War
War is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films.[4] The film stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff in the lead roles while Vaani Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana, Anupriya Goenka and Soni Razdan play supporting roles. It is the third installment in the YRF Spy Universe. The film was initially titled Fighters before the name was changed to War when the official teaser trailer for the film was released on 15 July 2019. The film follows an Indian soldier assigned to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.[2]
Made on a budget of ₹1.5 billion (US$20 million), War opened worldwide in conventional, 4DX and MX4D cinemas on 2 October 2019 on Gandhi Jayanti 5-day extended weekend.[5] Released simultaneously with its Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions, it received generally positive reviews from critics and audience with praise for Roshan and Shroff’s performances, visual effects, action sequences and songs, although criticism was aimed mostly at writing and lack of originality.[6] It made the record for highest-opening day collection made by a Bollywood film in India with over ₹53.35 crore (US$7.1 million).[7] With a worldwide gross box office collection of over ₹4.75 billion (US$63 million), the film attained a blockbuster status, becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019 and one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.[8]
A mysterious sniper is contacted by an aged secret agent, V. K. Naidu, based in New Delhi to kill a target, Farid Haqqani, from a distance. However, the sniper instead shoots Naidu and escapes. He is revealed to be former RAW agent Kabir Dhaliwal, considered one of the agency’s best who has now gone rogue.
Shortly after, Kabir’s former boss and RAW joint secretary, Colonel Sunil Luthra, relays Kabir’s betrayal to Defence Minister Sherna Patel, who calls for the agency to summon Khalid Rahmani, another RAW agent who was previously mentored by Kabir and is in full awe of the former mentor. Khalid is now assigned to eliminate Kabir and accepts the mission in order to protect the country’s safety and to learn the actual reason why Kabir has gone rogue. A flashback shows Khalid’s introduction to Kabir, who questions Sunil about Khalid’s loyalty to the nation arguing that Khalid’s father was a traitor to both the nation and to Kabir himself when he shot him. Khalid, who regards Kabir as his major inspiration, insists that he will serve his country, no matter what, and regain his family’s honor.
After a successful mission in Tikrit, Iraq, Kabir takes Khalid to account after noticing that he has a blind spot in his right peripheral vision while aiming a weapon and orders him to leave his team for others’ safety. Khalid explains that his father’s reputation led to himself being injured in the right eye by school bullies when he was young and caused him the impairment. Kabir, however, accepts Khalid after seeing the love he expresses for his mother Nafeesa, his country, and seeing how he has proven his worth. Kabir inducts Khalid into his special forces team which consists of fellow field agents Saurabh, Prateek, Muthu and Aditi. Kabir plans his next mission which is targeted at criminal mastermind and terrorist businessman leader, Rizwan Illiyasi. The team capture Illiyasi, but he reveals to Kabir that there is a mole in his team who is fully loyal to his terrorist cause.
