Uri: The Surgical Strike is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language military action film.

[6][7][8][9] It
is the directorial debut of Aditya Dhar who also wrote the film. It features Vicky Kaushal,
Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina and Yami Gautam in lead roles.

The film is a dramatised account of the

Uri: The Surgical Strike
retaliation to the 2016 Uri attack. It follows
Major Vihaan Singh Shergill of the Indian
Army, who plays a leading role in the
events.[10][11]

Uri was theatrically released on 11 January

2019,[12] and grossed over ₹342 crore
(US$53 millions) worldwide.[4][5] Based on
domestic net collection the film is among top
ten in the list of Hindi films with highest
domestic net collection. It won four National
Film Awards, including Best Direction (Dhar)
and Best Actor (Kaushal).[13]

Theatrical release poster

Plot
Directed by Aditya Dhar
The film is divided into five chapters.
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala

Screenplay by Aditya Dhar

The Seven Sisters
Starring Vicky Kaushal
The first chapter opens up with an ambush Yami Gautam
in June 2015 on the convoy of the Indian Paresh Rawal
Army troops in Chandel, Manipur by Mohit Raina
NSCN(K) militants. In retaliation, Major Kirti Kulhari

Vihaan Singh Shergill (Vicky Kaushal), a Para

Music by Shashwat Sachdev
SF officer and his unit including his brother-
Cinematography Mitesh

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 in-law Major Karan Kashyap (Mohit Raina) Mirchandani

infiltrate and attack the Northeastern

Edited by Shivkumar V.
militants and also kill its key leader Panicker
responsible for the ambush. After a
Production RSVP Movies
successful strike the Prime Minister of India company
(Rajit Kapur) congratulates him and the
Distributed by RSVP Movies
whole unit at a formal dinner. Vihaan
requests an early retirement as he wants to Release date 11 January 2019[1]
be close with his mother who is suffering
Running time 138 minutes[2]
from Stage VI Alzheimer's on which the
Prime Minister offers him to a desk job at Country India
New Delhi near his mother instead of
Language Hindi
retirement to which he agrees.[14]
Budget ₹25 crore[3]

An Unsettling Peace Box office est. ₹342.06

crore[4][5]
The second chapter shows Vihaan taking a
desk job at the Integrated Defence Staff HQ
in New Delhi and him spending time with his family. This segment also shows a brief
description of the Pathankot attack. A nurse named Jasmine D'Almeida (Yami Gautam) is
assigned to take care of Vihaan's mother. Vihaan meets an Indian Air Force pilot named
Flight Lieutenant Seerat Kaur (Kirti Kulhari) who is trying to prove her patriotism to her
deceased husband who was an army officer who died in an ambush. One fine day his
mother goes missing. He searches for her and he blames Jasmine for ignorance and tells
Jasmine that there is no need for her security. Vihaan's mother is found under a bridge
and Jasmine reveals herself as an intelligence agent. The film reveals a note of why the
families of the special forces soldiers were given security due to the threat from the
North-eastern terrorists.

Bleed India with a Thousand Cuts

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 On 19 September 2016, four heavily armed militants attack the brigade headquarters at
Uri, Jammu and Kashmir at dawn, killing 19 soldiers in their sleep. The terrorists are killed
but Karan dies in grenade explosion due to accidentally pulling the pin which was
attached to the terrorist's rifle which he picked up to examine . The whole family
becomes devastated including Vihaan. The Ministry decides to take strict action against
the perpetrators of the attack. National Security Advisor Govind Bharadwaj (Paresh
Rawal) suggests the idea of a surgical strike. The Prime Minister gives it a go and gives
ten days for the strike. Vihaan leaves his desk job and leaves for Northern Command
base Udhampur. He requests Chief of the Army Staff General Arjun Singh Rajawat
(Shishir Sharma) to count him in the operation to which he agrees. Vihaan chooses the
elite Ghatak Force commandos from the Bihar Regiment and the Dogra Regiment along
with the special forces as most of the soldiers killed in the attack were from these
regiments. Vihaan informs them that they are no longer able to use their phones, and
disguises the mission as regular training exercises. The commandos begin their
training.[14][15][16][17][18]

Naya Hindustan (New India)

During the planning, Govind ropes in ISRO (for providing satellite images), DRDO (for
drone surveillance) and RAW (for intelligence). When he goes to meet the DRDO Chief
Brian D'souza (Ivan Rodrigues), he chances to meet an intern named Ishaan who has
developed a drone called Garuda which looks and is shaped like an Eagle.[19] With the
help of the drones and satellite images they are able to get the exact location of the
hideouts and training camps of the terrorists. Jasmine reveals her true name as Pallavi
Sharma to Vihaan. During an interrogation, Vihaan and Pallavi are able to get the
information about the handlers of the attack. He chooses Seerat to be his pilot, who
agrees wholeheartedly. Govind also suggests to intensify the artillery shelling at the
border for distraction and also to paint their assault helicopters with Pakistani Air Force
markings. The commandos also start training under Vihaan. The Pakistani officials
suspect the Indian activities but dismiss it due to underestimation.

