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{{Infobox film
| name = Kandahar
| image = Kandahar 2010.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Major Ravi]]
| producer = Sunil C. Nair [[Mohanlal]]
| writer = Major Ravi
| starring = [[Mohanlal]] [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Ganesh Venkatraman]] [[Sumalatha]] [[Ragini Dwivedi]] [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]]
| music = Shamir Tandon Vivek V. K.
| cinematography = [[Ravi Varman]] [[Velraj]]
| editing = [[Don Max (film editor)|Don Max]]
| studio = Zoe Estebe Moviez [[Pranavam Arts International]]
| distributor = [[Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments]]
| runtime =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|12|16}}
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
}}

'''''Kandahar''''' is a 2010 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[war film]] written and directed by [[Major Ravi]]. It is the third installment in the Major Mahadevan film series, with [[Mohanlal]] reprising his role as [[Major Mahadevan]] after the 2006 film ''[[Keerthi Chakra (film)|Keerthi Chakra]]'' and 2008 film ''[[Kurukshetra (2008 film)|Kurukshetra]]''. The film also stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Ganesh Venkatraman]] in their Malayalam film debut.

The plot is based on the hijacking of the [[Indian Airlines Flight 814]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/56171.html |title=Big B in 'Kandahaar' along with Sunil Shetty|publisher=Indiaglitz.com |date=14 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=17451 |title=Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal team up for 'Kandahar'|date=14 August 2008}}</ref> The political situation is portrayed from an Indian perspective in the film. ''Kandahar'' was released on 16 December 2010, along with its dubbed versions in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Hindi]] languages.

The film's sound design was done by Baylon Fonseca. ''Kandahar'' was co-produced by Sunil Nair and Mohanlal. It was marketed online by Shaz Shabeer Strikers and Crew Kochi. The film, unlike the prequels, received negative reviews.<ref name="Bombed">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mohanlal-s-kandahar-bombs-news-malayalam-kmwjWOjhcig.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225130222/http://www.sify.com/movies/mohanlal-s-kandahar-bombs-news-malayalam-kmwjWOjhcig.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 December 2010|title=Mohanlal's Kandahar bombs!|publisher=[[Sify]]|date=22 December 2010}}</ref>
== Synopsis ==
Major Mahadevan and his unit undertake a mission to deal with an international terrorist organisation after a group of hardcore terrorists hijack a plane.

== Plot ==

Suryanatha Sharma ([[Ganesh Venkatraman]]) is an educated, unemployed man. His father, Lokanatha Sharma (played by [[Amitabh Bachchan]]), wants to see his son victorious in life. Things change when he meets Major Mahadevan ([[Mohanlal]]). Though, their initial encounter is hostile at first, Suryanath apologizes to Mahadevan for his rudeness, and impressed with Suryanath and seeing potential in him, he suggests him to join the Army. Though he struggles a bit in the beginning, Suryanath is able to pass out of the Indian Military Academy with flying colours.

After graduating, he joins the NSG ([[National Security Guard]]) as a commando where he joins Mahadevan's crew. Soon after, an Air India flight becomes hijacked by hardcore terrorists whose objective was to have the Indian government release their leader who was caught by Mahadevan himself. They are then forced to land in New Delhi to refuel. Mahadevan and his crew are able to infiltrate the plane through the wheels, even though their superior ordered them not to.

Once inside the plane they are able to find out the number of terrorists who are inside and quickly kill them and their leader and retake the plane. However a sleeper cell reveals himself and shoot the pilots and Suryanath injuring them. Mahadevan and Suryanath take control of the plane and with the pilot's guidance are able to land plane. But Suryanath unfortunately dies from his injuries. He is given a hero's funeral with honour after which Mahadevan consoles Lokanath, who reveals that he is proud of his son and thanks Major Mahadevan for making his son a hero.

