Bollywood movies based on terrorism

Bollywood movies based on terrorism

By Vaishnavi Gavankar | April 25, 2025

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A Mani Ratnam film where a woman fights to rescue her kidnapped husband from terrorists in Kashmir.

Roja (1992)

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Also by Mani Ratnam, a love story that intersects with a female suicide bomber’s mission.

Dil Se (1998)

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Explores how terrorism impacts a young boy’s life in the conflict-ridden region of Kashmir.

Mission Kashmir (2000)

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A woman’s search for her missing brother leads to revelations about his involvement in terrorism.

Fiza (2000)

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Highlights the rise of terrorism in Punjab during the 1980s.

Maachis (1996) 

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Ram Gopal Varma’s take on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks

The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)

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A fictional story inspired by post-26/11 global terror response.

Phantom (2015)

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A covert mission to eliminate terrorists before they strike India.

Baby (2015)

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A gripping tale of a common man who forces the system to act against terrorists.

A Wednesday (2008)

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Dramatizes India’s 2016 surgical strikes across the LoC.

Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)

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While not about terrorism in the traditional sense, it deals with socio-political violence and unrest.

Article 15 (2019)

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