War is an action thriller Hindi language film with Aditya Chopra as the producer and Siddharth Anand the director. This film was released under Yash Raj Films and stars Tiger Shroff and Hrithik Roshan. It was first titled Fighters later changed to war after the official trailer teaser was released in July. It utilizes Vishal Shekhar music composition with Kumaar writing the lyrics.
Its budget was ₹150 crore and was released in cinemas worldwide in MX4D, 4DX and conventional on October 2nd 2019. It was also released in Telugu and Tamil languages. Critics gave, War, positive reviews with actors Shroff and Roshan receiving praise for their performance and action sequences. However, the film writing received criticism. It set the highest collection made from a Bollywood movie on its opening day in India. It emerged a huge box office success as it had a worldwide earning of over ₹475 crores making it the top-grossing film in 2019.
War is a story about an Indian soldier who is assigned to eliminate a former mentor gone rogue. Hrithik Roshan is India’s top agent in this film leading an Elit Shadow unit named R&AW. The unit is a small and compact group of the best soldiers in the armed forces personally trained by Kabir (Hrithik Roshan). They work together on high-risk missions all over the world.
The key target for Colonel Luthras and Kabir, include an international Arms dealer Rizwan Ilyasi who has been key to various acts of terrorism against the country. Khalid (Tiger Shroff) has fought his way to the top of the rank hierarchy in the armed forces. His main challenge is to atone for the sins of his father who was once a decorated Indian soldier turned traitor.
Khalid (Tiger Shroff) ambition was to join Kabir’s elite team to remove any stains on their family name. He impresses Kabir with his intense grit and dedication. Kabir on the other is not keen with Kahlids past but Luthra nudges Kabir to take an interest. On the other hand, Khalid becomes one of Kabir’s greatest soldier always going above and beyond when deployed on missions.