- Prahaar is the story of Major Chauhan, a tough and stern soldier, trained to destroy the enemy. He can see the enemy on our borders but is unaware of the invisible enemy within ourselves. When one of Major's Commandos - Peter D'Souza is killed, he is shown the harsh reality revolving around us, the enemy is within ourselves. The battlefield changes and Major Chavan makes his final attack on the enemy within this crumbling society.—gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com
- Peter Dsouza lives in a small middle class family in Bombay and wants to join the Indian Army.People around him have different views regarding it his father wants him to join his bakery business while his fiance Shirley wants him to get married soon,but his neighbor Kiran tells him to listen to his heart.Peter goes to join the Indian Army.He comes across Major Pratap Chauhan a very strict and disciplinary officer who is a nightmare to his students Peter hates Major Chauhan for his acts and decides to quit the training.Major Chauhan tells Peter that if he quits his training mid way he will be considered as a coward by people around him.Peter then decides to complete his training.During one of his rescue operations Peter looses his legs and has to return back home.Major Chauhan after some days gets Peter's wedding invitation upon reaching his house in Bombay he finds that Peter is dead he finds a shocking truth that he was killed by local goons who were escorting money from local shop keepers Peter fought with them like a solider till his death after none of the locals and Peter's family members testify against the goons due to fear Major Chauhan decides to take matters in his hand.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com
- Peter D'Souza joins the Indian army against the wishes of his family. Peter is trained under strict officer Major Chouhan at a point he decides to leave the army for strict training but later copes up. During a rescue operation, Peter loses his legs and returns home. A few months later Major Chouhan gets invite for his wedding. But upon reaching finds that Peter is dead. He fought like a true soldier until his last breath against injustice happening around him.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com
- This is a story about an idealistic and patriotic army officer, who is shocked to see that the country he has fought for is going to the dogs. He sees politicians and thugs as worse than any outside enemy, because they are eating away at his beloved country. When one of his soldiers (crippled in action), is brutally killed by street thugs, and the police show apathy, he takes it upon himself to curb the situation. however, this is not an action thriller like 'Rambo', etc. This is a mature, thought-provoking examination of society and the individual.—ajmal hussain <ajji@nightmail.com>
- Peter D'Souza lives in a small town in India. He is an idealistic and honest young man, and wants to serve his country by joining the army. He enlists in the Maratha Light Infantry Division, and soon undergoes vigorous training under the hands of Major Chauhan. After the training, Peter and a group of commandos are assigned to combat terrorists who had hijacked a bus full of passengers. The commandos daringly rescue the passengers, however, Peter is gravelly wounded and loses his leg in this tactical assault. He is honorably discharged from the army, and goes home to help his father run a small corner store. Subsequently, Major Chauhan receives an invitation to attend the marriage of Peter with his long-time girlfriend, Shirley, which he decides to accept. Upon arrival in the town, Chauhan finds out that there is to be no marriage as Peter is dead. Chauhan is further shocked to find out that Peter's death was a homicide, as Peter was killed by a enraged gangsters who were unable to extort money from him. Chauhan finds out that the local police are corrupt and unable to tackle the gangster problem. So Chauhan decides to avenge Peter's death, not realizing that he, himself, may not live to tell this tale.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- Peter D'Souza (Gautam Joglekar) wants to join the Indian Army (commando wing). People have various views about it: His father John wants Peter to run their bakery after him, his fiance Shirley (Madhuri Dixit) wants him to marry her while his neighbor Kiran (Dimple Kapadia) tells Peter to follow his heart. Peter leaves for the Army.
Enter Major Pratap Chavhan (Nana Patekar). Chavhan is described as a nightmare for every aspiring cadet, and he proves that the "honor" is well deserved. He has a sordid past: His mother was a Kothewali (a woman who dances and entertains rich people privately to earn money), who was probably sold to one of her customers. That was the last time Pratap saw her.
The unit resents Pratap's attitude, but this same attitude molds them into a formidable unit. In Pratap Chavhan's leadership, cadets get exhausted in commando training. In number of tasks, Peter hates Pratap and decides to leave training. Meanwhile Major Pratap asks Peter about the reasons behind his decision and takes Peter's wallet from his pocket in which he finds Sherly's photograph. As Pratap asks peter about her, Peter replies that she is his fiance. Pratap tells him that if he flees from his training he will be considered as a coward in eyes of the people. This word from the Major changed Peter completely, and as a result, Peter completes the whole training with good performances. In one of the rescue operations, Peter loses his both legs. Peter is honorably awarded and discharged from the Army. He invites Pratap to his marriage ceremony. Pratap agrees, though he is not able to attend the wedding.
Some months later, Pratap goes to Peter's address, expecting to meet him and his bride. Instead, a neighbor tells him casually that Peter is dead. Pratap learns many shocking truths of Peter's area. He learns that Kiran's son is an orphan adopted by her. Kiran's husband died in "mysterious circumstances" just as Peter did. Kiran suffered a miscarriage in that accident. But what blows Pratap's lid off is the information about Peter's death: Kiran tells Pratap that a criminal was extorting money from people. Peter refused to pay and challenged his supremacy. The criminal killed Peter in front of the whole locality, while Peter fought like a soldier till his end. Pratap is even more outraged to find that not a single person, not even Peter's father, is willing to testify against the criminal.
Pratap starts his crusade against the murderer, only to attract the ire of the murderer and the society. When society and police turn out to be of no help, Pratap takes matters in his own hands. To demoralize Pratap, the criminal sends his men to harass Shirley and Kiran. When the men try to outrage the modesty of Kiran, Pratap vents his fury on them. He kills the goons all by himself and avenges Peter's murder by killing his murderer.
But there is something more shocking in store for Pratap. Instead of being thankful to him for getting rid of the criminals, the people beat him up and hand him over to police (mostly due to the fear that violence may increase after the goon's death). A case is filed against Pratap, where he is accused of abusing his powers to break the law.
An outraged Pratap blasts all the people testifying against him and, in a fervent speech, reminds them of all the hardships suffered by their forefathers and security personnel to keep them safe. He blames that people have become to feeble to oppose injustice and, unless this changes, someone like him will have to take law in his hands.
The court accepts his reasoning but sends him to a mental institution, keeping his military designations intact. Kiran meets him with her son, where she sees that Pratap is hopeful of the future. Pratap is seen imagining a naked 6-year-old running with a rifle in his hand. The movie ends with a sequence of Major Chavhan giving army training to hundreds of children.
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