Vijeta  (DVD Hindi)

Vijeta (The Victor) is the coming of age story of Angad (Kunal Kapoor). Confused like any other teenager trying to find himself and caught in between the marital problems of his mother Neelima (Rekha) and father Nihal (Shashi Kapoor). It is time for him to decide what he wants to do with his life. To select a profession and be someone, Angad chooses to become a fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force. What follows is his struggle to become a victor both with his self and the outer world. The film is notable for some rarely seen aerial photography of combat aircraft active with the IAF in 1980s. The central character of Angad himself is a MiG-21 pilot and is shown flying the aircraft in ground attack role in 1971 war. Much of the movie including the climax involving MiG-21 Bis' was shot at Pune and No.4 Squadron, IAF (the 'Orioles') provided the pilots and planes for the film shooting. The movie included good color footage of the Oorials aircraft in flight and in operations.