The story is set in the aftermath of the Kargil war, fought between India and Pakistan in 1999. India has
been declared 'victorious' (the armed conflict was referred to as Operation Vijay, historically by the
Indian Defense Forces). A little girl is running across a street gleefully holding the Indian tricolour flag – not an uncommon image for a war film.
A Sikh soldier returns to his house in the village post the war; except that it is not his house. The twist that the film takes is hard-hitting, and drives home the point that we most need right now: a war is victory with no survivors. With a noble message at its heart, the film foregrounds for the viewer that death and pain do not discriminate based on which side is victorious, and thus, leave behind endless loss in their wake.
Read LessA Sikh soldier returns to his house in the village post the war; except that it is not his house. The twist that the film takes is hard-hitting, and drives home the point that we most need right now: a war is victory with no survivors. With a noble message at its heart, the film foregrounds for the viewer that death and pain do not discriminate based on which side is victorious, and thus, leave behind endless loss in their wake.
