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. It stars Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff and Vaani Kapoor, the film follows an Indian soldier assigned to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue. Principal photography for the film began in the second week of September 2018 and concluded in March 2019. Initially titled Fighters, the title was changed after the release of the official teaser in July 2019. It's music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with lyrics written by Kumaar, and released under the banner Yash Raj Films. War is the third installment of the YRF Spy Universe with the first being Ek Tha Tiger and the second being Tiger Zinda Hai.

Made on a budget of ₹150 crore (US$21 million), War was released worldwide in conventional, 4DX and MX4D cinemas on 2 October 2019, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. Released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages, the film mostly received positive reviews from critics, with praise from Hrithik and Tiger's performances, visual effects and action sequences, including the blockbuster song "Jai Jai Shivshankar" which saw both of these biggest action entertainers of the Indian cinema come together on the dance floor for the first time. Criticism was mostly aimed at the writing of the film. War set the record for the highest-opening day collection made by a Bollywood film in India. With a worldwide gross of over ₹475.5 crore (US$67 million), the film emerged as a huge box office success, becoming the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019 and one of the highest-grossing Indian action films of all time.

 

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A mysterious sniper is contacted by an aged secret agent, V.K. Naidu, based in 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 complete awe of the former mentor. A flashback shows Khalid's introduction to Kabir, who questions Sunil about Khalid's loyalty to the nation, arguing that Khalid's late father, Abdul Rahmani, was a traitor to both the nation and to Kabir himself when he shot him. However, in full awe of Kabir, who he regards as a major inspiration, Khalid insists that he will serve his country, no matter what, and regain his family's honour.

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, to which Khalid explains that his father's reputation resulted in him as a child being injured in the right eye by school bullies which impaired his vision. Kabir, however, eventually accepts Khalid after seeing the love and affection he expresses for his mother Nafeesa, his country and for seeing how he has proven his worth. Kabir now 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 Rizwan Illiyasi. The team captures Illiyasi, but he reveals to Kabir that there is a mole in his team who is fully loyal to his terrorist cause. Killing Prateek and Muthu, Saurabh reveals himself as the mole; blinded by greed, he had accepted Illiyasi's offer of nearly $100 million to betray his country. An enraged Khalid chases after Saurabh, leaving Kabir to deal with Illiyasi alone. Kabir, who nearly succeeds in recapturing Illiyasi, is shot unconscious by Illiyasi's men. He wakes up in hospital a week later to find a severely injured Khalid, also recovering, who tells Kabir that he has killed Saurabh.

In the present, Khalid struggles to find Kabir but fails. He is nearly taken off the mission when an army officer Lt. Col. Jimmy Shroff is murdered by Kabir, though he convinces Sunil and Sherna to give him one more chance. He manages to find Kabir and learns his next target is Dr. Utpal Biswas. Kabir is seen doting on a young girl named Ruhi Verma. He remembers about Ruhi's single mother Naina Verma, who he had started a relationship with in order to make her a perfect civilian asset. Upon learning of his true identity, Naina becomes mistrustful and hesitant to help Kabir but agrees to continue helping him for her daughter's sake. Naina is sent to spy on Illiyasi's associate Firoze Contractor. However, Kabir, who has been in touch with Aditi, learns from her that among Illiyasi's many contacts is a plastic surgeon, Dr. Mallika Singhal. Realizing that Contractor is actually Illiyasi, Kabir rushes to Naina's aid but is too late to save her life.

In the present, Khalid is unable to prevent Biswas from being killed by Kabir. Infuriated, he gives chase to Kabir who escapes again. After Khalid tries to convince Sunil to give him one final chance, he is fired.

Khalid traces Kabir through Ruhi and realizes that Kabir is actually targeting associates of Illiyasi, referred to as "Rook" (Naidu), "Knight" (Shroff), "Bishop" (Biswas) and an unknown "Pawn" and is on an undercover mission to recover a drive with a secret code that Illiyasi needs. In Kabir's hideout, both of them are attacked. They fight off the attackers and make it to Aditi's wedding in Kerala, whereupon they recover the drive with the secret code that Illiyasi needs. However, after Kabir hands over the drive to him, Khalid poisons him with TTX while sharing a drink with Kabir on his boat. A flashback to the chase between Khalid and Saurabh reveals Khalid being shot dead by Illiyasi, following which Saurabh undergoes plastic surgery to disguise himself as Khalid, just like how Illiyasi had transformed into Contractor. On the boat, Saurabh reveals himself as the "Pawn", as he throws the poisoned and helpless Kabir into the river.

Saurabh returns to Illiyasi, who bases himself on a heavily armed icebreaker ship. Illiyasi enters the code, containing the coordinates for an Indian military satellite monitoring the Indo-Pakistani border that supports communications for Indian military forces in remote areas. He launches an anti-satellite missile to destroy the satellite. Kabir, who was assumed dead by Saurabh, parachutes aboard, single-handedly assaults the ship and eliminates Illiyasi's army. He confronts Saurabh, revealing that he had known that the latter was not Khalid, having seen him aim and shoot in a way which Khalid couldn't do due to his impaired vision, and also for his choice to drink alcohol, which Khalid avoided due to religious beliefs. Hence, he put Aditi to spy on him and had also acquired an antidote for the poison in his drink. In addition, he had handed Saurabh the wrong coordinates, which turns the missile around in the air and back towards the ship. Deciding Illiyasi has become helpless, Saurabh shoots him dead in the confrontation and escapes. As the ship explodes from the returned missile, Kabir gives chase to Saurabh and overpowers him. After an intense and bloody fight in a derelict church, the church's dome collapses on Saurabh, crushing his face and killing him.

The intelligence agency honours Khalid posthumously for his sacrifice as he laid down his life in order to save his nation and team with Nafeesa receiving an award from the Prime Minister. Kabir, who is still believed by the agency to be a traitor, spends time with Ruhi, and continues with his next undercover mission after a brief conversation with Sunil.

 

Cast

·         Hrithik Roshan as Major Kabir Dhaliwal

·         Tiger Shroff as Captain Khalid Rahmani/Saurabh

·         Vaani Kapoor as Naina Verma

·         Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Sunil Luthra

·         Anupriya Goenka as Aditi Nahta

·         Dipannita Sharma as Dr. Mallika Singhal

·         Soni Razdan as Mrs. Nafeesa Rahmani, Khalid's mother

·         Arif Zakaria as Dr. Utpal Biswas

·         Mohit Chauhan as Vijay Kumar (V.K.) Naidu

·         Swaroopa Ghosh as Sherna Patel, Defence Minister

·         Dishita Sehgal as Roohi Verma, Naina's daughter

·         Sanjeev Vasta as Rizwan Iliyasi

·         Mashhoor Amrohi as Firoze Contractor

·         Yash Raaj Singh as Saurabh

·         Salmin Sheriff as Oslav

·         Imran Ahemed as Saini

·         Shahbaz Akhtar as Vishal

·         Amit Gaur as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Shroff

·         Shrikant Dwivedi as Derrick

·         Jessey Lever as Muthu

·         Midhat Ullah Khan as Saeed Addam

·         Ravi Awana as Basheer Hassib

·         Abuzar Behzad as RAJ

·         Bilal Hossein as Prateik