Good intention. Painfully inaccurate exaggeration.

Rating: 5/10 (4 March 2020)

The film writers should have done a little more research with regards to the setting and costumes. The acting of the lead cast is pretty good and the basic premise of the story seems OK. The main problem I have with the film is the unrealistic storyline. 1) In reality, the actual operation was carried out during dawn and there were no choppers involved. 2) Night vision goggles don't glow in the dark 3) Quarter zip combat shirt isn't introduced in 2016 4) gear looks way too advanced and a little over exaggerated 5) main protagonist able to withstand grenade explosions mere meters away all for that clichÃ© "walking away from explosion" shot 6) the main protagonist ditching his gear and assault rifle to combat the terrorist hand to hand so that it pleases indian crowds as usual 7) in special forces, laser sight is usually infrared as it is not visible to the naked eye, unless you have your night vision goggles down. 8) major vihan just can't ask for a pilot, don't get me started on the ridiculous air to ground heli sequence when the team was trying to return.
I feel that the makers could have studied the operation a little more and portray a very accurate account of what really happened. But I guess its all about pleasing the Indian audience because of their short attention span with hand to hand combat scenes and other illogical sub-plots with the revenue in mind. Overall, there were some good moments and it is a film that has some good intention. Could have done much better though.