There are some films you simply cannot watch with the usual reviewer's lens. '120 Bahadur' falls squarely into that category. You walk in knowing this is a story of men who fought a battle in conditions most of us wouldn’t survive for five minutes. You walk in already knowing that no matter what you watch on screen, it will never come close to what transpired at Rezang La in 1962. You walk in wanting to be moved, inspired, punched in the gut -- all of it. But here’s the thing: even with all this context and emotional cushioning, the film still leaves you thinking this could have been more. Or it could have been just a short film or a documentary to bring alive the story that deserves to be told.

The biggest curveball in this earnest tribute, ironically, is Farhan Akhtar. Yes, the same man

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