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{{Short description|2008 film by Samir Karnik}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Heroes
| image = Heroes Hindi Film.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Pihu Wankhade]]
| producer = [[Bharat Shah]] Vikas Kapoor Samir Karnik
| story = Samir Karnik
| screenplay = Aseem Arora Samir Karnik
| starring = [[Salman Khan]] [[Sunny Deol]] [[Bobby Deol]] [[Preity Zinta]] [[Mithun Chakraborty]] [[Sohail Khan]] [[Vatsal Sheth]] [[Dino Morea]] [[Amrita Arora]]
| cinematography = [[Binod Pradhan]] Gopal Shah
| editing = Sanjay Sankla
| distributor = [[Eros International]]
|studio = Future Picture Company Pvt.Ltd Mega Bollywood
| music = [[Sajid–Wajid]] [[Monty Sharma]]
| released = {{Film date|2008|10|24|df=y}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| language = Hindi
| country = India
| budget = {{INR}}18 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=335|title=Heroes – Movie|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}25.44 crore<ref name="auto"/>
}}

'''''Heroes''''' is a 2008 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama]] film directed by [[Samir Karnik]], starring [[Salman Khan]], [[Sunny Deol]], [[Bobby Deol]], [[Preity Zinta]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Sohail Khan]], [[Vatsal Sheth]] and [[Dino Morea]]. The film is written by Aseem Arora. Although initially set to be released on 6 June 2008,<ref name="release">{{cite web|publisher=IndiaFM.com |title=Release Dates |url=http://www.indiafm.com/trade/releasedates/index.html |accessdate=7 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911204955/http://indiafm.com/trade/releasedates/index.html |archivedate=11 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> it was pushed to 24 October 2008, the opening weekend of the holiday [[Diwali]]. On 22 November 2008 the script of ''Heroes'' was asked to be part of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

==Plot==
Two film academy students, Ali ([[Vatsal Sheth]]) and Sameer ([[Sohail Khan]]), must make a movie in order to graduate. They choose to create a documentary illustrating reasons not to join the [[Indian Armed Forces]], and go on a [[motorcycle]] road trip bearing three letters they have been given to deliver — each from a slain soldier to his family.

On their first stop, in [[Attari|Atari]], [[Amritsar]], they meet the widow, Kuljeet Kaur ([[Preity Zinta]]), and the son, Jasswinder Singh [Jassi] ([[Dwij Yadav]]), of a [[Sikh]] soldier, [[Havildar|Havaldar]]([[Sergeant]])Balkar Singh of 8 [[Sikh Regiment]]([[Salman Khan]]), who was [[killed in action]] three years earlier. The students find that the entire village is very proud of the heroic officer and his sacrifice for the country. When they are flying kites, their kite is cut and it falls beyond a certain fence, in another field. Jassi tells them that the area beyond the fence is Pakistan, and the fence is the Border.

The students' second stop, [[Himachal]], finds them meeting now wheelchair-using Air Force pilot [[Squadron leader|Sqn Leader]] Vikram Shergill ([[Sunny Deol]]), whose Army officer brother, [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] Dhananjay Shergill ([[Bobby Deol]]) of [[The Grenadiers|18 Grenadiers]] had also been killed in action. Vikram is very proud of his brother's sacrifice. and he shows them how he has come to terms with his own grief.

The third letter is to be delivered to a Mr. and Mrs. Naqvi (played by [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Prateeksha Lonkar]]), but their bike runs out of petrol, and they hitch a ride on a military convoy heading to a nearby base. They see soldiers' coffins in the truck, and the driver quotes an inspiring poem. At the base, they talk to the regiment commander and find another letter by [[Lieutenant|Lt.]] Sahil Naqvi of [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|Jammu and kashmir Light Infantry]]([[Dino Morea]]) which they request to deliver themselves. They see that Mrs. Naqvi is busy in a tea party, hardly paying any attention. Sameer accuses her of not loving her son, and says that Sahil was a coward. Mrs. Naqvi plays them a tape which Sahil had recorded after he had saved another soldier's life. She tells him that she and her husband have been affected, and the parties serve as a distraction for them. They leave, but return the next day, and slowly bring the couple's life back to normal.

After completing their film, they reveal in a voice over that although they graduated, they did not go to [[United States|America]] (as they had initially planned) because the trip has changed their outlook. They try to join the [[Army]] but fail, then start a school to share their experiences. Some years later, Sameer and Ali are walking around their School campus. A man in olive green uniform ([[Salman Khan]]) approaches them. This is revealed to be Jassi, the son of the first martyred army officer. Now a strapping young man, he has joined the army like his father, and will soon graduate from the [[Indian Military Academy|IMA]]. The movie ends with the statement, "You don't have to be a soldier to love your country".

