{"id":4331,"date":"2016-07-08T10:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T04:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:31:53","slug":"do-pakistan-war-films-ask-hows-the-josh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4331","title":{"rendered":"Do Pakistan War Films Ask, \u201cHow\u2019s the Josh?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">I<\/span>happened to watch <\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/uri-film-review-vicky-kaushal-indian-army-modi-election\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uri: The Surgical Strike<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the theatres a month after its release. There\u2019s a scene in the film, where a little girl cries at her soldier father\u2019s funeral that moved the audience in predictable ways. The man sitting next to me quickly wiped away a few tears and before I knew it, the hall erupted into \u201cBharat Mata Ki Jai\u201d. One youngster added to the proceedings by screaming \u201cPakistan \u2026\u201d (yep, exactly what you\u2019re thinking) that was met with thunderous applause. It\u2019s no secret that India loves to hate almost everything Pakistan (other than Coke Studio and Fawad Khan maybe). And it reflects in our greatest export of all time \u2013 Bollywood. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uri: The Surgical Strike <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is in fact, a perfect culmination of this sentiment.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/culture\/india-pakistan-independence-day-special\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pakistan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, most Hindi films stick to two narratives \u2013 people on both sides of the border are kind-hearted (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bajrangi Bhaijaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy Bhaag Jayegi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), or that Pakistanis are the root of all evil (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian, Sarfarosh<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). There is hardly any middle-line \u2013 it\u2019\u2019s either \u201cdil ka achha\u201d or \u201cshaitaan ka bachha\u201d. If Indians are not forcing entry into Pakistan and wreaking havoc, they are winning over the Pakistani girl \u2013 not just conquering their lands but also their women. In 2004, Shah Rukh Khan, who had finished charming the entire nation, crossed over the border with his arms wide open to charm a Pakistani girl in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veer Zaara<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gadar: Ek Prem Katha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sunny Deol entered Pakistan on a train, married the daughter of a Pakistani general, uprooted a Pakistani hand-pump, fought an entire Pakistani army <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">single-handedly<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and then returned home with his loot.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So hyped are our filmmakers about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/india-pakistan-nationalists-war\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nationalism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that even in the aftermath of the Balakot attack, when the entire country was fretting over Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman\u2019s safe return, they were queuing up to register film titles. Clearly, Bollywood follows conflicts as closely as our army generals. This made me wonder: What is the status on the other side of the border? Are war films as much of a sub-genre in Lollywood as it is in Bollywood? And what do they look like?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the noughties, when Bollywood was exploring new frontiers, Lollywood went through its lowest phase. And it was during this period that Pakistan was churning out war films. There was the slick <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waar <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2013), one of Pakistan\u2019s highest grossing films of all time, where singer and actress Meesha Shafi <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plays<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lakshmi, an Indian spy who collaborates with the Taliban to spread terror. And its villain is Ramal, an Indian RAW agent who ultimately gets defeated by the hero. Even then, the movie isn\u2019t packed with anti-India statements: There\u2019s the usual \u201cgood triumphs over evil\u201d tripe, but no over-the-top preaching on either <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/crime\/balakot-youth-in-kashmir-india-biggest-challenge\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kashmir<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or kheer. Impressed, I decided to continue my Pakistani war film binge.<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46906\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1552395974.jpg\" alt=\"waar_pakistan\" width=\"724\" height=\"407\" \/>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was most surprised by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghazi Shaheed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1998), a film produced by Pakistan\u2019s Navy, that focuses on the 92 Pakistani soldiers who lost their lives in a submarine explosion. The reasons for this explosion are still contested: India claims to have downed the submarine, while Pakistan maintains that it sunk due to an internal error. Still, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghazi Shaheed <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes no mention of Indians, choosing to depict the human side of the story. In comparison, I can only think of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/raazi-movie-review-alia-bhatt-meghna-gulzar\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raazi<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">War Chhod Na Yaar, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that sensitively depict Pakistanis.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desperate to find the Pakistan\u2019s answer to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Border<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I went from one war film to another. I watched <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramchand Pakistani<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 a movie with Hindu leads \u2013 that narrated the plight of Pakistani prisoners in an Indian jail. You\u2019d expect the jailers to be heartless and evil, but by the end of the film they take a liking for the jailed Pakistani boy. Instead of yelling \u201cHow\u2019s the josh?\u201d, the movie ends with a message of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/satire\/womens-day-fragile-masculinity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brotherhood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Sunny Deol &#8211; 0, Pakistan &#8211; 1.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though the most common word used to describe Indians is \u201cdushman\u201d, the films I watched were devoid of monologues about destroying India. Instead they routinely spoke about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/pulwama-attack-peace-dirty-word\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">peace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Could it be possible that Pakistan doesn\u2019t hate India much as we do? A tiny \u201caman ki asha\u201d began to flicker inside my heart.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That lasted until I stumbled upon the films of Shaan Shahid, the Pakistani Sunny Deol. Shahid is Pakistan\u2019s highest paid actor and has acted in over 500 films in the last two decades. He has also been vocal against Pakistani artists working in India, which he considers \u201cunpatriotic\u201d. He is the rare Pakistani actor who hasn\u2019t worked in any of India\u2019s film industries and probably wants to declare his peers anti-national. In his directorial outing, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moosa Khan <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2001), all Indians are \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/asifa-rape-kashmir-kathua-murder-hindutva\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hindus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d who are at war with Pakistan. This film is so bad that it will make you pray for a cataract. But even worse is Shaan Shahid\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Border<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Shot in 1998, it makes JP Dutta\u2019s version seem like avant-garde arthouse cinema. It\u2019s available for free on YouTube, possibly because nobody considers it either \u201cintellectual\u201d or \u201cproperty\u201d.<\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">Yet the difference in the war films of both the countries lies in their emphasis on real events.<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In (Pakistan\u2019s) <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Border<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the hero is an army officer who thrashes two people for betting on a South Africa-Zimbabwe cricket match. He fights legal cases in court and asks the judge to ban cable television, as it brings Hindu songs and dances into their bedrooms. But that doesn\u2019t stop him from admiring an Indian girl, who eyes him during a boxing match. She sings songs for him and finally chooses him as her lover, picking up arms against her family and nation. This <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Border<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ends with a shootout during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/holi-clothes-mom-debate\/\">Holi<\/a> celebration where Shaan destroys everything. He then pulls out the Indian flag, and replaces it with a Pakistani flag. So far, so jingoistic.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet the difference in the war films of both the countries lies in their emphasis on real events. Since our track record with Pakistan in wars is the same as our record in World Cups, we can\u2019t help but thump our chests about it. Unlike Pakistani films, Indian war films often boast about being \u201cbased on true events\u201d. Pakistani films, on the other hand, are based on real <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/laughter-lol-haha-rofl-emotions-chat-emojis-emoticons-texting-whatsapp-messenger-social-media\/\">emotions<\/a> but imaginary timelines \u2013 they rarely mention when and where the war was fought.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was then that I realised that Pakistan and India might not be too different from each other: Both countries love watching movies that give them a manufactured sense of victory. In the three days that I spent watching Pakistani films, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has announced another film on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/first-person\/balakot-air-strike-pulwama-jaish\/\">Balakot attack<\/a>, which Pakistan will no doubt consider banning. There might liberals in Islamabad who\u2019ll ask for a lift on that ban. But will they be asked to take a train to India?<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bollywood is so hyped about war that even in the aftermath of the Balakot attack, producers were queuing up to register film titles. But what is the status on the other side of the border? 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