<p>Amid mounting military tension and diplomatic face-off between India and Pakistan, filmmakers are going all out to register titles on the sequence of events that unfolded during the last fortnight.</p>.<p>The titles that have been sought are Surgical Strike 2.0, Pulwama Attacks, Balakot, Abhinandan, War Room, Pulwama: The Deadly Attack, The Attacks of Pulwama. Besides, titles like Josh and How’s the Josh are also in demand. </p>.<p>The Indian Motion Pictures’ Producers’ Association (IMPPA) has confirmed the flood of applications it has received in the last few days.</p>.<p>War movies or intelligence-based subjects are not new to the Hindi film industry. The success of Uri: The Surgical Strike has prompted more filmmakers to try subjects on similar lines. </p>.<p>Though details have not emerged, the themes are obviously around the February 14 attack on the CRPF convoy at Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir, the February 26 Indian Air Force strike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot, the retaliation by Pakistan and India’s response and subsequent capture and release of IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. </p>.<p>“Now, filmmakers and producers are looking for contemporary subjects. In the past 10 years, several films with the latest subject and issues were appreciated,” film analyst Navin Kumar told <span class="italic">DH</span>. “War movies are also not new to Hindi cinema. When there is a nationalistic fervour, these films will do well,” he said.</p>.<p>According to Kumar, most of the filmmakers would plan to release their movies by the end of this year. </p>.<p>Bollywood has produced several movies on war and border skirmishes, but a few stand out — the Dev Anand-starrer Hum Dono where a war theme is combined with romance; J P Dutta’s Border starring Sunny Deol, based on the Battle of Longewala; or for that matter Chetan Anand’s Haqeeqat, revolving around the Sino-Indian war of 1962, where Balraj Sahni and Dharmendra played the lead characters.</p>.<p>In Prahaar (1991), Nana Patekar, for the first time, portrayed the real training of commandos.</p>.<p>Among the movies released in the last couple of decades, J P Dutta’s LOC — Kargil, Farhan Aktar’s Lakshya, Shah Rukh Khan’s Main Hoon Na and Anil Sharma’s The Hero — Love Story of a Spy concentrated on the achievements of the brave men who battled Pakistani intruders on the icy heights in Kargil and neighbouring areas.</p>.<p>Agnipankh was perhaps the only exception in recent times which focused on the youngest service of the defence forces — the IAF and its pilots. The film had Jimmy Shergill, Sameer Dharmadhikari and Rahul Dev in lead roles.</p>.<p>Another notable film on the theme was Vijeta (1985), which told the story of the defenders of the skies. Produced by Shashi Kapoor, it portrayed the life of a fighter pilot, Angad Singh, played by Kunal Kapoor. The film, primarily shot in Air Force Academy Dundigal, had fantastic footage of HJT-16 Kiran trainers and MiG-21s.</p>.<p>Chetan Anand’s 1973 hit Hindustan Ki Kasam was shot immediately after the 1971 war.</p>
<p>Amid mounting military tension and diplomatic face-off between India and Pakistan, filmmakers are going all out to register titles on the sequence of events that unfolded during the last fortnight.</p>.<p>The titles that have been sought are Surgical Strike 2.0, Pulwama Attacks, Balakot, Abhinandan, War Room, Pulwama: The Deadly Attack, The Attacks of Pulwama. Besides, titles like Josh and How’s the Josh are also in demand. </p>.<p>The Indian Motion Pictures’ Producers’ Association (IMPPA) has confirmed the flood of applications it has received in the last few days.</p>.<p>War movies or intelligence-based subjects are not new to the Hindi film industry. The success of Uri: The Surgical Strike has prompted more filmmakers to try subjects on similar lines. </p>.<p>Though details have not emerged, the themes are obviously around the February 14 attack on the CRPF convoy at Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir, the February 26 Indian Air Force strike on the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot, the retaliation by Pakistan and India’s response and subsequent capture and release of IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. </p>.<p>“Now, filmmakers and producers are looking for contemporary subjects. In the past 10 years, several films with the latest subject and issues were appreciated,” film analyst Navin Kumar told <span class="italic">DH</span>. “War movies are also not new to Hindi cinema. When there is a nationalistic fervour, these films will do well,” he said.</p>.<p>According to Kumar, most of the filmmakers would plan to release their movies by the end of this year. </p>.<p>Bollywood has produced several movies on war and border skirmishes, but a few stand out — the Dev Anand-starrer Hum Dono where a war theme is combined with romance; J P Dutta’s Border starring Sunny Deol, based on the Battle of Longewala; or for that matter Chetan Anand’s Haqeeqat, revolving around the Sino-Indian war of 1962, where Balraj Sahni and Dharmendra played the lead characters.</p>.<p>In Prahaar (1991), Nana Patekar, for the first time, portrayed the real training of commandos.</p>.<p>Among the movies released in the last couple of decades, J P Dutta’s LOC — Kargil, Farhan Aktar’s Lakshya, Shah Rukh Khan’s Main Hoon Na and Anil Sharma’s The Hero — Love Story of a Spy concentrated on the achievements of the brave men who battled Pakistani intruders on the icy heights in Kargil and neighbouring areas.</p>.<p>Agnipankh was perhaps the only exception in recent times which focused on the youngest service of the defence forces — the IAF and its pilots. The film had Jimmy Shergill, Sameer Dharmadhikari and Rahul Dev in lead roles.</p>.<p>Another notable film on the theme was Vijeta (1985), which told the story of the defenders of the skies. Produced by Shashi Kapoor, it portrayed the life of a fighter pilot, Angad Singh, played by Kunal Kapoor. The film, primarily shot in Air Force Academy Dundigal, had fantastic footage of HJT-16 Kiran trainers and MiG-21s.</p>.<p>Chetan Anand’s 1973 hit Hindustan Ki Kasam was shot immediately after the 1971 war.</p>