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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Tango Charlie | | name = Tango Charlie | ||
| image = Tango charlie.jpg | | image = Tango charlie.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = Theatrical release poster | ||
| director = [[Mani Shankar]] | | director = [[Mani Shankar]] | ||
| producer = Nitin Manmohan | | producer = Nitin Manmohan | ||
| writer = [[Mani Shankar]] | | writer = [[Mani Shankar]] | ||
| narrator = [[Bobby Deol]] | | narrator = [[Bobby Deol]] | ||
| starring = {{ubl|[[Ajay Devgn]]|[[Bobby Deol]]|[[Sanjay Dutt ]]|[[Suniel Shetty ]]}} | | starring = {{ubl|[[Ajay Devgn]]|[[Bobby Deol]]|[[Sanjay Dutt ]]|[[Suniel Shetty ]]|[[Tanishaa Mukerji|Tanisha]]|[[Nandana Sen]]|[[Kelly Dorji]]}} | ||
| music = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br>[[Anu Malik]] | | music = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br>[[Anu Malik]] | ||
| cinematography = [[T. Surendra Reddy]] | | cinematography = [[T. Surendra Reddy]] | ||
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| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = Hindi | | language = Hindi | ||
| budget = | | budget ={{INR|link=yes}}13.5 [[crore]] | ||
| gross ={{INR|link=yes}}7.16 [[crore]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/ajay-devgn/box-office/#bh-micro-tab-content|title = Ajay Devgn Hit Movies List | Ajay Devgn Box Office Collection - Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> | |||
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'''''Tango Charlie''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[war film]] written and directed by [[Mani Shankar]] and cinematography by [[T. Surendra Reddy]]. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Bobby Deol]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Sunil Shetty]], [[Tanishaa Mukerji|Tanisha]], [[Nandana Sen]] and [[Sudesh Berry]]. The film follows paramilitary man Tarun Chauhan ([[Bobby Deol]]) journey from young border guard recruit to war-hardened fighter in the Indian [[Border Security Force]] | '''''Tango Charlie''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[war film]] written and directed by [[Mani Shankar]] and cinematography is by [[T. Surendra Reddy]]. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Bobby Deol]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Sunil Shetty]], [[Tanishaa Mukerji|Tanisha]], [[Nandana Sen]] and [[Sudesh Berry]]. The film follows paramilitary man Tarun Chauhan's ([[Bobby Deol]]) journey from young border guard recruit to war-hardened fighter in the Indian [[Border Security Force]].<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/03/21/tango_charlie_2005_review.shtml|title=BBC – Movies – review – Tango Charlie|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2022}}</ref> This movie was banned for release in Assam for allegedly defaming Bodo community of [[Northeast India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/SBxKdArdM4rM48bzsy5GLM/Ten-films-that-didnt-release-panIndia.html|title=Ten films that didn't release pan-India|date=29 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
{{Long plot|date= | {{Long plot|date=October 2021}} | ||
The story starts off with two [[Indian Air Force]] helicopter pilots (Squadron Leader Vikram Rathore and Flight Lieutenant Shezad Khan, played by [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Sunil Shetty]] respectively) discovering a mass pile of dead | The story starts off with two [[Indian Air Force]] helicopter pilots (Squadron Leader Vikram Rathore and Flight Lieutenant Shezad Khan, played by [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Sunil Shetty]] respectively) discovering a mass pile of dead terrorists and an Indian trooper appearing to be dead in the Kashmir valley. They later discover that he's alive and find out who he is after reading his diary. | ||
=== | === Insurgency in the North East === | ||
