A year ago, on January 11, 2019, Aditya Dhar made his directorial debut with Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam's URI: The Surgical Strike. The moniker itself was enough to prepare the audience what they could expect from the film and what they would see in the film. This was India's answer to the attacks on the URI base in September 2016, and the retaliation didn't cost a single life, which is nothing less than miraculous.

But this was more than just a war film. When we first meet the protagonist, Major Vihaan Singh Shergill, played by Vicky Kaushal, he requests the Indian Prime Minister to get him transferred to Delhi since his mother is suffering from Alzheimer's, stage six. The PM quips, "Desh Bhi to Maan Hai." This film wore patriotism on his sleeves and didn't shy about it even once.