== Cast ==
* [[Mohanlal]] as [[Major Mahadevan]], NSG Commando
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Lokanatha Sharma
* [[Ganesh Venkatraman]] as Captain Suryanatha Sharma, NSG Commando
* [[Sumalatha]] as Sumangaly, wife of Lokanatha Sharma
* [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]] as a student
* [[Ragini Dwivedi]] as Aishwarya, Surya's fiance
* [[Major Ravi]] as [[Company Havaldar Major]] Shiva
* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Pathumma
* [[Mamukkoya]] as Mullah
* [[N. L. Balakrishnan]] as Ballston
* [[Joemon Joshy]] as Cadet Kishore
* [[Major]] Kishore as NSG Commando Nair
* Naveen Arakkal as NSG Commando Naveen
* Suresh Nair as Cadet
* Saju Attingal as NSG Commando
* Renjith Reghu
* [[Anoop Chandran]] as Selvan
* [[Pradeep (Malayalam actor)|Pradeep Chandran]] as Senior Officer
* Jaffer Idukki as Mani
* [[S.P.Sreekumar]] as Cadet
* Kannan Pattambi
* Shrikant Kamat
* Soorya J Menon
* [[Nawab Shah (actor)]] as Cadet Instructor
* [[Ragasya]]

== Production ==

===Development===
[[File:bachan mohanlal.jpg|thumb|right|Mohanlal with [[Amitabh Bachchan]]]]
''Kandahar'' is the third film in the "Major Mahadevan series", the previous ones being ''[[Kirtichakra]]'' (2006) and ''[[Kurukshetra (2008 film)|Kurukshetra]]'' (2008). ''Kirtichakra'' was a runaway success in Kerala,{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} and ''Kurukshetra'' was a superhit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/44056.html |title=5 superhits ,and 5 hits in 2008 |publisher=Indiaglitz|access-date=2010-01-03}}</ref> [[Jeeva (actor)|Jeeva]] played a supporting role in ''Kirtichakra'' and [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] in ''Kurukshetra''. This time [[Ganesh Venkatraman]] is playing the supporting role. [[Surya (actor)|Surya]] was supposed to do the role but was replaced by Ganesh when he opted out of the project due to date clashes with ''[[7aam Arivu]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/malayalam/surya-with-mohanlal-and-amitabh-in-kandahar/29956/story.htm |title=Surya with Mohanlal and Amitabh in Kandahar |publisher=Nowrunning |access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref>

===Casting===
[[Mohanlal]] plays the lead role and is the film's producer. Several other artists from [[Tamil cinema]] were initially approached to play secondary leads as well, including [[Suriya (actor)|Suriya]] and [[Arun Vijay]], who all cited date conflicts. Later, [[Ganesh Venkatraman]] was finalized for a role. [[Amitabh Bachchan]] was approached for a major role in the film, and he immediately agreed. Even though he did not ask for any remuneration for his appearance, he was offered a whopping 8 crores.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/amitabh-to-forego-fee-for-sharing-screen-with-mohanlal/607690/0|title=Amitabh to forego fee for sharing screen with Mohanlal|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|date=2010-04-17}}</ref> His son in ''Kandahar'' is played by [[Ganesh Venkatraman]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-22/news-interviews/28135039_1_guest-appearance-tamil-actors-k-town-stars|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064927/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-22/news-interviews/28135039_1_guest-appearance-tamil-actors-k-town-stars|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|title=No Space For K-town stars In Kandahar |date=22 April 2010 }}</ref> Later, model [[Ragini Dwivedi]] was signed up to play a supporting role.<ref name="femalecast">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/57326.html|title=Parvathy Omanakuttan in 'Kandahar'|date=27 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-03/news-interviews/28277902_1_malayalam-film-industry-ragini-love-interest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928202105/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-03/news-interviews/28277902_1_malayalam-film-industry-ragini-love-interest |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2011 |title=Lucky Bee bags a Big B film |first=Sharadha |last=Srinidhi |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 June 2010 }}</ref> There were reports that [[Parvathy Omanakuttan]] was also cast in the film.<ref name="femalecast"/>

===Filming===
At a press conference, Major Ravi reported that the aeroplane sequences of the film would be shot in [[Russia]]. Other locations include [[Ooty]] and [[New Delhi]].

