History Series / Fauji

** ItMakesSenseInContext: Peter never informed the army he was married, instead opting to tell them he was single. Therefore, had he perpetuated this lie, Cynthia would have been denied some very cushy benefits afforded to a military dependent. These include free on-base housing allotment, access to subsidized schooling for their children, free healthcare (a big deal in India), free travel on the railways, subsidized groceries, and alcohol rations. Had Peter died in the line of duty, Cynthia would have been eligible for even more benefits as a survivor, including a government "widow pension", guaranteed income from an allotted franchise in a nationalized company, reserved college seat for offspring, and even a reserved government job if she wanted it. By not informing the army, Peter was essentially cheating Cynthia out of all these.

** ItMakesSenseInContext: Peter never informed the army he was married, instead opting to tell them he was single. Therefore, had he perpetuated this lie, Cynthia would have been denied some very cushy benefits afforded to a military dependent. These include free on-base housing allotment, access to subsidized schooling for their children, free healthcare (a big deal in India), free travel on the railways, subsidized groceries, even alcohol rations. Had Peter died in the line of duty, Cynthia would have been eligible for even more benefits as a survivor, including a government "widow pension", guaranteed income from an allotted franchise in a nationalized company, reserved college seat for offspring, even a reserved government job if she wanted it. By not informing the army, Peter was essentially cheating Cynthia out of all this.

* ParentalMarriageVeto: Kishore, the junior enlisted para-commando wants to marry his girlfriend Parvathi the daughter of the base canteen's proprietor Sethji. However, Sethji doesn't want his daughter marrying a "common" soldier. His refusal seems to be based on [[TypeCaste caste and economic class]] rather than Kishore's trustworthiness.

''Fauji'' was a single season 13 episode Hindi language TV show broadcast on the government run Doordarshan network in India in the year 1989. The show was the first ever one that Creator/ShahrukhKhan got a starring role in. Like most prime time Indian TV shows of that era, Fauji was split into half-hour episodes. All episodes can be viewed on Website/YouTube.

The show was about a group of [[EnsignNewbie newly-minted second lieutenants]] going through training to qualify as Para-commando (Special Forces) squad leaders. The show follows a class as they learn the tools of the trade, navigate tough instructors as well as relationships, and in the final 3 episodes, go on an actual commando raid mission. Khan stars as [=2nd Lt=] Abhimanyu Rai, a previously happy go lucky playboy type, who joins the army just so his war hero elder brother Vikram gets off his back about being a YOLO player. Abhi signs up for Commando school, only to find out that Vikram is an instructor there. While going through training, Abhi falls for a young army doctor who has been posted there, while Vikram tries to start a relationship with a journalist. Other trainees have issues to navigate as well, be it the enlisted commando trying to get a money hungry canteen owner's blessing to marry his daughter, or the married (apparently) commando trainee who tries to hide this fact from his superiors.

* BigBrotherMentor: Maj Vikram Rai to 2 Lt Abhimanyu Rai.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Vikram and Kiran. Initially it starts out as [[UptightLovesWild Wild Kiran liking Uptight Vikram]], [[UnrequitedLove one sided though it may be]]. Later on, when Vikram has a bout of post traumatic stress, he opens up to her, and their dynamic turns to this. He is still [[ObliviousToLove unable to gauge that she likes him as more than a friend]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Peter is facing court martial apparently for having a tryst with his wife in the dormitory allocated for Commando School trainees. Normally, such an action should have only warranted a non-judicial slap on the wrist, followed by increased hazing from the DrillSergeantNasty equivalent. A court martial for lying and conduct unbecoming seems excessive. However...

* HospitalHottie: Madhu the doctor assigned to the school.

** Vikram means "brave", while Abhimanyu was a mythological teenaged warrior who found himself trapped behind enemy lines but made a heroic LastStand to save the day for his army.

* PutOnABusToHell: Peter is unceremoniously dropped from the class and is facing a [[CourtMartialed court martial]] for willful misrepresentation and [[ContractualPurity conduct unbecoming an officer]].

