TY - BOOK AU - Nihalani, Govind AU - Kapoor, Shashi AU - Rekha AU - Kapoor, Kunal AU - Pathak,Supriya AU - Puri, Amrish AU - PUri, Om AU - Deshpande, Arvind AU - Deshpande, Sulabha AU - Mukherjee, Khokha TI - Vijeta: directed by Govind Nihalani U1 - 891.433 22 PY - 1982/// CY - New Delhi PB - Eagle Home Entertainment KW - Confused teenager, Marital problems, family drama, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indian air force, MiG-21 – Indian air force N1 - Vijeta is a 1982 Indian coming-of-age hindi film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Govind Nihalani. Angad is a confused teenager trying to find himself and is caught in between the marital problems of his Maharashtrian mother Neelima and Punjabi father Nihal , it is time for him to decide what he wants to do with his life. 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. Angad is attracted to Anna Varghese (Supriya Pathak), who is the daughter of his flying instructor Group Captain Varghese (Amrish Puri) a Malayali Syrian Christian. Angad must learn to adapt to flying, leaving his mom and dad for long periods of time, as well as try and woo Anna who helps him overcome his fears and realize his potential as a fighter pilot. Nihal is a clean-shaven Sikh, Neelima is a Hindu, Angad is a Sikh and Anna a Christian, while Angad's fellow officers represent all religions. The film is notable for some rarely seen aerial photography of combat aircraft active with the IAF in the 1980s. The central character of Angad is a MiG-21 pilot and is shown flying the aircraft in the ground attack role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Much of the movie, including the climax involving a MiG-21bis, was shot at Pune. UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdP9FOXQ-yQ ER -