Off the Stage
Yodha is a specialized task force of commandos which is brought in to handle crisis situations directly impacting the national security of the country. Arun Katyal (Sidharth Malhotra), son of martyre…
Off the Stage
Yodha is a specialized task force of commandos which is brought in to handle crisis situations directly impacting the national security of the country. Arun Katyal (Sidharth Malhotra), son of martyred Major Surender Katyal (Ronit Roy), founder of the Yodha task force, takes up leadership of the task force after his father as he becomes an officer in the Indian Army. A para commando trained in land, water and air combat like the rest of the officers in the task force, he lives with his intelligence officer wife Priyamvada "Priya" Katyal (Raashii Khanna) and his mother (Farida Patel Venkat), and has a sure friend and ally in fellow officer Sameer Khan. After a successful mission, he apologizes to Priya for disobeying commands from the intelligentsia. Arun doesn't like to wait for orders in the fields and trusts his own instincts and understanding of the tactical situation over the knowledge and inputs of sleuths who are sitting far away from the ground zero. He also acts without the consensus of his team and frequently takes solo action in tactical operations. Priya is livid as Arun does not follow the chain of command. During a mission where he is unofficially assigned to the security of reputed nuclear scientist Dr. Anuj Nair (S. M. Zaheer), the flight gets hijacked by Lashkar-E-Taiba terrorists. Arun makes his best efforts to contain the terrorists until such time as the Yodha team, having been signaled to action, can intercept. The flight was stranded at Amritsar airport and had civilian passengers and crew inside as well. Priya is the negotiator from the Indian side and the kidnappers demand a fuel tank for the plane, Rs 50 Lakhs in cash and 3 terrorists released from Indian jail. Arun sets a small fire inside the electrical wiring of the aircraft but cannot stop the terrorists from taking Anuj's VIP passport, which they immediately identify. Arun creates a diversion and manages to get Anuj into the cargo hold of the aircraft. However, the terrorists find out and fight their way into the cargo hold, engaging Arun. Arun is kicked out of the plane while trying to protect Nair, whose identity is made known to the terrorists. Nair is later revealed to have been killed and his body returned to India with the flight despite the government agreeing to the terrorists' demands. Arun goes public with the allegation that it was government inaction to activate the Yodha task force that led to the death of Anuj. An investigation is called on by the Indian government, with Yodha being suspended and its members scrambling to build alternate careers after Priya admits to Arun's violations despite his pleas. The suspension brings about a rift between them as Priya leaves Arun while taking his mother with her. Arun is considered a traitor by ministers and the general public. Some years later, an India-Pakistan peace summit is taking place and is being attended by the Heads of State of both the nations. This is the first such event taking place after a while and hence is critical that it goes smoothly. Arun, who is living a quiet, dubious life, is mysteriously redirected to board a different flight while at an airport. He was supposed to be on the 1130 Delhi Dubai flight but is mysteriously changed to the Delhi-London flight. Once aboard, he strongly suspects a hijack attempt. Arun is the designated commando for the flight. He finds messages on his secure mobile phone, that indicates that the flight is being hijacked and the names of the terrorists that they want released. Arun seemingly kills one Amandeep Singh who he believes is a terrorist. Later, Arun is able to connect to ground Control team in New Delhi. Ground control is led by Sameer Khan (Tanuj Virwani), a fellow Yodha commando who served with Arun. Sameer informs Arun that there is another commando on the flight, who turns out to be Amandeep. He also finds that the names of the 3 terrorists are actually the code names of Arun's friends who are currently lodged in Pakistani jails. It looks like Arun has hijacked the flight to secure the release of his friends from Yodha. The body of the original air commando for the Delhi-London flight is found outside the Delhi airport. Before Arun can put two and two together with the help of fellow passenger Tanya Sharma (Kritika Bhardwaj), a flying expert, and flight attendant Laila Khalid (Disha Patani), he is suddenly sabotaged and betrayed by Laila, who reveals herself to be the prime hijacker, with her brother Ahmed (Mikhail Yawalkar) on board as pilot. Flight