''Fauji'' was a single season 13 episode Hindi language TV show broadcast on the government run Doordarshan network in India in the year 1989. The show was the first ever one that Creator/ShahrukhKhan got a starring role in. Like most prime time Indian TV shows of that era, Fauji was split into half hour episodes. All episodes can be viewed on Website/YouTube.

The show was about a group of [[EnsignNewbie newly minted second lieutenants]] going through training to qualify as Para-commando (Special Forces) squad leaders. The show follows a class as they learn the tools of the trade, navigate tough instructors as well as relationships, and in the final 3 episodes, go on an actual commando raid mission. Khan stars as [=2nd Lt=] Abhimanyu Rai, a previously happy go lucky playboy type, who joins the army just so his war hero elder brother Vikram gets off his back about being a YOLO player. Abhi signs up for Commando school, only to find out that Vikram is an instructor there. While going through training, Abhi falls for a young army doctor who has been posted there, while Vikram tries to start a relationship with a journalist. Other trainees have issues to navigate as well, be it the enlisted commando trying to get a money hungry canteen owner's blessing to marry his daughter, or the married (apparently) commando trainee who tries to hide this fact from his superiors.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Peter is facing court martial apparently for having a tryst with his wife in the dormitory allocated for Commando School trainees. Normally such an action should have only warranted a non-judicial slap on the wrist, followed by increased hazing from the DrillSergeantNasty equivalent. A court martial for lying and conduct unbecoming seems excessive. However...
** ItMakesSenseInContext: Peter never informed the army he was married, instead opting to tell them he was single. Therefore, had he perpetuated this lie, Cynthia would have been denied some very cushy benefits afforded to a military dependent. These include free on base housing allotment, access to subsidized schooling for their children, free healthcare (a big deal in India), free travel on the railways, subsidized groceries, even alcohol rations. Had Peter died in the line of duty, Cynthia would have been eligible for even more benefits as a survivor, including a government "widow pension", guaranteed income from an allotted franchise in a nationalized company, reserved college seat for offspring, even a reserved government job if she wanted it. By not informing the army, Peter was essentially cheating Cynthia out of all this.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Major Rai slightly averts this trope, being more like a SergeantRock and AFatherToHisMen. Major Narayanan however plays this straight.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Peter invites his wife Cynthia to spend the night with him, knowing full well that it was against regulations. He then tries to guilt trip his roommate Dev to cover for him. When his roommate tells on him, he still doesn't take responsibility, instead trying to pick a fight with Dev.

* MeaningfulName: Vikram means "brave", while Abhimanyu was a mythological teenaged warrior who found himself trapped behind enemy lines but made a heroic LastStand to save the day for his army.

* PutOnABusToHell: Peter is unceremoniously dropped from the class and is facing [[CourtMartialed court martial]] for willful misrepresentation and [[ContractualPurity conduct unbecoming an officer]].

The show was about a group of [[EnsignNewbie newly minted second lieutenants]] going through training to qualify as Para-commando (Special Forces) squad leaders. The show follows a class as they learn the tools of the trade, navigate tough instructors as well as relationships, and in the final 3 episodes, go on an actual commando raid mission. Khan stars as [=2nd Lt=] Abhimanyu Rai, a previously happy go lucky playboy type, who joins the army just so his war hero elder brother Vikram gets off his back about being a YOLO player. Abhi signs up for Commando school, only to find out that Vikram is an instructor there. While going through training, Abhi falls for a young army doctor who has been posted there, while Vikram tries to start a relationship with a journalist. Other trainees have issues to navigate as well, be it the enlisted commando trying to get a money hungry canteen iwner's blessing to marry his daughter, or the married (apparently) commando trainee who tries to hide this fact from his superiors.

''Fauji'' was a single season 13 episode Hindi language TV show broadcast on the government run Doordarshan network in India in the year 1989. The show was the first ever one that Creator/ShahrukhKhan got a starring role in. Like most prime time Indian TV shows of that era, Fauji was split into half hour episodes. All episodes can be viewed on YouTube.

