The film is set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, during the time of Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war and assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Film tersebut berlatar belakang pada akhir 1980an dan awal '90an, pada waktu intervensi India dalam Perang Saudara Sri Lanka dan pembunuhan mantan perdana menteri India Rajiv Gandhi.