Aran

Starring Jeeva, Mohanlal, Gopika, Delhi Ganesh and others, the movie is about the war in Kashmir and terrorism experienced at the border.
Sandhya is the widow of hawaldaar Jaikumar. She is being taken to the soldier's grave to pay her respects to her husband with her new born son. Here the movie is panned to flashback.
Jaikumar is a sincere, patriotic soldier in the Indian army. He is the 'buddy' of Major Madhavan. Together, they have accomplished much in all their operations. They are part of a tight knit unit that takes care of top secret operations related to Kashmir's security. The latest being Hasrathbal - a religious site, mosque, for Muslims in Kashmir state.
The movie explains how the suicide bombers, terrorists and infiltrators in Kashmir are obtained. A fanatic visits the prison in Afghanistan and rescues prisoners who are about to be executed; uses these people to carry out his operations. Prior to taking his men, he sends other people to get information about the location of Hasrathbal and how it can be destroyed.
There are a series of other acts of terrorism that happen along the way, killing of children in a bomb in the bus, capturing of its planter, killing of an informer, etc.
Finally, the terrorists capture the house that would be the location of the missile to destroy Hasrathbal. They commit many atrocities to the family members. Because one of the guys ends up shooting, hearing the noise the army vehicle reaches the home and firing happens on both ends. In a fight, Jaikumar is killed. Finally, the terrorists are captured and Hasrathbal is saved.
The movie pans back to the present, where Major Madhavan salutes Sandhya and gives Jaikumar's medal to his new born son. Just after the meeting, the soldiers move on to their next mission.
The scenes where Jaikumar was in his village, just before his marriage and his romantic scenes with Sandhya was really cute and well picturised. It is really sad how the family breaks down with a soldier in the family. As much as they are patriotic, there is a need to be together.
Similarly, the past of Major Madhavan, his loss of family and how he reminisces about his family, when he looks at Jaikumar, is touching. He considers the unit of soldiers his own family and he does all he can to protect them and is truly sorry when one of them leaves. The scene when he kisses Jaikumar's corpse is saddening.
One almost hates the evil villain who is there for apparently, no just cause of Kashmir, by hurting everyone - Muslim or Hindu. He becomes just a fanatic who likes bloodshed and craziness. At the same time, I was a little sorry of the actor, who was almost constantly portrayed as a crazy fanatic from varying Indian enemies.
The scenes when the terrorists were camped in the Muslim family and the killing and raping that they did, was too horrible to watch. Poor people - so many slain and destroyed for one man's or two men's craziness and they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. And why their acquaintance brought unknown strangers home?
I was terrible annoyed by the human rights woman, or whomsoever she was. Really stupid questions and why was she asking if a kid could be arrested? No one had written any information about the kid being arrested and it was mere questioning to find where the bomb planters had some from. And I didn't understand why the soldiers were even answering and why their answers seemed quite parallel to what she was accusing them of.
On the whole, a good movie to watch. The friendship between Jai and Major was very sweet and warm to watch.