Bollywood producers race begin to secure 'Operation Sindoor' title

Several top Bollywood production houses are vying for the rights to the title 'Operation Sindoor,' Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) president BN Tiwari confirmed to India Today that, after India carried out precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, a number of producers applied for the Operation Sindoor title. He shared that close to 15 filmmakers and studios filled in their applications at the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (one of the associations that works towards registration of film titles).

According to sources, this development is fairly common in the film industry. "Whenever



a big national event occurs, filmmakers tend to call dibs on the title. Even if a film will not be made, it's safer to have the title registered. However, after the success of Uri, War, or Fighter, filmmakers have understood that war films continue to be a favourite genre, and hence they would want to someday work on a film on Operation Sindoor also," the source added.

According to trade sources, the front-runner in this contest has been Mahaveer Jain’s company, which was the first to register this title under its name. Alongside, Ashoke Pandit, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and studios like T-Series and Zee Studios are also said to have promptly applied for the same title for their potential film.