Shershaah 2021

Despite my cautious optimism for this film, I somehow waited to watch Bhuj the Pride of India first. Big mistake. That movie’s migraine could only be solved by Shershaah. This movie is everything Bhuj isn’t. It is serious, the action is done extremely well and it comes across as one of the better-done war films from India. Same year, same month of release. Yet such a dichotomy between Bhuj and Shershaah.

From the trailers itself, it was clear which would turn out to be the better film. But since Shershaah was a Karan Johar production, my optimism was tempered. But this time, Dharma productions got a south Indian director and he does full justice to the story of Captain Vikram...