Fauji was a single season 13 episode Hindi language TV show broadcast on the government run Doordarshan network in India in the year 1989. The show was the first ever one that Creator/ShahrukhKhan got a starring role in. Like most prime time Indian TV shows of that era, Fauji was split into half hour episodes. All episodes can be viewed on YouTube.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Nobody would send a bunch of [[EnsignNewbie greenhorn 2nd looeys]] just out of Commando School on an important mission by themselves. Usually, these officers would have to learn the ropes from a captain in command of a platoon.
** Averted however with the training program itself. Commando School is actually for officers only, with enlisted men expected to learn from senior SergeantRock Havildars in the unit. Therefore, the drill sergeants are officers.
* BigBrotherMentor: Maj Vikram Rai to 2 Lt Abhimanyu Rai
* BerserkButton: Do not ask Major Narayanan any questions while he is instructing the class. [[TemptingFate Just ... Don't!!]]

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Vikram and Kiran. Initially it starts out as [[UptightLovesWild Wild Kiran liking Uptight Vikram]] [[UnrequitedLove one sided though it may be]]. Later on, when Vikram has a bout of post traumatic stress, he opens up to her, and their dynamic turns to this. He is still [[ObliviousToLove unable to gauge that she likes him as more than a friend]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Peter is facing court martial apparently for having a tryst with his wife in the dormitory allocated for Commando School trainees. Normally such an action should have only warranted a non judicial slap on the wrist, followed by increased hazing from the DrillSergeantNasty equivalent. A court martial for lying and conduct unbecoming seems excessive. However ...

* TheEngineer: Vikram was a Sapper before becoming a commando. He earned the Mahavir Chakra india's second highest award for valor in combat [[spoiler: for neutralizing enemy demolition charges on a strategically important bridge while under fire, but had to watch a Havildar sacrifice himself so Vikram could be safely Medevac'd.]]

* VerbalTic: Varuneshwar "I say chaps/buddy"
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Varun.

* HotScoop: Kiran

* StalkerWithACrush: Creator/ShahrukhKhan's character Abhimanyu Rai gives off a very stalkerish vibe while pursuing Madhu. He harangues her at her clinic, pesters her, even making an empty suicide threat to get her to go to a dance, even attempts to malinger his way out of training to go see her. [[UnfortunateImplications She finally gives in to his advances.]]
** Such behavior was unfortunately FairForItsDay, in male dominated organizations. Doubly so in the army, which was as male dominated as it gets.

Tropes encountered in this show are

* GenderBenderName: In India the name Kiran can be used for both genders.

* HeroicSacrifice: Yaseen Khan. Also [[spoiler: Havildar Kalyan Singh in a previous battle]]

* ShellShockedVeteran / SurvivorGuilt/ UsefulNotes/{{Trigger}}: [[spoiler: Vikram Rai is triggered while instructing the class on bridge demolition. He flashes back to an earlier mission where he got shot while neutralizing charges on a bridge's abutment. The Havildar escorting him sacrificed his own life to pull an injured Vikram to safety. Not even apologizing to the Havildar's parents seems to have helped.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Varun

* TheGeneralsDaughter: Kiran

* VerbalTic: Varuneshwar "I say chaps/buddy"

* BeserkButton: Do not ask Major Narayanan any questions while he is instructing the class. [[TemptingFate Just ... Don't!!]]
** Mentioning Peter becomes one for Dev.

* HeroicSacrifice: Yaseen Khan.

* ShellShockedVeteran / SurvivorGuilt/ UsefulNotes/{{Trigger}}: [[spoiler: Vikram Rai is triggered while instructing the class on bridge demolition. He flashes back to an earlier mission where he got shot while setting charges on a bridge's abutment. The Subedar escorting him sacrificed his own life to pull an injured Vikram to safety. Not even apologizing to the Subedar's parents seems to have helped.]]

* ShellShockedVeteran/SurvivorGuilt/{{Trigger}}: [[spoiler: Vikram Rai]]

At the end, the group are assigned to lead a commando raid on an enemy forward base. Will they succeed? Who will return and who won't make it back?

Fauji was a single season 13 episode Hindi language TV show broadcast on the government run Doordarshan network in India in the year 1989. The show was the first ever one that Creator/ShahrukhKhan got a starring role in. Like most prime time Indian TV shows of that era, Fauji was split into half hour episodes. All episodes can be viewed on YouTube.