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 The Surgical Strike

On the night of 28 September, the commandos leave for the strike in Pakistan
Administered Kashmir (POK) in Mi-17 helicopters. During the mission Vihaan's helicopter
is forced not to cross the Line of Control due to latest intelligence from spies in Pakistan
that the Pakistani Army has deployed an "AWAC" Early Warning Radar based Surface to
Air Missile system to bring their helicopter down. He and his team improvise by going on
foot through a cave (which was very risky due to darkness and the unknown presence of
other terrorists). His team successfully infiltrate and kill all the terrorists on the two
launchpads. Similarly, other commando teams also manage to kill all of the terrorists.
Vihaan kills Idris and Jabbar, who are the perpetrators of the Uri attack. The local police
are alerted and the commandos who are low on ammunition and time escape. On their
way back, they are heavily rained down upon by gunfire from both a nearby machine gun
bunker and a Pakistani Air Force Mi-17 Helicopter which was scrambled to intercept
Vihaan's team. Flight Lieutenant Seerat comes to their rescue by firing back both at the
Pakistani gunship thus driving it away and eliminating the machine gun bunker. His team
successfully crosses LoC on the Indian side with no casualties. The rest of the assigned
teams are also successful and are back with no casualties. Vihaan lands at Hindon Air
Force Station at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The film ends with him, Pallavi, Govind and
the commandos happily having a formal dinner with the Prime Minister.

In a post-credits scene, Zameer, a Pakistani minister wakes up to the frustrating news of

India's successful surgical strike and the scene cuts to a white title card reading "Jai
Hind" (Victory to India).

Cast

Vicky Kaushal as Major Vihaan Singh Shergill (Para SF team leader)

Paresh Rawal as National Security Advisor Govind Bhardwaj (character based on Ajit
Doval)

Yami Gautam as Pallavi Sharma / Jasmine D'Almeida, an undercover intelligence agent

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 Mohit Raina as Major Karan Kashyap (Para SF sniper)

Kirti Kulhari as Flight Lieutenant Seerat Kaur (IAF officer)

Rajit Kapur as Prime Minister of India (character based on Narendra Modi)

Ivan Rodrigues as Brian D'Souza (DRDO chief)

Yogesh Soman as Defence Minister of India Ravinder Agnihotri (character based on

Manohar Parrikar)

Manasi Parekh Gohil as Neha Shergill Kashyap

Swaroop Sampat as Suhasini Shergill

Shishir Sharma as COAS General Arjun Singh Rajawat (character based on General
Dalbir Singh Suhag)

Satyajit Sharma as Lt. General Ajay Garewal

Riva Arora as Suhani Kashyap

Dhairya Karwa as Captain Sartaj Singh Chandhok (SF officer)

Padam Bhola as Vikram Dabas (SF commando)

Anurag Mishra as K. S. Venkatesh (SF commando)

Navtej Hundal as Home Minister of India (character Based on Rajnath Singh)

Kamal Malik as Interior Minister of Pakistan

Sukhwinder Chahal as Pakistani Police officer of POK

Akashdeep Arora as Ishaan (DRDO intern, "Garuda" drone operator)

Rukhsar Rehman as Asma

Ujjwal Chopra as Asma's husband

Abrar Zahoor as Idris Khan

Rakesh Bedi as Senior Pakistani ISI officer

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 Nishant Singh as Rahil Hussain

Ajit Shidhaye as Zubair Ahmad, Pakistani officer

Aamir Yaseen as Faheem Khan

Adarsh Gautam as Major Lateef

Anil George as Zameer, Pakistani minister

Kamaljeet Rana as Uri militant

Production

Uri was announced by producer Ronnie Screwvala one year after the surgical strike in
September 2017. The film was to be directed by debutant Aditya Dhar. He said that the
film is "the story of what was imagined to have happened in those eleven days."[20] The
principal photography began in June 2018 and was finished in September.[21][22] Kaushal
went through extensive military training for five months and gained weight. He trained
for five hours a day and three to four hours of military training to enhance the stamina.
He also received gun training at the naval base in Cuffe Parade in Mumbai.[23] He called
it "physically the most challenging film for me".[24] He injured his arm while filming an
action sequence in it.[25]

Kaushal and the supporting cast trained at Mumbaiʼs Navy Nagar with Captains and
Majors teaching them slithering, using arms and ammunitions and other drills used by
the armed forces.[26] Uri was largely shot in Serbia and was wrapped up in Mumbai.[24]
The Indo-Pak border, the LOC and other areas resembling military posts and terrorist
camps were recreated in Serbia.[26] Yami Gautam underwent mixed martial arts
training.[27] She called the process of shooting as "exhausting yet enjoyable." The film
also stars Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina, Ivan Rodrigues and Kirti Kulhari .[28] Screwvala said
that the film has elements of "war, action, and strategy based on a true story" that the
"Indian audience is yet to watch such experience in cinema."[29]

Marketing and release

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 A teaser was launched one day before the second anniversary of the strike on 27
September 2018.[30] The official trailer of film was released on 5 December 2018.[31]

