'Uri: The Surgical Strike' not anti-Pakistan, it's about terrorism: Dir Aditya Dhar

Director Aditya Dhar says the intention of his directorial debut "Uri: The Surgical Strike" is not to show Pakistan in the bad light but to focus on the issue of terrorism.

The film is based on the 2016 Indian Army's surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan as a retaliation for the Uri attack that claimed the lives of 17 army personnel.

"The film is about how Indian Army fought terrorism. Our focus in the film is about how to fight against terrorism. There is nothing anti-Pakistan. We are not fighting against any individual or country, we are fighting against the cross-border terrorism that is happening. We have shown a balanced perspective," Aditya told PTI.

Despite a ban on Indian films in the neighbouring country, the director says he would have loved to show his movie in Pakistan.

"Any sane or logical person be it Indian or Pakistani will understand that the film is about fighting terrorism."
"I was figuring out how to recast for the film and who to approach. But within 10 days surgical strikes happened."
"They told us 12 producers from Bollywood have approached them to make a film on surgical strikes but they did not have any story."
"At that time he had started shooting for 'Raazi' and none of his films like 'Sanju', 'Manmarziyaan' or 'Lust Stories' had released. He has done an incredible job in the film."