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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 and Tiger Shroff and tells the story of an Indian soldier assigned to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.
Principal photography began in the second week of September 2018 and concluded in March 2019. Initially titled Fighters, the film's title was changed after the release of the official teaser in July 2019. The music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with lyrics written by Kumaar, and released under the banner YRF Music.
War was theatrically released in India in 4DX on 2 October 2019, the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.[4] The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Roshan and Shroff and the action sequence, but criticism for its predictable storyline. War set the record for the highest opening day collection for a Bollywood film in India.[5] With a worldwide gross of over ₹501 crores, it emerged as a commercial success and the highest-grossing Indian film of 2019.
Plot
Somewhere in Delhi, as a scene opens, a mysterious sniper is contacted by an aged secret agent, V.K. Naidu (Mohit Chauhan), to kill a target from a distance. However, the sniper instead shoots Naidu, and escapes, and is thus shown to be rogue former Research and Analysis Wing agent Kabir Luthra (Hrithik Roshan), who is one of the most excellent and top-ranking officers the agency has ever seen.
Shortly after Kabir's boss and RAW joint secretary, Colonel Sunil Luthra (Ashutosh Rana), relays his betrayal to Defence Minister Sherna Patel (Swaroopa Ghosh), she calls for the agency to summon Khalid Rahmani (Tiger Shroff), a RAW agent who was previously mentored by Kabir, and is in complete awe of the former agent. 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, proved himself a traitor both to the nation and 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.
During the conversation between the two that follows a highly crucial and intense mission which turns out to be a success, Kabir complains about Khalid's one-sided aim, to which he responds by citing that his father's treason resulted in him being severely smashed in the other eye by a school bully, which impaired his vision. Kabir, however, reveals that he was indeed testing him, and accepts Khalid after seeing his love and chemistry with his mother Nafeesa (Soni Razdan), inducting him into his special force, which comprises a few fellow agents, namely one Saurabh (Yash Raaj Singh) and hacker Aditi (Anupriya Goenka). Kabir plans his next mission, which is targeted at a criminal mastermind and terrorist-cum-businessman Rizwan Illiyasi (Sanjeev Vasta). The mission nearly succeeds with the team overpowering Illiyasi, but when he proclaims to Kabir that there is a mole in his team who is fully loyal to his terrorist cause, the agents giving Kabir's team company are suddenly shot down by Saurabh, who, it turns out, is the defector, as he was blinded by greed and had accepted Illiyasi's offer of nearly $100 million to betray his country. An enraged Khalid leaves the spot and chases Saurabh, whose act of shooting the guards supporting the agents results in a deadly shootout. Kabir tries his best to stop Khalid, but in vain. On the other hand, Kabir, who nearly succeeds in shooting Illiyasi, is suddenly shot unconscious by Illiyasi's henchmen.
Kabir wakes up to find himself seriously handicapped while he finds Khalid on the bed, having been supposedly recovered unconscious by the army on the shore. Eventually, he turns rogue, and the story shifts back to present day, wherein Khalid struggles to find Kabir but fails, and is nearly taken off the case when another agent is murdered, though he convinces Sunil and Sherna to give him one last chance, and it is at this point, when he finds Kabir briefly and learns about the latter's next target, Dr. Utpal Biswas (Arif Zakaria), that he realizes that Kabir is actually serving the country by killing Illiyasi's associates, Biswas and Naidu being among those responsible, and is on an undercover mission to recover a secret document that Illiyasi badly needs. However, even after this, when he is unable to prevent Biswas from being killed by Kabir, a furious Khalid gives a wild goose chase to Kabir, who escapes again.
Later, it is shown that Kabir has been on a holiday, and frequently gives company to a young girl named Roohi (Dishita Sehgal), which is when he reminisces about Roohi's single mother Naina (Vaani Kapoor), who he had befriended in order to make her a perfect civilian asset. Upon learning of his true identity, Naina was initially hesitant to help him but agreed for her five-year-old daughter's sake. Kabir assured Naina of her safety, to which the latter replied that she has lost all her faith in him. However, during Naina's mission to spy on Illiyasi's fourth associate Firoze Contractor, an initially confident Kabir, who actually had been in touch with Aditi all along, suddenly finds out that among Illiyasi's many contacts was a plastic surgeon, Dr. Mallika Singhal (Dipannita Sharma), who had previously helped Illiyasi with a plastic surgery. Realizing that Firoze is actually a disguised Illiyasi, he rushes to save Naina, but it is too late, as she falls dead from the first floor, being killed by Illiyasi.
