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.[3] The film stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger
Shroff while Vaani Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana, Anupriya Goenka and Soni Razdan play supporting
roles. 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 ₹1.70 billion (US$24 million), War opened worldwide in
conventional, 4DX and MX4D cinemas on 02 October 2019 on Gandhi Jayanti 5-day extended
weekend.[4] Released simultaneously with its Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions, it mostly received
positive reviews from critics and audience with praise for Roshan and Shroff's performances as well
as the visual effects and the blockbuster song "Jai Jai Shivshankar", which saw both of these
biggest action and dance entertainers of Indian cinema come together on the dance floor for the first
time ever although criticism was aimed mostly at the writing.[5] War established record for the
highest-opening day collection made by a Bollywood film in India with over ₹530
million (US$7.4 million).[6] With a worldwide gross box office collection of ₹4.75
billion (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 films of all time.[7]
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, Col. 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. 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
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. Khalid explains that his father's
reputation led to him being injured in the right eye by school bullies. Kabir, however accepts Khalid
after seeing the love he expresses for his mother Nafeesa, his country and for 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, 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. 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 is nearly taken off the mission when an army officer, Lt Col. Jimmy Shroff, is
murdered by Kabir. Khalid manages to find Kabir and learns that his next target is Dr. Utpal Biswas.
Kabir is seen doting on a young girl named Ruhi. He remembers about her single mother, Naina
Verma, with whom he had started his relationship with in order to make her a civilian asset. A
flashback shows how Kabir started his relationship with Naina. Later, on learning the truth, she
becomes mistrustful and hesitant to help Kabir but agrees for her daughter's sake. She is sent to spy
on Illiyasi's associate, Firoze Contractor. Kabir, who has been in touch with Aditi, learns from her that
among Illiyasi's many contacts is a plastic surgeon, Dr. Mallika Singhal. Realising that Firoze 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 finds out 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. Meanwhile at 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 a
poisoned and helpless Kabir into the river.
Saurabh returns to Illiyasi, who bases himself on a heavily armed icebreaker ship. Kabir, who was
assumed dead by Saurabh, parachutes aboard, single-handedly assaults the ship and eliminates
Illiyasi's army. He then confronts Saurabh, revealing that he had known that the latter was not
Khalid, having seen him aim and shoot perfectly with his right side in a way which Khalid couldn't
due to his impaired vision, and also for his choice to drink alcohol, which was considered forbidden
by Khalid due to religious beliefs. Hence, he had also acquired the antidote for the poison in his drink
and put Aditi to spy on him. Deciding Illiyasi has become expendable, Saurabh shoots him dead in
the confrontation and escapes. 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[edit]
 Hrithik Roshan as Maj. Kabir Dhaliwal
 Tiger Shroff as Capt. Khalid Rahmani/ Saurabh
 Ashutosh Rana as Col. Sunil Luthra
 Anupriya Goenka as Aditi Nahta
 Vaani Kapoor as Naina Verma
 Dipannita Sharma as Dr. Mallika Singhal
 Soni Razdan as Nafeesa Rahmani
 Arif Zakaria as Dr. Utpal Biswas
 Mohit Chauhan as V.K. Naidu
 Swaroopa Ghosh as Sherna Patel