Welcome back to The Movie Recap. Today I'm gonna show you a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action film
called, Uri: The Surgical Strike. Spoilers ahead. Sit back, relax and enjoy the video.
The movie starts with Chapter One, The Seven Sisters which is set on June 4, 2015. A year
before the Uri attack. In India, in a convoy, a man is singing with a group of soldiers when
suddenly, the tyre pops, and the driver gets shot. Shootings begin vastly from both parties while a
man presses a button that explodes the whole bus. Five days later, soldiers are on a chopper;
when they get the signal, they all come down and land in a field. The soldiers gather and
hide in a tree while the two leaders plan the shooting the terrorists; they wish each other
luck and separate. The signal comes and they throw a big explosion toward the enemies’ camp.
With that, it rages the other side so bullets are, again,
being thrown extremely fast. The soldiers blow bombs a couple of times but the other one gets
affected by the terrorists’ bombs. He lies on the ground and sees a terrorist member so; he comes at
him and a fight starts. They punch and kick each other real hard until the soldier kills the enemy;
they celebrate their victory with pink smoke. A dinner is being done after the fight and
the two army heads are talking about Major Vihaan. They greet the soldiers and talk to
the Major for him to be put on compassionate grounds. However, he says that her mother has
Stage-6 Alzheimer’s and he wants to spend more time with her before she forgets him.
The uppers are impressed and say he’s a good son to his mother then say that he should also
take care of the country because it’s also his mother. He then gets transferred to an
Army Headquarters in Delhi, where his family lives, and his uppers will arrange her a nurse.
Then, in Chapter Two: An Unsettling Peace where the major and his mother are talking.
She requests not to dump her in some hospital. He lets her mother take her pills then her sister and
niece come home as well. They talk and bond for a while then her mother hugs her, thinking that he’s
arrived recently when they just talked earlier. After that, the sister decides to take care
of the mother while Vihaan visits his fellow major and soldier to talk and bond.
They comfort each other as their mother’s disease is spreading badly. That night, they have a lovely
dinner party while reminiscing the past. Vihaan then reminds the nurse about his mother’s habits.
At New Delhi’s NSC building, the people are talking about the terrorists infiltrating the
border in Ravi River as well as some incidents that caused deaths and injuries among civilians.
The terrorists are now hiding in a building near the police station.
In New Delhi’s Air Base, Major Karan arrives together with his team while Vihaan arrives
at his new work, the headquarters. Her niece’s birthday comes so his brother-in-law, Karan,
visits their house. Karan goes to the base again while Vihaan continues his
work and then comes back to his family. Meanwhile, the war room is stressing out
from too much bad news. Vihaan talks with his co-worker about her case while having a coffee.
She wants to prove patriotism to her dead husband captain. Vihaan comes home and he couldn’t find
his mother; he asks the nurse that answers she’s sleeping. He then comes running outside
to look for her mom together with his sister. With this, he says horrible things to the nurse
but she stays calm and says she put GPS on all her clothes. As she’s also an agent,
her team finds her mom on a bridge; the mom comes back and they hug each other.
After the Indo-Myanmar operation, the families of Special Forces are kept under surveillance in
case of any threats by the terrorists; Chapter Three, “Bleed India with a Thousand Cuts,” then
comes with four terrorists entering the Indian base camp with the same uniform.
They enter the canteen, kill the chef, then prepare their weapons in a field. The terrorists
pour gallons of fuel into the soil and shoot every soldier in each camp as well as throw grenades.
Karan runs with his team as they fight their enemies; he then asks them to cover him as he
runs towards the terrorists. He gets on the ground as a couple of bombs approach him and
sees an enemy in the corner. Karan shoots him and then takes his gun it’s connected with dynamite;
so, it explodes with him. After the incident, a funeral is
expressed for him and his two mates; his pregnant wife grieves and cries while his daughter offers
him the greatest salute of courage. Vihaan cries while standing and the mother comforts her family.
At the Army War Room, the uppers are thinking of a wise decision regarding the terrorists’ attack.
