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* OutOfCharacterAlert: In ''Film/War2019'', Kabir survives his poisoning by [[spoiler:Saurabh, who has been disguised as Khalid]] due to catching on to this. He realizes that [[spoiler:"Khalid"]] is not who he says he is when he sees him shoot perfectly from his right side (the real [[spoiler:Khalid]] lacks peripheral vision in his right eye owing to [[spoiler:a bullying incident during his childhood]]) and [[spoiler:drink alcohol]] on the houseboat while celebrating the mission's success (the real [[spoiler:Khalid]], being a [[spoiler:devout Muslim]], does not touch the stuff).

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* OutOfCharacterAlert: In ''Film/War2019'', Kabir survives his poisoning by [[spoiler:Saurabh, who has been disguised as Khalid]] due to catching on to this. He realizes that [[spoiler:"Khalid"]] is not who he says he is when he sees him shoot perfectly from his right side (the real [[spoiler:Khalid]] lacks peripheral vision in his right eye owing to [[spoiler:a bullying incident during his childhood]]) and [[spoiler:drink alcohol]] on the houseboat while celebrating the mission's success (the real [[spoiler:Khalid]], being a [[spoiler:devout Muslim]], does not touch the stuff).
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: In ''Film/War2019'', Kabir survives his poisoning by [[spoiler:Saurabh, who has been disguised as Khalid]] due to catching on to this. He realizes that [[spoiler:"Khalid"]] is not who he says he is when he sees him shoot perfectly from his right side (the real [[spoiler:Khalid]] lacks peripheral vision in his right eye owing to [[spoiler:a bullying incident during his childhood]]) and [[spoiler:drink alcohol]] on the houseboat while celebrating the mission's success (the real [[spoiler:Khalid]], being a [[spoiler:devout Muslim]], does not touch the stuff).
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The movie is part of a SharedUniverse known as the ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YRF_Spy_Universe YRF Spy Universe]]''. The movies ''Film/EkThaTiger'', ''Film/TigerZindaHai'' and ''Film/{{Pathaan}}'' are all set in the same continuity as this one.

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The movie is part of a SharedUniverse known as the ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YRF_Spy_Universe YRF Spy Universe]]''.Franchise/YRFSpyUniverse. The movies ''Film/EkThaTiger'', ''Film/TigerZindaHai'' and ''Film/{{Pathaan}}'' are all set in the same continuity as this one.
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler: Saurabh, post MagicPlasticSurgery looks identical to Khalid, but has some scars across his face]]. Col Luthra has a tiny scar across his right eye, possibly as a ShoutOut to ComicBook/NickFury, given he has a [[{{expy}} similar role]] in this universe.


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* MagicPlasticSurgery: [[spoiler:Both Saurabh and Ilyasi use plastic surgery to go under the radar. Saurabh takes the identity of Khalid.]]
* MrFanservice: Both Kabir and Khalid are played by Creator/HrithikRoshan and Tiger Shroff respectively, who are considered sex symbols. They both wear super tight, body hugging outfits that show off their toned physiques. Sometimes they also suffer from ClothingDamage to show off their muscles and in the final fight, Khalid [[spoiler:(actually Saurabh)]] tears off his shirt and fights Kabir topless.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Saurabh. [[spoiler:And there is good reason for this, he has been alive and well and had [[KillAndReplace taken the identity of Khalid, who was killed]]]].
* OnceMoreWithClarity: The chase sequence in Marrakesh ends with Khalid going after [[TheMole Saurabh]] and getting shot, but surviving. [[spoiler:After Kabir is poisoned, it is revealed that Khalid has been DeadAllAlong and the "Khalid" we have been following is really Saurabh, who underwent MagicPlasticSurgery]].


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* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:When Kabir confronts Ilyasi and Saurabh in the climax, this is Saurabh's reaction as he had poisoned Kabir, he didn't think he would survive]].
* WorkoutFanservice: Khalid, at one point, is seen practicing his moves on a punching bag, while wearing a wifebeater.
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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailer shows Hiritk Roshan playing the BigBad and Tiger Schroff playing TheHero. [[spoiler: in the film, it's the polar opposite]].

