• Shubhra Gupta
    Shubhra Gupta
    Indian Express

    4

    The movie on the whole keeps you watching despite some clunky passages. It’s always good to have movies in which the soldiers look real, even if the action is buoyed by such dialogues as ‘unhe Kashmir chaihye, humein unka sar’.

  • Raja Sen
    Raja Sen
    Hindustan Times

    4

    Vicky Kaushal leads an efficient but unimpressive attack. They may well have titled this film based on 2016 Surgical Strikes the Call Of Desi Duty.

  • Anupama Chopra
    Anupama Chopra
    Film Companion

    5

    An Unabashed Love Letter To The Indian Army…The dance between a realistic terrorist drama and rousing action thriller proves to be too much

  • Movies, their motives and time of release make me wonder if we’ll ever be able to see India as India and not a reflection of its governments

  • Vicky Kaushal plays a steady hand and delivers the goods to an extent that, at times, seems wasted on it

  • Manisha Lakhe
    Manisha Lakhe
    NowRunning

    4

    It’s shot well, and despite being a patriotic revenge drama it remains soulless.

  • The edge-of-the-seat suspense will keep the audience hooked till the very end and the power-packed performances make for a good watch.