Operation Sindoor Film Announced by Agnihotri, Kumar

Mumbai, India - Producers Bhushan Kumar and filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri announced their latest project, the film Operation Sindoor, on Thursday, revealing it as a cinematic adaptation inspired by India's military response to a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

The movie, directed by Agnihotri, draws from the codename of targeted strikes conducted by Indian forces on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It is based on the book Operation Sindoor: The Untold Story of India's Deep Strikes Inside Pakistan, written by retired Lieutenant General K.J.S. "Tiny" Dhillon. Production will be handled jointly by Kumar's T-Series and Agnihotri's I Am Buddha Productions. The narrative centers on events following the April 22, 2025, terror attack in Pahalgam's Baisaran meadow, where militants killed 26 people, mostly tourists, including 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen. The assault, one of the deadliest in the region since the 2019 Pulwama attack that claimed 40 lives, prompted a swift military operation from May 6 to May 10, 2025, aimed at dismantling terrorist networks.

The filmmakers described the project as a factual depiction of strategic...