==Release==
The film was released on 16 December 2010 in 111 theatres in [[Kerala]], 9 theatres in [[Bengaluru]], 5 theatres in [[Chennai]], and around 18 theatres in [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]], [[Pune]] and [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. ''Kandahar'' has collected {{INR}} 5.25 crores revenue from before releasing through selling satellite rights, audio rights, video rights, overseas distribution rights, and theatre advances.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

==Reception==
''Kandahar'' received negative reviews upon release.<ref name="average">[http://thatsmalayalam.oneindia.in/movies/news/2010/12/16-kandahar-just-average.html Kandahar Just average]. OneIndia. Retrieved 16 December 2010</ref> Though it was one of the most-awaited films of the year, it failed to attain a good word-of-mouth.<ref name="Bombed"/><ref name="average"/> A review by [[Sify]], which rated it "below average" said, "There are moments when every Indian would feel proud about being born in this great land, but the shaky script, ordinary action sequences and a faulty climax lets the film down."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402171516/http://www.sify.com/movies/kandahar-review-malayalam-14959479.html Movie review by Sify]. [[Sify]]. Retrieved 16 December 2010</ref> [[Rediff]] published a nearly negative review saying, "A better script would have perhaps made the return of Major Mahadevan more appealing." It rated the film 2.5 in a scale of five.<ref>Meghna George. [http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-kandahar/20101217.htm Big B, Mohanlal shine in Kandahar]. [[Rediff]]. Retrieved 17 December 2010</ref> OneIndia gave the movie a 3/5 rating,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/reviews/2010/kandahar-movie-review-161210.html|title=Deepika Padukone Floored By Senior Citizens On Dil Se Naachein Indiawaale|date=9 October 2014}}</ref> and Now Running a 2/5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7397/malayalam/kandahar/2859/review.htm|title=Kandahar Review - Malayalam Movie Kandahar nowrunning review}}</ref>

==Accolades==
;Asianet Film Awards
*[[Asianet Film Awards#Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Integration Award]] - [[Major Ravi]]

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Kandahar
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Shamir Tandon
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| released = {{Start date|df=y|2010|11|27}}
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
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| language = [[Malayalam]]
| label = [[Satyam Audios]]
| producer = Sunil C. Nair [[Mohanlal]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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| next_year =
}}

The soundtrack features five songs composed by Shamir Tandon, who is known for his compositions in [[Madhur Bhandarkar]]'s films,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/shamir-tandon-ropes-sonu-niigaam-a-patriotic-rendition|title=Shamir Tandon ropes in Sonu Niigaam for a patriotic rendition|date=1 July 2010}}</ref> with lyrics by [[Sandeep Nath]], [[Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma]], Sudhakar Sharma, and Kaushal Kishor.

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Aye Janani
| extra1 = [[Sonu Nigam]]
| lyrics1 = Sandeep Nath
| length1 = 4:56

| title2 = Pakida Pakida
| extra2 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], Neetha Subhir
| lyrics2 = [[Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma]]
| length2 = 4:22

| title3 = Ho Chupi He
| extra3 = [[Kailash Kher]]
| lyrics3 = Kaushal Kishor
| length3 = 4:23

| title4 = Dheemee Dheemee
| extra4 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| lyrics4 = Sudhakar Sharma
| length4 = 4:18

| title5 = Aye Janani
| extra5 = Neetha Subhir
| lyrics5 = Sandeep Nath
| length5 = 5:08

| title6 = Ho Chupi
| extra6 = Kailash Kher
| lyrics6 = Kaushal Kishor
| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = Tigde Tigde
| extra7 = [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], Neetha Subhir
| lyrics7 = Sandeep Nath
| length7 = 4:22
}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1825833}}

{{Mohanlal}}

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