Presently, Khalid traces Kabir through Roohi to a Christmas party in a winding, and they have a brief discussion at Kabir's hideout when they are suddenly attacked. Both of them fight off the attackers, and after crossing many hurdles, make it quick to Aditi's wedding in Kerela, whereupon they receive the intensely crucial secret code that Illiyasi needs, which is contained in a drive. However, while Kabir hands over the drive to Khalid and they celebrate on a boat, he is later poisoned by his mentee, when it is eventually revealed that Khalid is actually Saurabh.
A flashback goes again to the chase between Khalid and Saurabh, which actually culminated in Khalid being shot dead by Illiyasi, while Saurabh was taken by Illiyasi to Singhal for having an impromptu plastic surgery being performed on himself to disguise off as Khalid, covering the minor scars on his face using a mask. Later, he asked his men to shoot him dead so he could be recovered by the Indian Army. Saurabh, having shown his real side to Kabir, throws his seemingly lifeless body into a river.
Saurabh returns to his headquarters - a fully-armed weapons ship that houses Illiyasi - and launches an anti-satellite missile to destroy the Indian military satellite monitoring the Indo-Pakistani border that also provides the means of communications to Indian military forces in the area. Kabir parachutes aboard and single-handedly attacks the ship and confronts Saurabh, revealing that he had realized way long ago that the latter was not Khalid, since, on the day he and Kabir were attacked, Kabir saw him take perfect aims, something which Khalid couldn't do because of his vision impairment, and also for his habit of drinking wine, which was not shared by Khalid as a teetotaler. Hence, he put Aditi to spy on him and had acquired an antidote for the poison in his drink. Feeling vengeance against Kabir himself, Saurabh shoots Illiyasi dead in the ensuing commotion and flees with Kabir in pursuit after the missile unexpectedly falls back onto the ship itself and explodes, destroying its root and branch. Kabir gives chase to Saurabh, and after an intense fight in a church, overpowers him. The church's dome collapses on Saurabh, killing him.
The intelligence agency honors Khalid posthumously for his sacrifice, with Nafeesa receiving an award from the President, while Kabir continues on his next undercover mission, still believed to be a deserter, and is at last seen with Roohi for a diving boat experience in the sea.
Cast
- Hrithik Roshan as Major Kabir Luthra
- Tiger Shroff as Captain Khalid Rahmani / Saurabh
- Vaani Kapoor as Naina Havalkar
- Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Sunil Luthra
- Anupriya Goenka as Aditi
- Dipannita Sharma as Dr. Mallika Singhal
- Soni Razdan as Nafeesa Rahmani( Khalid's mother )
- Swaroopa Ghosh as Sherna Patel
- Dishita Sehgal as Roohi( Naina's daughter )
- Sanjeev Vasta as Rizwan Iiyasi
- Yash Raaj Singh as Saurabh
- Arif Zakaria as Dr. Utpal Bisbas
- Mohit Chauhan as V.K Naidu
- Salman Sheriff as Oslav
- Imran Ahmed as Saini
- Shahbaz Akhtar as Vishal
- Shrikant Dwivedi as Derrick
- Jesse Lever as Muthu
- Midhat Ullah Khan as Saeed Addam
- Ravi Awana as Basheer Hassib
Production
Development
On Yash Chopra’s birth anniversary, Yash Raj Films announced a new action film starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff.[6] Hrithik and Tiger shared screen space for the first time in the film directed by Siddharth Anand. It has been thirteen years since Hrithik and YRF teamed up post-Dhoom 2. The film is Tiger’s first YRF film. Vaani Kapoor was finalized to play the lead role.[7][8] Two international action choreographers from Hollywood and Korea were employed to design action sequences.[9]
The last scene of the film was shot actually on the Arctic Circle, becoming the first-ever Indian film to do so. Siddharth the director stated, “We want to push the benchmark of action movies that are made in our country. So, we are bringing two of the biggest action choreographers together to design some of the most outlandish and visually-spectacular sequences. On one hand, we have Andy R Armstrong from Hollywood and on the other, we have Mr. Oh, who is an outstanding martial arts action choreographer from South Korea.”[9]
Filming
Principal photography began in the second week of September 2018.[10] The film also has a dance-off between the two stars.[11] The film schedule was wrapped up at the beginning of March 2019.[12]
