'State Of Siege Temple Attack’: Half-Forgotten Slice Of History
The film shows off plenty of intelligence and efficiency, but not enough depth of character, and the main players seem to be left to be fleshed out by the respective actors alone.
Arnab Banerjee 10 July 2021, Last Updated at 8:28 am Instagram outlookindia.com 2021-07-10T08:28:16+05:30
Starring Akshaye Khanna, Gautam Rode, Manjari Phadnis
Director Ken Ghosh
Rating **
There’s something about films on terrorism that never fail to excite both filmmakers and actors. With the current obsession of The Powers That Be to highlight some of the heroic deeds of the armed forces against – you guessed it right- the Muslims, there seems to be no dearth of subjects to delve into. State of Siege Temple Attack is yet one of the many subjects that is most likely to find an instantaneous appeal. With kohl-eyed Islamist terrorists and a palpable power struggle at the helm between commandos and 4 extremists, the 110-minute film straightaway gets into action right from the opening scene itself. And thereafter, it’s action all the way!