War (2019 film)

War
War
	Theatrical release poster
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
Music by	Score:; Sanchit Balhara; Ankit Balhara; Songs:; Vishal–Shekhar;
Production; company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	2 October 2019 (India);
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹170 crore
Box office	₹475.62 crore

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]

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$18 million) with a further ₹20 crore (US$2.4 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 titled War 2 is in production and is expected to release on 14 August 2025.

^ "WAR (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ "Certificate detail". Central Board of Film Certification.
^ "War Economics: Yash Raj Films makes a whopping 170 cr. as profits; approx. 100 cr. share for Hrithik Roshan". Bollywood Hungama. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2023. Made on a budget of Rs. 170 cr. [CoP Rs. 150 cr. + P&A Rs. 20 cr.]
^ "War Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 2 October 2019.
^ "WAR (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
^ "War Movie Review: The Hrithik Roshan – Tiger Shroff starrer WAR is a paisavasool action entertainer which has style as well as enough twists and turns to keep viewers engrossed". Bollywood Hungama. 2 October 2019.
^ Hungama, Bollywood (21 October 2019). "War Economics: Yash Raj Films makes a whopping 1.70 bn. as profits; approx. 1 bn. share for Hrithik Roshan :Bollywood Box Office – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.
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[1] "WAR (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[2] "Certificate detail". Central Board of Film Certification.

[bob-3] "War Economics: Yash Raj Films makes a whopping 170 cr. as profits; approx. 100 cr. share for Hrithik Roshan". Bollywood Hungama. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2023. Made on a budget of Rs. 170 cr. [CoP Rs. 150 cr. + P&A Rs. 20 cr.]

[4] "War Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 2 October 2019.

[5] "WAR (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

[6] "War Movie Review: The Hrithik Roshan – Tiger Shroff starrer WAR is a paisavasool action entertainer which has style as well as enough twists and turns to keep viewers engrossed". Bollywood Hungama. 2 October 2019.

[7] Hungama, Bollywood (21 October 2019). "War Economics: Yash Raj Films makes a whopping 1.70 bn. as profits; approx. 1 bn. share for Hrithik Roshan :Bollywood Box Office – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.

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