshan's LAKSHYA

He is in love Romila who's a journalist by profession.One day, Karan suddenly decides to join the Indian Military Academy much to his family's shock. ... Full Article

LAKSHYA by Michael Dequina (2004-09-15) 2004, Un-rated, 186 minutes, UTV

Farhan Akhtar's debut feature "Dil Chahta Hai" ("The Heart Desires") was hailed as a breath of fresh air in Bollywood when released in 2001, and to this day it still is. There wasn't anything particularly groundbreaking on the surface: it... ... Full Article