War

## YRF Spy Universe

> "Kabir has gone rogue"
>
> Colonel Sunil Luthra

**War** is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and written by Anand, Aditya Chopra, Shridhar Raghavan and Abbas Tyrewala. Produced by Yash Raj Films, the film is the third installment in the YRF Spy Universe. It stars Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff, Vaani Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana and Anupriya Goenka.

The sequel *War 2* is under development.

## Synopsis

Kabir, a secret agent, goes rogue after a mission to catch a terrorist goes awry. However, his boss sends Khalid, another agent and his student, to track him down.

## Plot

Major Kabir Dhaliwal kills V. K. Naidu, a veteran RAW agent, in New Delhi, instead of his assignment to kill Iraqi terrorist, Farid Haqqani. The agency, led by Defence Minister Sherna Patel and Colonel Sunil Luthra, summon Captain Khalid Rahmani, Kabir's protégé, to capture him.

It is revealed that Khalid's father, Major Abdul Rahmani, betrayed the army in a previous mission, leaving Kabir with two gunshot wounds and his partner dead. Kabir then sought and killed Abdul for his betrayal. Reluctant to work with Khalid, Kabir eventually allows him to join his squad, consisting of RAW agents Saurabh, Prateek, Muthu, and Aditi, on a successful mission, in Tikrit, to kill a cell of Haqqani's associates. The group succeeds in arresting terrorist Basheer Hassib, in-turn causing their main target, Rizwan Ilyasi, a terrorist-cum-businessman, to come out of hiding. The squad reunite to target Ilyasi in Marrakesh, but as they capture him, he tells Kabir that he planted a mole in his team. Saurabh reveals himself as the mole, by killing Prateik and Muthu. This starts a rooftop chase, with Khalid chasing Saurabh. On the ground, a shootout ensues between Kabir and Ilyasi's men, and Kabir gets shot, temporarily knocking him out. He wakes up at the hospital a few days later and meets a severely injured Khalid, who tells him that he killed Saurabh, whose body was never found.

Back in present, Khalid is nearly taken off the mission to capture Kabir, when Jimmy Shroff, a Lieutenant colonel, is murdered by Kabir. Kabir then organizes a public meeting with Khalid on the train, informing him that his next target is Dr. Utpal Biswas. Later in Lisbon, Khalid is unable to prevent Biswas from being killed by Kabir. After the incident, Khalid is suspended by RAW. Khalid tracks Kabir down through a previous case; he learns Kabir is on a covert mission to find a government hard drive with secret codes, and is targeting Ilyasi’s known associates.

Khalid also learns Kabir faked a relationship with Naina Sahni, a dancer, to get her to spy on Firoze Contractor, one of Iliyasi's previous associates. Naina was ultimately murdered by Firoze, who Kabir deduces is actually Ilyasi, who took on Firoze's identity following a plastic surgery by Dr. Mallika Singhal. Kabir and Khalid agree to work together, but Kabir's hideout is attacked; they escape and reach Kerala, to Aditi's wedding, and recover a hard drive with the secret codes. Kabir hands the drive to Khalid, for safekeeping.
Later, while celebrating the mission's success on a houseboat, Khalid poisons Kabir by lacing TTX in his drink. It is revealed that Khalid was ultimately shot dead by Ilyasi, during their mission in Marrakesh. Saurabh then underwent a plastic surgery by Dr. Mallika Singhal, to disguise himself as Khalid. Saurabh throws Kabir into the river and returns to Ilyasi, who is based on P-62 Explorer, a heavily armed icebreaker ship, in the Arctic Circle. Kabir then parachutes aboard, eliminating Ilyasi’s militia. Kabir tells Saurabh he knew that he was not Khalid, having seen him shoot perfectly from his right side and drink alcohol. Khalid lacked peripheral vision in his right eye, owing to a bullying incident in his childhood and refused to drink alcohol, due to religious beliefs. Kabir acquired an antidote to TTX from Aditi and inserted a tracker in the drive, which he handed over to Saurabh, for safekeeping. Saurabh shoots Ilyasi dead and escapes the ship to a derelict church. A brutal fight between Kabir and Saurabh culminates with Kabir killing him by collapsing the church's dome onto him.