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailer shows Hiritk Roshan Creator/HrithikRoshan playing the BigBad and Tiger Schroff Shroff playing TheHero. [[spoiler: in the film, it's the polar opposite]].
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* CelebrityParadox: One of Kabir's teammates references Creator/KatrinaKaif. Not only has Kaif worked with Creator/HrithikRoshan on other movies, she also plays Zoya in ''Film/EkThaTiger'' and its sequel ''Film/TigerZindaHai'', both set in the [[SharedUniverse same universe]].
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The movie is part of a SharedUniverse known as the ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YRF_Spy_Universe YRF Spy Universe]]''. The movies ''Film/EkThaTiger'', ''Film/TigerZindaHai'' and ''Film/{{Pathaan}}'' are all set in the same continuity as this one.
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Not related to the movie ''Film/{{WAR}}'' starring Creator/JetLi and Creator/JasonStatham.

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Not related to the movie ''Film/{{WAR}}'' ''Film/War2007'' starring Creator/JetLi and Creator/JasonStatham.
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''War'' depicts a story of an Indian soldier who is sent to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.

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''War'' depicts a the story of an Indian soldier who is sent to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.



* BigBadDuumvirate: The villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Ilyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kabir foils Illyasi's plan to destroy India's satellite defense system, and avenges the deaths of Naina and his team by killing Ilyasi and Saurabh. But the real Khalid is dead, though he is honoured post-humously and hailed as a hero. Also, Kabir is officially still a fugitive by the end of the film, though this is by choice - he plans to raise Naina's daughter Ruhi while using his rogue agent status to carry out missions he can't within the system]].
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: After Saurabh kills Khalid, he performs plastic surgery to look like Khalid and hid his scars from the surgery through a mask]].
* DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler: It is revealed that Kabir is still serving RAW with a mission to recover a lost document and managed to kill 3 of Ilyasi's associates before meeting Khalid. or shall we say, Saurabh disguised as Khalid]].

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* BigBadDuumvirate: The villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India India, and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Ilyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kabir foils Illyasi's Ilyasi's plan to destroy India's satellite defense system, and avenges the deaths of Naina and his team by killing Ilyasi and Saurabh. But the real Khalid is dead, though he is honoured post-humously posthumously and hailed as a hero. Also, Kabir is officially still a fugitive by the end of the film, though this is by choice - he plans to raise Naina's daughter Ruhi while using his rogue agent status to carry out missions he can't within the system]].
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: After Saurabh kills Khalid, he performs has plastic surgery to look like Khalid and hid hides his scars from the surgery through with a mask]].
* DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler: It is revealed that Kabir is still serving RAW with a mission to recover a lost document and managed to kill 3 of Ilyasi's associates before meeting Khalid. Khalid, or shall we say, Saurabh disguised as Khalid]].



** [[spoiler: When the real Khalid chases Saurabh, it ended up with the real Khalid being killed by Saurabh and takes his face and identity through plastic surgery, hiding the small scars from the surgery through a mask]].
** [[spoiler: It was revealed that Ilyasi kills his fourth associate and disguised as him]].

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** [[spoiler: When the real Khalid chases Saurabh, it ended up with the real Khalid being killed by Saurabh and Saurabh, who takes his face and identity through plastic surgery, hiding the small scars from the surgery through with a mask]].
** [[spoiler: It was revealed that Ilyasi kills killed his fourth associate and was disguised as him]].



** [[spoiler: The Khalid we see in the film is not the real deal. It was Saurabh who is an associate of Ilyasi's and a former RAW Agent who got rogue]].
** [[spoiler: Illyasi kills one of his associates and steals his identity]].

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** [[spoiler: The Khalid we see in the film is not the real deal. It was Saurabh who is an associate of Ilyasi's and a former RAW Agent who got went rogue]].
** [[spoiler: Illyasi Ilyasi kills one of his associates and steals his identity]].
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''War'' depicts a story of an Indian soldier who sent to get rid of his former mentor who has gone rogue.