The tale revolves around an Indian [[Border Security Force]] trooper named Tarun Chauhan ([[Bobby Deol]]) in the 101st BSF Battalion arriving in [[Manipur]]. The jungle is full of [[Bodo people|Bodo]] rebels. While walking through the jungle searching for his platoon commander, he was caught in a trap and hung upside down. It is later revealed that Havaldar (Sergeant) Mohammad Ali ([[Ajay Devgn]]) set the trap and calls him an "idiot" for falling into it. He meets the rest of the squad where he gets his job as platoon cook. On being asked why he joined the Border Security Force, he says it is to protect his country from any harm. Havaldar Ali says that whoever has made that comment is nothing but a [[hypocrite]]. He tells him that the rebels have massacred many innocent people and are not afraid to kill them as well. Chauhan later acknowledges his codename "Tango Charlie" and learns Havaldar Ali's codename is "Mike Alpha." | The tale revolves around an Indian [[Border Security Force]] trooper named Tarun Chauhan ([[Bobby Deol]]) in the 101st BSF Battalion arriving in [[Manipur]]. The jungle is full of [[Bodo people|Bodo]] rebels. While walking through the jungle searching for his platoon commander, he was caught in a trap and hung upside down. It is later revealed that Havaldar (Sergeant) Mohammad Ali ([[Ajay Devgn]]) set the trap and calls him an "idiot" for falling into it. He meets the rest of the squad where he gets his job as platoon cook. On being asked why he joined the Border Security Force, he says it is to protect his country from any harm. Havaldar Ali says that whoever has made that comment is nothing but a [[hypocrite]]. He tells him that the rebels have massacred many innocent people and are not afraid to kill them as well. Chauhan later acknowledges his codename "Tango Charlie" and learns Havaldar Ali's codename is "Mike Alpha." | ||
One day on a patrol, the platoon accidentally kills one of their own as a set trap by the rebels. The entire platoon goes mad with grief over | One day on a patrol, the platoon accidentally kills one of their own as a set trap by the rebels. The entire platoon goes mad with grief over this mistake. Then another young soldier is kidnapped and has his stomach sliced open and is left as bait. Chauhan finds this shocking and totally unbelievable. Havaldar Ali tells his overly emotional troopers to think that he's dead and focus on killing the rebels. The dying soldier continues to scream in pain. Chauhan tries to stop one of the overly emotional soldiers from giving the wounded soldier [[morphine]]. Another member of the platoon falls into the trap and is shot dead. The screaming soldier then dies. Their platoon is finished. Chauhan and Mike Alpha (Havaldar Ali) take aim and fire. They kill most of the rebels but others, as well as their leader, escape. | ||
At night, Chauhan and Havaldar Ali search for the remaining rebels and kill them off one by one. When the leader tries to escape by boat, both of them swim over and knock them off. They engage in hand-to-hand combat; Mike Alpha slits the throat of the rebels leader with his own machete. Chauhan tries to kill the other rebel but finds out that it's a young boy. He holds a knife to his face. | At night, Chauhan and Havaldar Ali search for the remaining rebels and kill them off one by one. When the leader tries to escape by boat, both of them swim over and knock them off. They engage in hand-to-hand combat; Mike Alpha slits the throat of the rebels leader with his own machete. Chauhan tries to kill the other rebel but finds out that it's a young boy. He holds a knife to his face. | ||
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On their next assignment, he is surprised to know that the platoon will now try to quell the riots taking place in the western province of [[Gujarat]]. Upon arriving at the chaotic scene, the police chief desperately tries to calm the crowd. When he is shot and killed by an extremist, Mike Alpha (Havaldar Mohammed Ali) orders the platoon to open fire. Many innocent people are killed in the volley. Chauhan spots the extremist and tries to shoot him. He accidentally hits a bystander who pops into the way. | On their next assignment, he is surprised to know that the platoon will now try to quell the riots taking place in the western province of [[Gujarat]]. Upon arriving at the chaotic scene, the police chief desperately tries to calm the crowd. When he is shot and killed by an extremist, Mike Alpha (Havaldar Mohammed Ali) orders the platoon to open fire. Many innocent people are killed in the volley. Chauhan spots the extremist and tries to shoot him. He accidentally hits a bystander who pops into the way. | ||