Marketing and release
The film was released on 2 October 2019, coinciding with the Gandhi Jayanti.[13] The official 4K teaser of the film was released on 15 July 2019 by Yash Raj Films. It has garnered 54 million views since it was released.[14][15][16][17] The official trailer of the film was released on 27 August 2019 by Yash Raj Films.[18]
Critical response
War received generally positive reviews from critics; on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 71% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10.[20]
Among positive reviews, a writer for Bollywood Hungama gave the film four stars out of five and said "War is an action entertainer which has style as well as enough twists and turns to keep the viewers engrossed. At the box office, the extended weekend, dazzling action, stunning international locales, and stylish execution will ensure mammoth footfalls for the film".[21] Republic World gave the film four and a half stars out of five, writing, "Epic action spectacle, rides on a watertight script, world-class action, fast-paced and thrilling screenplay. Hrithik Roshan's performance is iconic, Tiger Shroff delivers a career-best act. Siddhart's vision and direction are superlative".[22] Taran Adarsh gave it four stars out of five and called the film "[e]scapist cinema at its best".[23] Komal Nahta of Film Information opined, "The film could prove to be the starting of a new franchise for the Yash Raj Films banner".[24] Writing for India TV, Sonal gave the film three and a half stars out of five, writing, "Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff of Abbas Mustan kinda twists, turns, characters, situations, logic, gravity, physics, chemistry, and some Ekta Kapoor-Esque tricks all tossed together to make a visually spectacular concoction".[25]
Among the reviewers who granted the film mixed to negative reviews, The Times of India rated it three stars out of five and felt the film had "lot of styles, stunts, and show, but lacking a solid storyline".[26] India Today rated it two and a half stars out of five and wrote, "War is a crowd-puller, but it isn’t meant to further the cause of cinema".[27] Daily News and Analysis gave three stars out of five and wrote, "War seems more like a Hrithik Roshan and YRF come back than anything else".[28] Writing for The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta granted the film two stars out of five, stating, "The chief trouble with War is that all the space is divvied up between Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff, that the poor baddies don’t really get a chance".[29] Writing for Firstpost, Anna M. M. Vetticad gave two stars out of five, opining that the film "could have been a suspenseful, eyecatching, entertaining ride. But for its politics... [it] is a painfully condescending ode to Muslim loyalty to our vatan, an ode that is particularly cynical and offensive".[30] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film one and a half stars out of five and stated, "Powered by two loose-limbed and resolutely stone-faced male leads, Hrithik and Tiger, War are all style and no substance".[31]
Box office
War opened with a collection of ₹53.35 crores on its first day. It is the highest opening day collection for Bollywood films.[5] On the second day it collected ₹24.35 crores, On the third day, it collected ₹22.45 crore, taking its total collection to ₹100.15 crores.[32] War has already created six new records as the film reaches to 100 crore mark at the box-office.[33] The film entered the 100 crore club in three days of its release.[34] The extended opening weekend collection of the film at ₹166.25 crores is the highest opening weekend collection for any 2019 Bollywood film.[35] The film by crossing ₹200 crores in its opening week has become the fastest Bollywood film of 2019 to achieve the feat.[36]
As of 8 November 2019, with gross of ₹377.27 crores from India and ₹96.33 crores from overseas, the film has grossed ₹473.60 crores worldwide,[3] and has become the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019.[34][37]
Future
After the success of the film, the director Siddharth Anand mentioned that he had an idea to convert the movie into a franchise, depending on the audience's reaction.[38
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