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''War'' depicts a story of an Indian soldier who is sent to get rid of eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kabir managed to foil Saurabh and Ilyasi's plan to make India and Pakistan fight each other, but Kabir is still a fugitive and he will probably never go back to his home]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kabir managed to foil Saurabh and Ilyasi's foils Illyasi's plan to make India destroy India's satellite defense system, and Pakistan fight each other, but avenges the deaths of Naina and his team by killing Ilyasi and Saurabh. But the real Khalid is dead, though he is honoured post-humously and hailed as a hero. Also, Kabir is officially still a fugitive and by the end of the film, though this is by choice - he will probably never go back plans to raise Naina's daughter Ruhi while using his home]].rogue agent status to carry out missions he can't within the system]].



* DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler: It was revealed that Khalid is still serving RAW with a mission to recover a lost document and managed to kill 3 of Ilyasi's associates before meeting Khalid. or shall we say, Saurabh disguised as Khalid]].

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* DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler: It was is revealed that Khalid Kabir is still serving RAW with a mission to recover a lost document and managed to kill 3 of Ilyasi's associates before meeting Khalid. or shall we say, Saurabh disguised as Khalid]].
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** Colonel Luthra had a son. [[spoiler: It was Kabir]].

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** Colonel Luthra had a son. [[spoiler: It was Kabir]].Illyasi kills one of his associates and steals his identity]].
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** [[spoiler: When Khalid chases Saurabh, it ended up with Khalid being killed by Saurabh and takes his face and identity through plastic surgery, hiding the small scars from the surgery through a mask]].

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** [[spoiler: When the real Khalid chases Saurabh, it ended up with the real Khalid being killed by Saurabh and takes his face and identity through plastic surgery, hiding the small scars from the surgery through a mask]].
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* KillAndReplace:
** [[spoiler: When Khalid chases Saurabh, it ended up with Khalid being killed by Saurabh and takes his face and identity through plastic surgery, hiding the small scars from the surgery through a mask]].
** [[spoiler: It was revealed that Ilyasi kills his fourth associate and disguised as him]].
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War is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand. It is produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films, and stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. The film follows an Indian soldier assigned to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.

Principal photography of the film began in the second week of September 2018, and concluded in March 2019. Initially titled Fighters, the film's title was changed after the release of the official teaser in July 2019. The film's music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with lyrics written by Kumaar, and released under the banner YRF Music.

War was theatrically released in India in 4DX on 2 October 2019, the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.[4] The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Roshan and Shroff, but criticism for its predictable storyline. War set the record for the highest-opening day collection for a Bollywood film in India.

In Case you confused it with the movie ''Film/{{WAR}}'' starring Creator/JetLi and Creator/JasonStatham.

! List of Tropes appearing in this film:
* BigBadDuumvirate: the villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Ilyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer]].
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Kabir managed to foil Saurabh and Ilyasi's plan to make India and Pakistan fight each other, but Kabir is still a fugitive and he will probably never go back to his home]].
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: After Saurabh kills Khalid, he performs plastic surgery to look like Khalid and hid his scars from the surgery through a mask]].
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOverHim: After a brutal fistfight between Khalid and Saurabh, the place that they fight crumbles and falls on Saurabh, killing him]].

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War ''War'' is a 2019 an Indian Hindi-language action thriller from 2019. The film was directed by Siddharth Anand. It is Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner from Yash Raj Films, and Films. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. The film follows an Indian soldier assigned to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.

Principal photography of the film began in the second week of September 2018, and concluded in March 2019. Initially titled Fighters, the film's title was changed after the release of the official teaser in July 2019. The film's music
score was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with lyrics written by Kumaar, Kumaar.

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and released under concluded in March 2019. The movie was originally called ''Fighters'', but the banner YRF Music.

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film's title was changed after the release of the teaser trailer to ''War''.

