Bhuj : The Pride Of India follows the story of a group of villagers assembling to build a airbase runway in Bhuj during the 1971 war against Pakistan. The story ought to have been inspiring. However, the focus is not on this event at all. It is mostly the other officers that get unneccesary footage whereas surely the focus should have been on this single event which sadly appears as a fleeting one after 50 odd mins into the film. But I had hopes from the screenplay and had almost taken as a given that I will be filled with pride. But the screenplay is a hot mess. It is all over the place. There is no clarity or thought in it whatsoever. I am actually surprised that such a shoddy screenplay was approved in the first place by big production houses. Surely you cannot just have a theme of patrotism and cash in on it! And is there even a patriotic movie without making Pakistan a overwhelming villIain? I don’t mind that as it would be from an Indian perspective which is extremely fair and there are movies like Uri, The Ghazi Attack or even Raazi that I have enjoyed. But this one here was ridiculous with all Pakistani characters referring to their senior as ‘Janaab’. It is outdated and nobody and literally nobody who talks like that. And what is worse is their characterisation is mostly a cardboard cutout that just doesn’t do justice to the subject. I am infact extremely angry while penning this review because this is one lost opportunity. The screenplay is just a mixed bag of scenes that don’t make sense at all, it was at one point I was wondering who is bombing whom, yes it was that bad! The end does not give you any redemption that is if you last the distance. For me, it was a disconnect from scene number one! A complete disaster!