Indian Army Does So Much For Our Country; I Hope I Did My Bit With Uri; Says Director Aditya Dhar

Aditya Dhar who is a lyricist, dialogue writer and singer is making his debut as a film director with Uri, the film stars Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam in the lead. The film is based on the 2016 Indian Army’s surgical strikes on Pakistan. Talking about his film the director said, “I was doing a film with Fawad Khan. But the moment we supposed to go on the floor for the film, Uri attack happened because of which Pakistani actors were banned and Fawad was not allowed to come back and the film went into the limbo.

While we were figuring out what to do with the casting of the film, the surgical strike happened as a retaliation to the brutal attack happened with the soldiers in Uri. So, while everyone was trying to figure out whom to cast and what to do about the film, I was more interested in to figure out what exactly happened during the surgical strike. Considering I'm a Kashmiri Pandit and I have been hearing about the terror attack since childhood.

We have been directly or indirectly affected by the terrorism and also because I wanted to get into the army. This was something which I have a little bit of knowledge about the dynamics of the terrorism and what all army has to go through in Kashmir. So, I already had an interest in it and while researching about the surgical strike I got stuck on this topic.

Indian Army does so much for our country and this is the least that as a filmmaker we can do for them. The moment I finished researching the details about the surgical strike I was totally into it and I wanted to make this film.

Desimartini.com wishes Aditya all the very best for his directorial debut and hpes the film lives up to its humongous expectations.

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