Khalid is posthumously honored for his bravery and sacrifice, while his mother, Nafeesa, receives an award from the Prime Minister, on his behalf. Kabir, who is still officially designated a traitor by both the army and RAW, now takes care of Ruhi, Naina's daughter. After having a chat with Luthra, Kabir agrees to a covert mission to kill Haqqani. Later, Kabir and Ruhi surf together at Bondi Beach in Sydney, fulfilling Naina's wish of surfing with her.

## Cast

* Hrithik Roshan as Major Kabir Dhaliwal
* Tiger Shroff as Captain Khalid Rahmani & Captain Saurabh Patil (after plastic surgery)
	+ Yash Raaj Singh as Captain Saurabh Patil (before plastic surgery)
* Vaani Kapoor as Naina Sahni
* Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Sunil Luthra
* Anupriya Goenka as Agent Aditi Nahta
* Dipannita Sharma as Dr. Mallika Singhal
* Mashhoor Amrohi as Firoze Contractor / Rizwan Ilyasi (after plastic surgery)
	+ Sanjeev Vatsa as Rizwan Ilyasi (before plastic surgery)
* Soni Razdan as Nafeesa Rahmani
* Arif Zakaria as Dr. Utpal Biswas
* Mohit Chauhan as V.K. Naidu
* Swaroopa Ghosh as Sherna Patel
* Dishita Sehgal as Ruhi Sahni
* Imran Ahamed as Agent Saini
* Jessey Lever as Captain Muthu
* Amit Gaur as Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Shroff (Para SF)
* Ravi Awana as Basheer Hassib (voice-over by Manoj Pandey)
* Anil Khopkar as Prime Minister

## Appearances

### Locations

* India
	+ New Delhi
	+ Kerala
* Syria
* Malta
	+ Valletta
* Iraq
	+ Tikrit
* Morocco
	+ Marakkesh
* Portugal
	+ Lisbon
		- Portugal Space Research Center
		- Praça do Comércio
* Italy
* Arctic Ocean
* Australia
	+ Sydney
		- Bondi Beach

### Organizations

* RAW
* ISIS
* Portugal Space Research Center
* Polícia de Segurança Pública
* Indian Navy

### Vehicles

* Haqqani's 2002-2005 Toyota Land Cruiser (UZJ100R)
* Kabir's 2011 CIRRUS SR22 G3 TURBO (N725KL)
* Para SF's Ilyushin IL-76MD
* SE-JSD
* Kabir's BMW R Nine T Scrambler
* Khalid's BMW F 750 GS
* Audi R8
* P-62 Explorer

### Items

* Tetrodotoxin (TTX)
* Brahma Defense Satellite

### Mentions

* Jihad (by V. K. Naidu)
* Jaesh (by Sherna Patel)
* Turkey
* Abdul Rahmani (by Kabir and Khalid)
* Katrina Kaif (by Saurabh Patil)
* ISRO (by Aditi Nahta)
* Garuda Defense Satellite
* Unnamed Partner (by Kabir)
* Osama Bin Laden (by Kabir)

## Videos

War Teaser - Hrithik Roshan - Tiger Shroff - Vaani Kapoor - 4K UHD TeaserWAR - Trailer - Hrithik Roshan - Tiger Shroff - Vaani Kapoor - Siddharth Anand - YRF Spy Universe

## Trivia

* *War* is the first YRF Spy Universe film
	+ to have a opening credits sequence.
	+ not to have Tiger and Zoya.
	+ to be directed by Siddharth Anand
* *War* is the first Indian movie to be shot in Arctic Circle (the climax scene).
* War is the only YRF Spy Universe film
	+ not to have Tiger in it
	+ not to have an end credits song

### Goofs

Khalid's mouth were shut when he was singing.The footage date is supposed to be 12 March but it shows 12 April.