Bhuj: The Pride of India is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language War Drama Action film. Directed, co-produced and written by Abhishek Dudhaiya. Set during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, it is about the life of IAF Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik, the then in-charge of the Bhuj airport who, with his team, reconstructed the IAF airbase with the help of 300 women from the local village Madhapar. The film features Ajay Devgn as Karnik, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Nora Fatehi, Sharad Kelkar, Ammy Virk and Pranitha Subhash.
After announcing the film on 19 March 2019, it was confirmed that the true incident shown in the film is one of India’s most fascinating war-related stories. Principal photography began in late June 2019 and it was shot in Hyderabad, Kutch, Bhopal, Indore, Lucknow, Mumbai and Kolkata. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the film is skipping theatrical release and will stream directly online on OTT platform Disney+Hotstar worldwide.
| Movie | Bhuj: The Pride of India |
| Genre | War Drama Action |
| Directed by | Abhishek Dudhaiya |
| Produced by | Bhushan Kumar,
Ginny Khanuja, Krishan Kumar, Kumar Mangat Pathak, Vajir Singh, Abhishek Dudhaiya |
| Written by | Abhishek Dudhaiya,
Ritesh Shah |
| Cast | Ajay Devgn,
Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Nora Fatehi, Sharad Kelkar, Ammy Virk, Pranitha Subhash, Mahesh Shetty, Jay Patel, Ihana Dhillon |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar |
| Cinematography | Aseem Bajaj,
GBCT |
| Edited by | Dharmendra Sharma,
AFVE |
| Production Company | T-Series,
Select Media Holdings LLP |
| Distributed by | Disney+Hotstar |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Release Date | 2021 |
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