They decide not to care about the UN or USA’s decision. They must prepare for war and take
good care of the citizens. One of them thinks about having a surgical strike, infiltrate
POK and annihilate terrorists’ launchpads, hidden terrorists, handlers, and guides. The
place is in Pakistan but they agree that they will be attacking the terrorists’ bases, nothing more,
nothing less, and also strike back from Uri. All of them agree on the operation
and will be doing it in ten days. In Vihaan’s house, a doorbell rang
and it was Major Karan’s mate. He tells him about the planned operation although he still
doesn’t know some details. He also gives him his brother-in-law’s watch, which has some cracks
on it due to the explosion; and talks about his courage and patriotism. Before leaving, he tells
Vihaan that his lead could be a help, that’s a thing he wishes. His sister heard everything and
is now crying as she holds Karan’s dirty clothes. She cries and griefs while Vihaan comforts her.
The next day, he goes to his boss saying he wants to fight for his men, wanting to be responsible.
He pleads to be with the mission and promises that he will bring all the soldiers alive. The
upper agrees to his request; so, the next day, Vihaan is with the Lieutenant that’s explaining
the details of the operation. It will be on seven days thus the finalization of the team.
When the team arrives, he and Captain Sartaj train them;
he also let them text their families gives the training as an excuse then gets their phones.
The team is raging for revenge as well as Major Vihaan.
With this, Chapter Four comes with the title, “A New India.”
In Pakistan, their upper is getting angry with his men because there’s a mole in their office
giving their information in India. While he’s talking to his “mother,” he gives “phone numbers.”
The intelligence team in India hears the call and lists the numbers which were location coordinates;
she gives it to the uppers to investigate. In the operations room, they are now locating
the places. After that, she sees Vihaan and tells him her real name. He then
apologizes for that day and talks for a bit. Jasmine presents to the team that they’ve all
located five launchpads and will still find the two more. The upper wants something that can
fly up to the enemy’s window; luckily, they see their intern making an unmanned aerial vehicle,
shaped like a bird. They decide to let it fly at the field; as it goes well,
they need four of it to investigate the enemy. Meanwhile, Vihaan makes his co-worker their
pilot as she also wants to prove her patriotism to her dead husband. He receives a call from Jasmine
saying that they arrested two guides and they might know information about the Uri attack.
They will be both handling the interrogation; meeting at the Air Base.
At the interrogation cell, they ask about the handler of the Uri attack. However, the man
doesn’t seem to answer any of it; so, they punish him. Vihaan then turns to his brother, gives him
tea, then pours the hot tea on his face. The man then tells them some information that Idris
and Jabbar planned and handled the Uri attack. Jasmine then reports everything to the uppers,
the planner, handler, terrorists’ place, and caves they’re hiding in. They plan thoroughly
to not get seen with the four cameras from the toy bird to be flown in the enemies’ place.
The train goes hard together with the preparation of armors and the technologies. Meanwhile, the
Pakistani War Room is talking about India’s chance to strike and they’re distracting them but some of
the members doubt it. One of them gets trouble golfing and his “friend” invites him for dinner.
On the other hand, the intelligence and technology team is working with the toy
birds prying on the enemy. However, one of them sees it and tries to look at the toy. The team
is being pressured to control the toy while he’s holding it; suddenly, it flies again very well.
Two days before the strike, the whole team is preparing for it hard. Helicopters, armors,
and other things such as detailed information about the terrorists. Every team will destroy
two locations and it will start at 2 AM. They decide not to do anything so, the public won’t
suspect them of planning something. The commander reminds Vihaan about him promising all soldiers
will get home alive and he replies that they will all have dinner after the successful operation.
The final chapter has come and it is titled, “The Surgical Strike.” The days have come and
Vihaan is now reminding his team about their plan. Meanwhile, the Pakistani War Room are suspecting
India due to some pictures at their Air Base preparing. Major Vihaan then energizes his team by
reminding them of the revenge their need as well as the horrible things the terrorists have done.
Eight hours before the strike, the choppers decide to air while the soldiers are preparing
their armors. They go to the chopper while the technical team goes prepared as well.
