the film is produced by mindworks media and includes 400 visual effects. it took three years to complete "waar". locations included karachi(pakistan), rome(italy), istanbul(turkey), lahore(pakistan), islamabad, swat valley. it was reported in the media that the film was shot in collaboration with the inter-services public relations (ispr), the media wing of pakistan army; director bilal lashari denied any such collaboration saying that the confusion might have arisen as mindworks media worked on the documentary "the glorious resolve" with ispr when "waar" was being filmed.