Top Indian army movies that are based on real life events and persons.
Shershaah
Released in 2021 Shershaah movie is based on a real story of Indian army officer Captain Vikram Batra. Movie tells the incident on 1999 Kargil war between India and Pakistan. Directed by Vishnuvardhan with a cast of Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani movie was not able to released in theaters and it directly released on ott plaform. Movie gained positive reviews on from critics and viewers. You can watch this movie on Amazon prime video.
Sam Bahadur
Sam Bahadur movie based on real life Indian officer Sam Manekshaw who is the first officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. Directed by Meghna Gulzar with a cast of Vicky Kaushal, Sanya Malhotra movie was released on 1 December 2023 clashing with Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal. Even after clash with animal the film grossed over 150cr in the worldwide box office.
Ott platform: zee5.
Chandu champion
Chandu Champion tells the story of Murlikant patekar an ex-army officer who won the gold medal in paralympics in Germany 1972. This movie was released in Germany written and directed by Kabir khan with a cast of Kartik Aryan, Vijay raaz, Bhuvan Arora. This movie have imbd rating of 7.9 out of 10 and received positive reviews from audience and critics.
Ott platform:- Amazon prime video
1971
1971 is an Indian war-action movie based on Indian soldiers that were captured by Pakistan army in 1971. Directed by Amrit Sagar with cast Manoj Bajpayee, Ravi Kishan, Deepak Dobryal this movie was released in 2007 and you can watch this movie on Youtube for free.
Parmanu
Released in 2018 directed by Abhishek Sharma this movie is based on Pokhran 1998 where the Indian army conducted the nuclear test. With cast of John Abraham, Diana panty, Boman Irani this movie received positive response from audience and critics. This movie had imbd rating of 7.6 out of 10. You can watch this movie on zee5.
Uri : The surgical strike
Directed by Aditya Dhar this movie is based on the true events of Surgical strike of Indian army in Pakistan 2016 to get the revenge of Uri attack 2016. With a cast of Vicky kaushal, Yami Gautam, Paresh Rawal and Mohit Raina this movie received positive response from audience and critics. This movie was a box office success. You can watch this movie for free on youtube.
Major
This movie is inspired on the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan who was martyred in the events of 2008 Mumbai attack in Taj hotel. Directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka with a cast of Adivi sesh, Prakash Raj this movie received positive response from both audience and critics. This movie was released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language on 3 june 2022 with Kamal Hassan’s Vikram movie and Akshay Kumar’s Samrat Prithviraj movie.
Streaming platform:- Netflix
State of Siege: Temple Attack
State of sige: The temple attack is a action thiller movie directed by Ken Ghosh this movie is loosely based on the events of 2002 Akshardham Temple attack. This movie was released in 2021 with a cast of Akhsaye Khanna, Anushka Luhar, Chandan roy this movie got imbd rating of 7.6 out of 10. This movie is available in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu language.
Ott platform:- zee5
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