The film was released on 11 January 2019.[1] The film was digitally premiered on ZEE5
Platform on 19 March 2019.[32][33] To curtail piracy, the makers of Uri: The Surgical
Strike deployed a 3.8 gigabyte fake version of the film over networks like torrent.[34]
However, the film was leaked by the bootleg website Tamil Rockers within a week of
release.[35]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 70% based on 10 reviews, with an
average rating of 5.86/10.[36] Namrata Joshi writing for The Hindu stated: "Whichever
side of the political divide one may stand, one can't dismiss Dhar's canniness and craft,
despite knowing that he is lionising the obvious and providing a one-sided narrative."
Amman Khurana of Times Now News, giving 3 stars out of 5, comments: "Uri: The
Surgical Strike is a rather mature film. It somehow knows that it is catering to the viewer
that is tired of watching the men in uniform who thump their chests to show their love
and passion for the country." He further has to say: "The stunning cinematography and
the VFX work ensure that Uri: The Surgical Strike does not pass off as a comic-book
account of the operation." He concludes: "Uri: The Surgical Strike is a good one-time
watch. If not for anything else, watch it for Vicky Kaushal, who brings the right amount of
intensity to his role and drives the film from start to finish."[37]Taran Adarsh rated the film
3.5 stars out of 5, says "Uri is one film that *should* be watched… Absorbing screenplay,
superbly executed combat scenes, efficient direction Aditya Dhar… Uri is thrilling,
gripping, instills patriotism, without getting jingoistic."[38] Raja Sen writing for Hindustan
Times stated: "While watching Uri, I kept wondering about the point of such a self-
congratulatory film," and rated it 2 stars out of 5.[39]

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 Box office

Uri: The Surgical Strike in opening weekend earned ₹35.73 crore from domestic circuit.
In the first weekend the film collected ₹70.94 crore from India. It grossed ₹289.68 crore
from India and ₹52.38 crore (US$7.6 million) from overseas taking the worldwide gross
collection to ₹342.06 crore (US$53 millions).[4][5]

The film crossed the ₹100 crore (US$15 millions) mark in gross collection on 8th day of
its release. It took 15 days to gross ₹200 crore (US$31 millions) and in its fourth week of
release it grossed ₹300 crore (US$46 millions). It took seven weeks to gross ₹342 crore
(US$53 millions) worldwide.[4][5]

Box office performance

Days to achieve Worldwide gross Notes

8 ₹100 crore (US$15 millions)

[4]
15 ₹200 crore (US$31 millions)

28 ₹300 crore (US$46 millions)

Uri: The Surgical Strike is the 2nd highest grossing Bollywood film of 2019. Based on
domestic net collection the film is among top ten in the list of Hindi films with highest
domestic net collection.

Awards and nominations

Uri: The Surgical Strike won four awards in the 66th iteration of the prestigious National
Film Awards.[40]

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 Ceremony Date Category Recipient Result

Best Director Aditya Dhar

Best Actor Vicky Kaushal

National Film 9 August Best Bishwadeep D.
Won
Awards[41][40] 2019 Audiography Chatterjee

Best Music
Shashwat Sachdev
Director

Impact

The protagonist in the film asks his squad "How's the Josh?" (Hinglish for "How's the
spirit?") The squad replies "High, Sir!". This question is asked to the cadets in military
academies in India to test their enthusiasm. This dialogue went viral over Indian social
media.[42] The dialogue was quoted by several individuals and institutions. The Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating the National Museum of Indian Cinema
of Films Division of India in Mumbai, asked this question at the beginning of his address
to the film fraternity attending the ceremony.[43] The Indian Cricket Team, after winning
ODI series in New Zealand, raised the morale of the team by asking "Howʼs the Josh?"
for the coming Twenty20 series;[44] and Mumbai Police used the slogan to raise
awareness about cybersecurity.[45]

Soundtrack

Shashwat Sachdev composed songs for the film. Kumaar, Raj Shekhar and Abhiruchi
Chand are the lyricists.

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 Track listing
Uri: The Surgical Strike
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
Soundtrack album by Shashwat Sachdev
1. "Challa Kumaar Romy, 3t27
(Main Vivek Released 4 January 2019[46]
Lad Hariharan,
Recorded 2018
Jaana)" Shashwat
Sachdev Genre Feature Film

2. "Beh Raj Yasser 5t24 Soundtrack

Chala" Shekhar Desai, Length 20:05

Shashwat
Language Hindi
Sachdev
3. "Jigra" Kumaar Siddharth 4t00 Label Zee Music Company
Basrur,
Shashwat Sachdev chronology
Shashwat
Sachdev
Veere Di Uri: The
4. "Manzar Abhiruchi Shantanu 4t03
Wedding Surgical
Hai Ye Chand Sudame, (2018) Strike
Naya" Shashwat (2019)

Sachdev
5. "Jagga Kumaar Daler 3t11
External audio
Jiteya" Mehndi,
Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Shashwat
Sachdev, Background Score Jukebox on
YouTube
Dee MC
Total length: 20O05

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External links

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Uri: The Surgical Strike on Bollywood Hungama

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