''War''
was theatrically released in India in 4DX on 2 in October 2019, the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.[4] The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Roshan and Shroff, but criticism for its predictable storyline. War set 2019. It broke the record for the highest-opening day collection for a Bollywood film in India.

In Case you confused it with Not related to the movie ''Film/{{WAR}}'' starring Creator/JetLi and Creator/JasonStatham.

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of Tropes appearing in this film:
the following tropes:
* BigBadDuumvirate: the The villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Ilyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer]].
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Kabir managed to foil Saurabh and Ilyasi's plan to make India and Pakistan fight each other, but Kabir is still a fugitive and he will probably never go back to his home]].
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: After Saurabh kills Khalid, he performs plastic surgery to look like Khalid and hid his scars from the surgery through a mask]].
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOverHim: After a brutal fistfight between Khalid and Saurabh, the place that they fight crumbles and falls on Saurabh, killing him]].
mask]].



* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Khalid's fate and Saurabh's role in the film was revealed in the 2nd half]].

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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Khalid's fate and Saurabh's role in the film was revealed in the 2nd half]].----
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* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOverHim: After a brutal fistfight between Khalid and Saurabh, the place that they fight crumbles and falls on Saurabh, killing him]].



* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailer shows Hiritk Roshan playing the BigBad and Tiger Schroff playing TheHero. [[spoiler: in the film, it's the polar opposite]].

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailer shows Hiritk Roshan playing the BigBad and Tiger Schroff playing TheHero. [[spoiler: in the film, it's the polar opposite]].opposite]].
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Khalid's fate and Saurabh's role in the film was revealed in the 2nd half]].

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* BigBadDuumvirate: the villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Illyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer and the one who stole his face]].
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: After Saurabh kills Khalid, he performs plastic surgery to look like Khalid and hid his scars through a mask]].

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* BigBadDuumvirate: the villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Illyasi Ilyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer killer]].
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Kabir managed to foil Saurabh
and the one who stole Ilyasi's plan to make India and Pakistan fight each other, but Kabir is still a fugitive and he will probably never go back to his face]].
home]].
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: After Saurabh kills Khalid, he performs plastic surgery to look like Khalid and hid his scars from the surgery through a mask]].mask]].
* DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler: It was revealed that Khalid is still serving RAW with a mission to recover a lost document and managed to kill 3 of Ilyasi's associates before meeting Khalid. or shall we say, Saurabh disguised as Khalid]].
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler: The Khalid we see in the film is not the real deal. It was Saurabh who is an associate of Ilyasi's and a former RAW Agent who got rogue]].
** Colonel Luthra had a son. [[spoiler: It was Kabir]].
* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailer shows Hiritk Roshan playing the BigBad and Tiger Schroff playing TheHero. [[spoiler: in the film, it's the polar opposite]].

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! List of Tropes pertaining to this film:
* BigBadDuumvirate: the villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Illyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer and the one who stole his face]].

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* BigBadDuumvirate: the villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Illyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer and the one who stole his face]].face]].
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: After Saurabh kills Khalid, he performs plastic surgery to look like Khalid and hid his scars through a mask]].
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War is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand. It is produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films, and stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. The film follows an Indian soldier assigned to eliminate his former mentor who has gone rogue.

Principal photography of the film began in the second week of September 2018, and concluded in March 2019. Initially titled Fighters, the film's title was changed after the release of the official teaser in July 2019. The film's music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with lyrics written by Kumaar, and released under the banner YRF Music.

War was theatrically released in India in 4DX on 2 October 2019, the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.[4] The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Roshan and Shroff, but criticism for its predictable storyline. War set the record for the highest-opening day collection for a Bollywood film in India.

In Case you confused it with the movie ''Film/{{WAR}}'' starring Creator/JetLi and Creator/JasonStatham.

! List of Tropes pertaining to this film:
* BigBadDuumvirate: the villains of the movie are Rizwan Ilyasi, a Businessman who wants to create another war between Pakistan and India and Saurabh, a former RAW agent who is an associate of Illyasi and [[spoiler: Khalid's killer and the one who stole his face]].

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