The timing of was crucial. In 2017, India was experiencing a wave of hyper-nationalist cinema, but most of it was surface-level jingoism. The Ghazi Attack arrived as a palate cleanser. It was released simultaneously in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam—a rare pan-Indian strategy before Baahubali made it trendy.
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