Kabir, one of India's best RAW agents, appears to have gone rogue, killing an official he was meant to protect. His former protege Khalid is given the job of hunting him down. Mentor and student chase each other across the world, and Khalid has to work out why the man who trained him has turned.
Movies / Hindi
Classic
War
2019 · Action thriller · Spy
- Release
- 2 October 2019
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 156 minutes
- Director
- Siddharth Anand
- Writer
- Shridhar Raghavan and Siddharth Anand (screenplay), from a story by Aditya Chopra and Siddharth Anand
- Producer
- Aditya Chopra (Yash Raj Films)
- Music
- Vishal–Shekhar (songs)
- Budget
- ₹150 crore, plus ₹20 crore on prints and advertising
- Status
- Released
All-time blockbusters
Why it was a blockbuster
It grossed ₹475.62 crore worldwide, the highest-grossing Indian film of 2019. It had the highest opening day for a Hindi film at the time, and its extended opening weekend of ₹166.25 crore was the biggest of any Bollywood film that year.
It is the third film in the YRF Spy Universe, after Ek Tha Tiger and Tiger Zinda Hai, and was shot under the working title Fighters. Siddharth Anand directed and Aditya Chopra produced. The film was made for an estimated ₹150 crore, with a further ₹20 crore spent on prints and advertising. Vishal–Shekhar composed the songs and Sanchit and Ankit Balhara the score. It set six new records on its way to the ₹100 crore mark.
Box office
As of 2025.
- Worldwide gross: ₹475.62 crore (₹318.01 crore India, ₹157.61 crore overseas).
Source: Wikipedia: War (2019 film) (article revision of 8 October 2026, checked 22 October 2026)
Cast
- Hrithik RoshanMajor Kabir Dhaliwal
- Tiger ShroffCaptain Khalid Rahmani
- Vaani KapoorNaina Sahni
- Ashutosh RanaColonel Sunil Luthra
- Anupriya GoenkaCaptain Aditi Nahta
- Soni RazdanNafisa Rahmani
- Dipannita SharmaDr Mallika Singhal
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Sources
Last checked 22 October 2026.