‘We hate it’: IAF pilots told 'Operation Safed Sagar' makers to ditch Bollywood heroics, show the gritty reality of Kargil War and follow Vijeta’s realistic approach
- Posted on August 23, 2026
- By The Times of India
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‘We hate it’: IAF pilots told 'Operation Safed Sagar' makers to ditch Bollywood heroics, show the gritty reality of Kargil War and follow Vijeta’s realistic approach
Bringing the Indian Air Force’s role in the 1999 Kargil War to the screen came with a clear instruction for the makers of ‘Operation Safed Sagar’: keep it real. The team behind the Netflix series spent years researching the conflict and speaking to fighter pilots who had actually experienced it.