After the chaos, Chauhan goes to the victim's family for forgiveness. Instead of forgiving him, they nearly beat him to death even after he tells them that it was a mistake. Mike Alpha intervenes and tells them that the BSF isn't here to kill innocent people but to stop people from committing acts of violence. While in a military hospital, Havaldar Ali tells his own tragic story in which he was assigned to save the family of a rich landlord from Naxalites in [[West Bengal|Bengal]]. The terrorists were able to kill almost everyone at the landlord's daughter's wedding. Even with all the effort, he and his group miserably failed; the daughter was killed by the terrorists before he finished them off. He claims it was the first time that he listened to his heart and not | After the chaos, Chauhan goes to the victim's family for forgiveness. Instead of forgiving him, they nearly beat him to death even after he tells them that it was a mistake. Mike Alpha intervenes and tells them that the BSF isn't here to kill innocent people but to stop people from committing acts of violence. While in a military hospital, Havaldar Ali tells his own tragic story in which he was assigned to save the family of a rich landlord from Naxalites in [[West Bengal|Bengal]]. The terrorists were able to kill almost everyone at the landlord's daughter's wedding. Even with all the effort, he and his group miserably failed; the daughter was killed by the terrorists before he finished them off. He claims it was the first time that he listened to his heart and not his mind. | ||
Chauhan gets a letter saying that Lachchi Narayan is marrying someone else. He dashes home and realises that it was a trap set by her to see how much he loved her. The next day she steals his diary and reads it. She is shocked by the events Chauhan had witnessed. She apologises and they are soon married. | Chauhan gets a letter saying that Lachchi Narayan is marrying someone else. He dashes home and realises that it was a trap set by her to see how much he loved her. The next day she steals his diary and reads it. She is shocked by the events Chauhan had witnessed. She apologises and they are soon married. | ||
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The [[Kargil War|Kargil conflict]] between India and Pakistan begins again. Mike Alpha's platoon and the battalion move out to [[Kashmir]] where they are assigned to defend a bridge. Mike Alpha gives Chauhan a strict order: Shoot anyone who doesn't say a password after three tries. The platoon also undergoes a drill for this situation daily. | The [[Kargil War|Kargil conflict]] between India and Pakistan begins again. Mike Alpha's platoon and the battalion move out to [[Kashmir]] where they are assigned to defend a bridge. Mike Alpha gives Chauhan a strict order: Shoot anyone who doesn't say a password after three tries. The platoon also undergoes a drill for this situation daily. | ||
One day a high-ranking military officer comes to the bridge; he doesn't know the password ( the password is "Rainfall"). Chauhan shoots one of the guards which enrages the officer who threatens him with a [[court martial]]. The officer tries to kill him, and Mike Alpha intervenes. The officer is a disguised Pakistani soldier. Chauhan takes cover while the Pakistanis kill most of the platoon. Mike Alpha kills a large number of the | One day a high-ranking military officer comes to the bridge; he doesn't know the password ( the password is "Rainfall"). Chauhan shoots one of the guards which enrages the officer who threatens him with a [[court martial]]. The officer tries to kill him, and Mike Alpha intervenes. The officer is a disguised Pakistani soldier. Chauhan takes cover while the Pakistanis kill most of the platoon. Mike Alpha kills a large number of the Pakistani soldiers and is severely wounded before being approached by a real battalion of soldiers who give him the password. Mike Alpha salutes them and then dies of his severe wounds. Chauhan vows revenge. He arms himself to the teeth and stalks the Pakistanis to their base. He wires the place with explosives. The Pakistani leader discovers one of the explosive attachments and tries to stop one of his men. Unfortunately he opens the door and the explosives go off, killing the rest of the Pakistanis. Chauhan then goes into the Pakistani leader's place and shoots him dead before being wounded. He collapses into the snow. | ||
He's rescued by the helicopter pilots featured earlier in the film who take him to a village doctor who treats his wounds. Later the pilots are rewarded for their actions in finding Tango Charlie. His dead friend and mentor Havaldar Ali gets rewarded with the Ashok Chakra for his bravery. | He's rescued by the helicopter pilots featured earlier in the film who take him to a village doctor who treats his wounds. Later the pilots are rewarded for their actions in finding Tango Charlie. His dead friend and mentor Havaldar Ali gets rewarded with the Ashok Chakra for his bravery. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Bobby Deol]] as BSF Soldier Sepoy Tarun Chauhan (Tango Charlie) | |||
