The film is a must watch for the Vicky Kaushal acting and Paresh Rawal as a NDA. The film's opens up in chapter and giving us a countdown till the surgical strike. Each chapter progress the story forward and many of the scenarios are covered as in real world missions always do not go as planned as opposed to some movies where everything is in place and mission goes smoothly. Director Aditya Dhar make the movie as a no nonsense movie with no song or love story crawling in between. The DOP has done a great job with audience are put right in the middle of action and every scene is simple to follow even though the film covers the scene from different angles. The background score keeps you intrigued and on the edge of the seat. The song challa is also used to progress the story and does not feel like it hinders with it in any way. Kirti kulhari has a very small role, Yami Gautam look carries her character of intelligence persona effortlessly. Mohit raina makes a debut in this movie from small screen and is a good addition to the cast. I only regret that he would have gotten more screen time. Rajit kapur carries the role of "PM" but other than the facial look nothing works to look like the actual person. Paresh Rawal does a great job as NDA and is like a internal director in the movie. Nothing less would be expected from him. Last but not the least Vicky Kaushal is the new actor. Being his first solo movie he just outshines -he is the core of this movie. Strong but vulnerable in his own sense. He carries the burden of the family but is always prepared for the service of the nation. In one scene he is standing with his eyes wet but with a crisp uniform giving a tribute to a soldier and the pause at the end is a masterstroke. the army avatar is flawless and we clearly sees the effort put in. The warcry "how's the Josh" fills not only the onscreen cast but the audience with patriotism. Though Vickys last scene is where you might see the fiction crawling in though the film clearly states based on fact but it's been fictionalized. Hands down the best performance by Vicky and a must watch movie