'Wing Commander Abhinandan' to 'Pulwama Terror Attack': B-Town producers battling for movie titles post IAF's strikeFeb 28 (AZINS) After the unprecedented success of Vicky Kaushal starrer URI: The Surgical Strike and in the wake of the recent turn of events post the Pulwama Attack and Indian Air Force (IAF)'s strike on Pakistani terror camps in Balakot, followed by the big news of victory that just dropped in (Wing Commander Abhinandan's release from Pakistan on Friday), there's a surge in the applications from film producers to register movie titles based on the events. While the prayers of the entire country have finally been answered as Pakistan is set to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from its custody on Friday, several B-Town producers are leaving no stones unturned to milk the opportunity to register titles for prospective films/web series or TV shows based on the recent events, that may or may not be made in future.

A report on Huffingtonost.in suggests that soon after IAF launched air strikes on Pakistan's terror camp at Balakot on February 26, 2019, the Indian Pictures' Producers association (IMPPA) office in Andheri (Mumbai) witnessed at least five production houses, in a hurry to book patriotic titles of movies that they wished to make in future. The report quoted a person present at the IMPPA office, describing the situation like a "khichdi" of sorts, with producers fighting it out to reseve titles like, Balakot, Surgical Strikes 2.0, Pulwama Attacks and more permutations and combinations of the important keywords indicative of the tension between the two countries.

The report quoted the person as saying, "After a point, they started discussing amongst themselves, suggesting variations of the same title. It was quite a sight." To a great extent this can be traced to the success of URI which released in January 2019 and went on to cross over Rs 200 crore at the box office. As per the report, some of the titles registered in February include the likes of Josh and How's The Josh - which are both registered by Vikram Malhotra's Abundantia Entertainment.

Post the February 14 Pulawama Attack in which a convoy of 40 CRPF jawaans was killed in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, the titles that got registered included - Pulwama, Pulwama: The Surgical Strike, War Room, Hindustan Hamara Hai, Pulwama Terror Attack, The Attacks of Pulwama, With Love, From India, and ATS - One Man Show, as per Complete Cinema trade magazine.

The HuffPost report further shares that an IMPPA representative confirmed to them that the past week saw an overwhelming number of applications for registration of titles related to the IAF's air strike on Pakistan's Balakot in addition to those on Pulwama. Now, as the news of IAF's wing commander Abhinandan's release from Pakistan custody brings a wave of joy among the denizens of the country, we won't be surprised if titles like, 'Abhinandan' or 'Wing Commander Abhinandan' too are registered with IMPPA in no time.