

Julia travels to the Indo-Burma border to perform for the troops during the World War II, on the insistence of Billimoria, her lover. She finds herself in love with Jemadar Malik, a soldier there.
Direction
Bhardwaj turns a war zone into his personal playground of moral gray.
Acting
Kangana owns every frame; Saif's mustache-twirling villainy is *chefs kiss*.
Cinematography
Those Burmese landscapes will make you forget people are dying horribly.

Director
Vishal Bhardwaj
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The INA subplot was controversial enough that Indian censors demanded changes; Bhardwaj allegedly smuggled his cut to festivals.
Kangana did her own stunts and reportedly clashed with Shahid so intensely they stopped speaking—method acting or genuine beef? You decide.