==Cast==
*[[Salman Khan]] in a [[dual role]] as
**Hav. Balkar Singh; Jassi’s father and Kuljeet's husband (8 Sikh Regiment)
**Lt. Jassvinder Singh (Jassi)
*[[Sunny Deol]] as Sqn.Ldr. Vikram Shergill
*[[Bobby Deol]] as Captain Dhananjay Shergill (18 Grenadiers)
*[[Preity Zinta]] as Kuljeet Kaur; Balker's wife and Jassi's mother
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Dr Maqbool Naqvi
*[[Sohail Khan]] as Sameer Suri (Saand)
*[[Dino Morea]] as Lieutenant Sahil Naqvi 12 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry
*[[Vatsal Sheth]] as Ali Nawab Sahab Shah
*[[Amrita Arora]] as Piya, Saand's girlfriend
*[[Riya Sen]] as Shivani, Ali's girlfriend
*[[Hrishitaa Bhatt]] as Saloni, Vikram's girlfriend
*[[Mohnish Behl]] as Akash Sarin
*[[Prateeksha Lonkar]] as Mrs Naqvi
*[[Dwij Yadav]] as young Jassvinder Singh Jassi
*[[Tinnu Anand]] as Film Institute's director
*[[Vivek Shauq]] as Professor
*[[Shahab Khan]] as Sahil's Coach
*[[Karan Arora]] as Chotu

== Production ==
Originally titled ''Mera Bharat Mahaan'' (My India is Great), the film was rechristened ''Heroes'', to avoid sounding [[jingoistic]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mera Bharat Mahan is Now Heroes|publisher=IndiaFM.com |url=http://indiafm.com/news/2007/11/08/10395/index.html|accessdate=8 November 2007}}</ref>

Filming began on 15 June 2007. Salman and Preity are paired opposite each other, in their fifth film together.<ref>{{cite web| work=rediff.com|title=Story of Mera Bharat Mahaan|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/23karnik.htm| accessdate=18 June 2007}}</ref> Shooting took place in [[Ladakh]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting locations |work=IndiaFilm.com |url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/06/18/9597/ |accessdate=18 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822215658/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/06/18/9597/ |archivedate=22 August 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ScreenIndia.com|title=Shooting in Delhi|url=http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16733|accessdate=23 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203200007/http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16733|archive-date=3 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some scenes were shot in [[Pangong Tso]] featuring Salman Khan, Sohail Khan and Vatsal Sheth.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooting in Pangong |publisher=Mangalorean.com |url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=49872 |accessdate=6 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220016/http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=49872 |archivedate=27 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_length =
| all_music =
| all_writing =

| title1 = Badmash Launde
| extra1 = [[Shail Hada]], [[Parthiv Gohil]]
| length1 =

| title2 = What's Up My Bro
| extra2 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
| length2 =

| title3 = Mannata
| extra3 = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| length3 =

| title4 = Makhana
| extra4 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Sowmya Raoh]], Wajid
| length4 =

| title5 = Badmash Launde (Blasted)
| extra5 = Shail Hada, Parthiv Gohil

| title6 = What's Up My Bro (Slow)
| extra6 = Shail Hada

| title7 = Gurbani
| extra7 = Shail Hada

| title8 = Heroes Theme
| extra8 = Shail Hada

| title9 = Makhana You My Makhana (Killer)
| extra9 = Sukhwinder Singh, Wajid & Sowmya Raoh

| title10 = Mannata (version 2)
| extra10 = Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamurthy

| title11 = What's Up My Bro (cruiser)
| extra11 = Kunal Ganjawala
}}

==Release==

===Critical reception===
''Heroes'' received generally positive reviews from critics. [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/heroes/critic-review/heroes-movie-review/|title=Heroes Review 3.5/5 | Heroes Movie Review | Heroes 2008 Public Review | Film Review|work=Bollywood Hungama|date=24 October 2008}}</ref>

According to ''[[The Indian Express]]'' the film does manage to say what it set out to; that pride keeps the families of the deceased soldiers going, civilians sleep peacefully only because soldiers give up their lives, and that a country survives only because it has brave soldiers guarding its borders. But it argues the director is too simplistic and that wringing emotion out of so many situations causes even the supreme sacrifice that the soldiers make turn trite.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Express Says about Heroes|publisher=indianexpress.com |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/heroes-hindi/377765/|accessdate=29 December 2008}}</ref> [[Indiatimes|India Times]] movies give the movie 3 out of 5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/heroes/movie-review/3638211.cms|title=Heroes Film Review|date=7 April 2016|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

The film's writer [[Aseem Arora]] was nominated for a [[Filmfare Award for Best Story]].

===Box office===
Ths film grossed $326,425 in its opening week. It was a flop at box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=512&nCat=overseas_report |title=Heroes Does Well Overseas |accessdate=2008-10-30 |website=Box Office India |date=28 October 2008  }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1114725|Heroes}}
* {{AllRovi movie|469544|Heroes}}
* {{mojo title|heroes08|Heroes}}

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[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Monty Sharma]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sajid–Wajid]]
[[Category:Films directed by Samir Karnik]]

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