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Operation Valentine teaser: Varun Tej-Manushi Chhillar film is new addition to growing list of Indian war movies

Operation Valentine, directed by Shakti Pratap Singh Hada, stars Varun Tej and Manushi Chhillar in the lead roles.

By: Entertainment Desk
Chennai | December 18, 2023 08:23 PM IST

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Operation Valentine will hit screens on February 16, 2024.

In the current scenario, you either make a big-budget pan-Indian movie with stars from different film industries or you make a war film like Operation Valentine that plays to the gallery of patriotic Indians. The war movies have now gotten an upgrade as the drama is unfolding mid-air with fighter planes. We earlier saw it in the trailer of Hrithik Roshan’s Fighter, and now, Varun Tej and Manushi Chhillar-starrer Operation Valentine seems like a lite version of the same air warfare.

Touted to be based on the biggest Indian airstrike in history, Operation Valentine is directed by Shakti Pratap Singh Hada. The film is produced by Sony Pictures and A Renaissance Pictures, who earlier backed another war film Major.

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In Operation Valentine, Varun Tej plays the role of an IAF officer Arjun Dev, with the call sign Rudra. A dialogue from Rudra best explains the nature of the film. He says, “Ee desam Gandhi ji to paatu Subhash Chandra Bose di kuda (This country belongs to both Gandhi ji and Subhash Chandra Bose).”

Operation Valentine is yet another film that aims to celebrate the valour of Indian soldiers.

The movie will be released on February 16, two days after Valentine’s Day. Written by Shakti Pratap Singh Hada, Aamir Khan, and Siddharth Raj Kumar, the film will be released in both Telugu and Hindi simultaneously.

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