Aditya Dhar: After years of struggle, 2019 became my most rewarding year

Uri: The Surgical Strike, starring Vicky Kaushal, Mohit Raina, Yami Gautam and others, is based on the 2016 Indian Army’s surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan as a retaliation for the Uri attack. It is also one of the highest-grossing films of 2019.

Sharing how the year impacted him as a filmmaker and a person, Aditya Dhar added, “After receiving so much love from the audience, 2019 has been nothing but a boost of encouragement for me both as a filmmaker and as a human being. While it has raised the bar high for me as a filmmaker, it has only made me more grounded as a person. I realise how important it is to understand the responsibility of retelling the story of people, for the people.”

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— Aditya Dhar (@AdityaDharFilms) August 9, 2019

Dhar is set to reunite with Vicky Kaushal in his next directorial based on Ashwatthama, the mythological character from Mahabharata. The director, who is looking forward to 2020, said, “2020 is going to be a year of hard work to raise the bar higher with my next film, The Immortal Ashwatthama. My goal is to create an environment where we can match the standards of top film industries from around the world. The aim is to collaborate with them and tell stories that appeal to a global audience. With Ashwatthama, the idea is to invite the younger generation into the fascinating world of Indian mythology, while also introducing it on the global front.”

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