Angad Bedi, as Gunjan Saxenas brother, delivers an admirable performance.

The film is first about Gunjan Saxenas journey, and then about her contribution to the Kargil War.

Cast: Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi Jai Hind, Officer Saxena, says Major Anshuman (Angad Bedi) to his sister, IAF officer Gunjan Saxena (Janhvi Kapoor) in the climax of the film Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl.

In just four words, Major Anshuman summarises the epic journey that we, as viewers, embarked upon two hours ago.

Inspired by the true story of the first woman IAF officer flying into a warzone, the film makes it clear at the start - through a disclaimer - that the IAF supports equality in the skies.

Presently, there are 1,625 women officers in the Indian Air Force.

In the very first scene, the film takes us to the Kargil War of 1999 and a few moments later, Janhvi Kapoor, as Gunjan Saxena, sprints towards her chopper to carry out a mission.

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl has been named as cleverly as it has been written.

The makers have made their intent clear in the name itself, that the film is first about Gunjan Saxenas journey, and then about her contribution to the Kargil War.

We all know about Gunjan Saxenas valuable contribution to the war, which made her the first woman Shaurya Chakra-awardee.

But director Sharan Sharmas film focuses on an entirely different battle that she had to fight with the society before getting a chance to serve her country.

Barely 4 minutes into the film, the narrative moves to the past and we are taken to 1984, where a young Gunjan is on a plane with her brother.

It is here that she sees a cockpit for the first time, which leaves her awestruck.

Excited, she tells her brother about her decision who replies with a joke and says Girls dont become pilots, which is the general attitude of the society.

Enter Colonel Ashok Kumar Saxena (Pankaj Tripathi), Gunjan Saxenas father, the one person who believes in her more than anybody in the world.

And continues to do so until he makes sure his little girl is up in the air.

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In one of the scenes of the film, when Gunjan, frustrated and tired, ponders over the possibility of leaving her career and settling down, her father says, The solution isnt to shut yourself in a cage, but to break free and fly.

She has been selected but has a long way to go before she is accepted as a part of the unit.

The blatant sexism she faces at the workplace knocks her down at first but Gunjan fights back.

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Either by creating a changing room for herself when there isnt one or by raising her voice in a room full of men, telling them that respecting her will not harm their ego.

The tears of joy in her eyes when she gets selected for the Indian Air Force feel as real as the tears in her eyes when she faces her first rejection.

The sequences in which she showed her anger, though, had room for improvement.

Pankaj Tripathi is simply endearing as the calm and supportive father who never differentiates between his son and his daughter.

His presence is a delight on the screen and you cannot help but laugh some times and cry the other.

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