Waar (2013)

Waar (Urdu: وار‬ Wār;  IPA:  [ʋɑːr], meaning "The Strike") is a 2013 Pakistani action-thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari and written and produced by Hassan Rana. The film features Shaan Shahid, Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan, Suhaib Rana and Kamran Lashari. It is the fourth highest-grossing Pakistani film after Jawani Phir Nahi Ani. It is a stylized depiction of events surrounding Pakistan's efforts to conduct a war on terror, which resulted in warfare among tribal units in North-West Pakistan. One incident included a terrorist attack on a Police Academy at Lahore in 2009.

Plot
Major Mujtaba Rizvi (played by Shaan Shahid) is a former Pakistan Army officer, who took an early retirement. The plot involves a counter-terrorism operation being conducted in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan, led by Ehtesham Khattak (played by Hamza Ali Abbasi) and coordinated by his sister, Javeria Khattak (played by Ayesha Khan), an intelligence officer. Ehtesham and Javeria learn of a major terrorist attack that can only be countered with the help of Major Mujtaba.

Major Mujtaba's family was assassinated by Ramal (played by Shamoon Abbasi), an agent in India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing's (RAW) operation. Major Mujtaba wants to take revenge on Ramal. Recognizing Ramal through his actions and tactics, Major Mujtaba is able to counter his attacks.

Mulla Siraj, a Taliban working with Ramal, is operating from a fort in the tribal area. He gives Ramal two bombs which Ramal is going to plant somewhere in Pakistan. Planned by Laxmi, a RAW spy, terrorists conduct an attack on a police training center to divert the attention of the security agencies. They have been watching any suspicious activity as they have learned that a major terrorist action is imminent. One bomb is loaded in a vehicle, which Ehtesham drives away in order to dispose the bomb. He is killed when the bomb explodes. The second bomb is planted in Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad but Major Mujtaba counters this attack and saves the country from another deadly terror incident. He takes his revenge by killing Ramal, saying "Good wins over evil in the end".

Cast

 * Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer
 * Shamoon Abbasi as Ramal, Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing's operative
 * Meesha Shafi as Laxmi, Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing's operative
 * Ali Azmat as Ejaz Khan, politician
 * Hamza Ali Abbasi as Ehtesham Khattak, O/C Field Operations CTG
 * Ayesha Khan as Javeria Khattak, an intelligence officer. Chief INTEL and COM; analyst CTG. and Ehtesham's sister
 * Hassan Rana as Taha Ali, director CTG
 * Bilal Lashari as Ali (sniper)
 * Kamran Lashari as Asher Azeem, DG Internal Security or Head of Security Wing
 * Nadeem Abbas as Rana
 * Batin Farooqi as Militant
 * Uzma Khan as Mujtaba's wife
 * Waseem Badami as a news anchor
 * Naseer Afridi (cameo)
 * Imran Khan as a taliban partner