War (2019 film)
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War is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The third installment in the YRF Spy Universe, the film stars Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff and Vaani Kapoor in lead roles.[5] The film follows Khalid Rahmani, an Indian RAW agent and soldier, who is assigned to eliminate his former mentor Kabir Dhaliwal, who has gone rogue.[6]
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Directed by | Siddharth Anand |
Screenplay by | Shridhar Raghavan Siddharth Anand |
Dialogues by | Abbas Tyrewala |
Story by | Aditya Chopra Siddharth Anand |
Produced by | Aditya Chopra |
Starring | Hrithik Roshan Tiger Shroff Vaani Kapoor |
Cinematography | Benjamin Jasper |
Edited by | Aarif Sheikh |
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Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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Running time | 156 minutes[1][2] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹170 crore[3] |
Box office | ₹475.62 crore[4] |
Principal photography commenced in September 2018. Tentatively titled Fighters, the title was announced as War through a teaser on 15 July 2019. The film was made on an estimated budget of ₹150 crore (US$19 million) with a further ₹20 crore (US$2.5 million) spent on print and advertising. Two songs were composed by Vishal–Shekhar while brothers Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara composed the background score, replacing Anand's frequent collaborators Salim–Sulaiman, who had previously composed the background score of Bang Bang!, which also starred Roshan.
War was theatrically released on 2 October 2019 along with dubbed versions of Telugu and Tamil languages, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti.[7] It eventually emerged as a major success grossing ₹4.75 billion (US$67.45 million), becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of 2019.[8] A sequel is in production and is expected to release on 14 August 2025.