* [[Ajay Devgan]] as BSF Soldier Hawaldar Mohammad Ali (Mike Alpha) | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | |||
* [[Sudesh Berry]] as BSF Soldier Bhiku | * [[Sudesh Berry]] as BSF Soldier Bhiku | ||
* [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]] as BSF Soldier Dev Dixit | * [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]] as BSF Soldier Dev Dixit | ||
* [[Rajesh Khera]] as BSF Soldier Constable Sangram Singh | * [[Rajesh Khera]] as BSF Soldier Constable Sangram Singh | ||
* Suresh Ghera as Manipur BSF Officer | * [[Suresh Ghera]] as Manipur BSF Officer | ||
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Squadron Leader Vikram Rathore | * [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Squadron Leader Vikram Rathore | ||
* [[Suniel Shetty]] as Flight Lieutenant Shezad Khan | * [[Suniel Shetty]] as Flight Lieutenant Shezad Khan | ||
* [[Alok Nath]] as Mr. Anand Chauhan Tarun Chauhan's father | |||
* [[Ayesha Jaleel]] as Mrs Chauhan Tarun Chauhan's mother | |||
* [[Alok Nath]] as Mr. Anand Chauhan | |||
* Ayesha Jaleel as Mrs Chauhan | |||
* [[Vivek Shauq]] as Abhay, Tarun's friend | * [[Vivek Shauq]] as Abhay, Tarun's friend | ||
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as Tarun's friend | * [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as Tarun's friend | ||
* [[Tanishaa Mukerji|Tanisha]] as Lachchi Narayan/Lachchi Tarun Chauhan | * [[Tanishaa Mukerji|Tanisha]] as Lachchi Narayan / Lachchi Tarun Chauhan | ||
* [[Tiku Talsania]] as Ram Narayan (Lachchi's father) | * [[Tiku Talsania]] as Ram Narayan (Lachchi's father) | ||
* [[Nandana Sen]] as Shyamoli, the daughter of the Bengali landlord | * [[Nandana Sen]] as Shyamoli, the daughter of the Bengali landlord | ||
* [[Kelly Dorji]] as | * [[Kelly Dorji]] as Bodo people militant leader | ||
* Arun Behll as Bodo militant | * [[Arun Behll]] as Bodo militant | ||
* [[Anjan Srivastav]] as Doctor | * [[Anjan Srivastav]] as Doctor | ||
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Pakistani Army Fidayeen Leader | * [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Pakistani Army Fidayeen Leader | ||
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== Release and reception == | == Release and reception == | ||
=== Critical reception === | === Critical reception === | ||
The film deals with insurgency and extremism in various parts of India, and was described by [[BBC World Service|BBC]]'s Jaspreet Pandohar as "an interesting study of terrorism, violence, and valour".<ref name="autogenerated2" /> ''[[The Hindu]]'' newspaper called the film "a visual treat with a daring theme" and "dares to enter where the Indian media shies away".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|date=2005-04-01|title=Entertainment Chennai / Film Review : "Tango Charlie"|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/04/01/stories/2005040102180200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406102025/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/04/01/stories/2005040102180200.htm|archive-date=6 April 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=1 April | The film deals with insurgency and extremism in various parts of India, and was described by [[BBC World Service|BBC]]'s Jaspreet Pandohar as "an interesting study of terrorism, violence, and valour".<ref name="autogenerated2" /> ''[[The Hindu]]'' newspaper called the film "a visual treat with a daring theme" and "dares to enter where the Indian media shies away".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|date=2005-04-01|title=Entertainment Chennai / Film Review : "Tango Charlie"|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/04/01/stories/2005040102180200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406102025/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/04/01/stories/2005040102180200.htm|archive-date=6 April 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=1 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tango Charlie disappoints|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/mar/25tango.htm|accessdate=25 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bollywood scripts success stories in 2005|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/bollywood-scripts-success-stories-in-2005/article2197683.ece|work=The Hindu Business Line|accessdate=1 April 2022}}</ref> | ||
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