Govind, the head of the Indian War Room is going through places to also prepare for the operation.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani War Room member is being drugged for him to say any details which
they did after several times of interrogating. Pakistan Team has an aerial radar that can detect
any air movement; they launch it and it can tell whether there’s an enemy between 20 meters or so.
The two decide to call the team and tell Govind to abort the mission because of it.
At the Pakistani Air Defense Station, their team is already detecting a sense of movement;
so, Vihaan tells the pilot to turn around, which they did and they suddenly lose detection.
Vihaan suddenly thinks of his brother-in-law; and thinks about their interrogation about caves and
all thus thinking about going by land. They enter the caves slowly while Govind thinks
about the GPS toy bird. He tells the intern to be the eye of the team and flies the device.
Suddenly, they see people sitting on the rocks; the soldiers shoot them perfectly
and continue the operation. The soldiers are now in a forest and slowly open a gate.
A man goes out of their camp and the soldiers hurriedly catch him while the other terrorists
inside prepare their weapons. Lots of shots and explosions are done while being cautious;
they shoot every terrorist and then light up the whole location to start a fire.
The first operation was a success, indeed; while the two teams are also flawless.
On the other hand, the drugged Pakistani is being taken home by the couple with the excuse of
being drunk. The soldiers cross a bridge and walk through a small neighborhood. Everyone walks, and
the lights come off; they arrive at the place and open it very gently as it has a connected alarm.
They cut the wires and open the second gate while the other men are climbing through the stairs.
The soldiers are quietly going through the operation when a gunshot was freed;
so, the whole gang inside wakes up and gets their weapons.
The man hurries and shoots every single terrorist inside the building. They exchange bullets but
mostly the Indian side is winning as they plan it thoroughly. Some explosions were made, Major
Vihaan together with the captain is capturing a guy who tried to escape through a window.
Vihaan interrogates him as to where is Idris, the one who planned the Uri attack.
He cut his toe with a knife then the guy shouts camera; quickly, Vihaan shoots them one by one.
He meets a child who’s shaking, holding a gun, he lets him go then closes the gate.
It is now 3 AM but his fellow soldiers still haven’t found Idris. Thinking he may not be there;
Vihaan thinks he’s there and then shoots each camera again. However, the police are coming
as there’s someone that informed them. The team tells Vihan about the police but he insists on
killing Idris; the team lets him. After feeling the presence,
Idris shoots his wooden door multiple times but no signs of anything. Vihaan jumps through his
window and fights the planner of the attack. The major punches him many times but Idris also
gets his way. Idris kicks, punches, and chokes Vihaan hard while the major presses his eyes.
They fight for the knife; Vihaan gets it and stabs Idris multiple times. He shouts
as he presses the knife into Idris’ chest. After that, he calls the intern to guide
their way into escaping; the police see them and shoot some bullets but no one got shot,
they continue to run along the woods while the Pakistani Air Force is chasing them.
Meanwhile, the soldiers try to hide from a rock or anything to hide from Pakistani choppers.
Vihaan orders Seerat to shoot the enemy’s chopper and does it while mentioning his dead husband.
The signal gets lost so the team gets worried. Luckily, it gets back and all of them clap for the
successful operation done. They get out of a cave; Vihaan asks his other team about their status.
They all did pretty well with no casualties. Their uppers are very proud of them, especially Vihaan.
Everyone celebrates; Govind calls his other mates and tells them the good news. Vihaan energizes
his team by screaming their victory non-stop. In September 2016, in the Airforce Base, Jasmine
looks at the sky as he sees the chopper where Vihaan is. They look at each other and smile;
they share a very nice handshake. Seerat, the pilot, also gives Jasmine a handshake and greets
each other for a successful operation. Vihaan comes home while her family is waiting for him.
His sister hugs him tight as well as his niece. He kneels for his mother while
she stares at him directly. Vihaan then walks back when suddenly, his mother calls his name.
He smiles and kisses his mother in her hand. The 30th of September, the date of dinner where
Vihaan promised, has come. All of the soldiers and agents are there celebrating their victory.
The movie ends with all of the team having a nice dinner.