was commanded by pilot Raghav Chandra (Vikram Kapadia), whom Ahmed kills. Amandeep was actually an Indian officer and was poisoned by Laila. Laila and Khalid are part of a Kashmiri secessionist group. An intense combat follows, with Arun managing to overpower and kill brother and sister while Tanya assumes control of the flight, during which time news is leaked to the Pakistani media that a rogue Indian Army officer has hijacked a flight to Islamabad and is targeting the India-Pakistan Peace Summit involving the Heads of State, projecting Arun in poor light. The target of the flight, which is locked into its navigation computers, is the hall where the treaty is being deliberated. On the ground in Islamabad, Priya knows that the flight is headed at them. The 2 countries decide to move the peace conference to the PMO and the Pakistan PM leaves for a Pre-scheduled Namaz at the local mosque. Decision is made to shoot the flight down before it reaches Islamabad. Arun deduces that the target is not the peace summit hall, but the mosque where the Pakistani PM would be present. An Indian flight, killing the PM of Pakistan while in a mosque, will lead to only war. Rafiq, a member of the Pakistani Head of State's consulate, initially brings the Pakistani security chief and the Indian Head of State, accompanied by Priya, who is also part of the summit and has been apprised of Arun's involvement in the hijack, to a control room to supervise the situation. He reveals in a twist after killing his own security chief that he is opposed to the Peace Summit. He cancels the order to bring down the plane using military assets. He takes the Indian Head of State (Sanjay Gurbaxani) and Priya hostage and tries to blackmail Arun, who deduces that he is in fact Jalal (Sunny Hinduja), the terrorist who kicked him out of the flight containing Nair. After much deliberation and a conversation with Priya who realizes he hasn't gone rogue after all, Arun manages to save the flight from crashing into its target, a mosque where the Pakistani Head of State is presently offering prayers, with support from Tanya. Jalal and his men, in the meantime, occupy the Pakistani Head of State's Office and force the people out, killing counter-terrorist officers from the Pakistani Army. Arun lands the plane with Tanya and arrives in the nick of time to eliminate the terrorists and manages to barge into the Office premises killing several of Jalal's men but is shorted by Jalal when he holds the Indian Head of State and Priya at gunpoint. Forcing him to talk to Priya, Jalal details his ambitions to sustain terrorism in Kashmir, calling it a "business" he cannot afford to see collapsing. In a coded conversation, Arun realizes Priya hasn't signed the divorce papers and signals her the same way he did while trying to save Nair, ultimately overpowering Jalal and his men. Priya escapes with the Indian Head of State, unharmed, while the other Indian consulate members engage in combat to defend them. Arun manages to snap the detonator to the bombs in the premises out of Jalal's jacket and toss it to Priya, who disables it. Arun and Jalal engage in a one-to-one fight before the former impales the latter. When Jalal taunts Arun, claiming peace can never prevail in Kashmir, he shoots one of the explosives after tossing it mid-air and kills him, having survived a powerful blast, and reunites with Priya. Days into the entire episode, the Indian Head of State officially reinstates the Yodha task force after Arun is rewarded for his bravery and actions.
Off the Stage
Drama
Film Details
Yodha is a specialized task force of commandos which is brought in to handle crisis situations directly impacting the national security of the country. Arun Katyal (Sidharth Malhotra), son of martyred Major Surender Katyal (Ronit Roy), founder of the Yodha task force, takes up leadership of the task force after his father as he becomes an officer in the Indian Army. A para commando trained in land, water and air combat like the rest of the officers in the task force, he lives with his intelligence officer wife Priyamvada "Priya" Katyal (Raashii Khanna) and his mother (Farida Patel Venkat), and has a sure friend and ally in fellow officer Sameer Khan.
After a successful mission, he apologizes to Priya for disobeying commands from the intelligentsia. Arun doesn't like to wait for orders in the fields and trusts his own instincts and understanding of the tactical situation over the knowledge and inputs of sleuths who are sitting far away from the ground zero. He also acts without the consensus of his team and frequently takes solo action in tactical operations.
Priya is livid as Arun does not follow the chain of command. During a mission where he is unofficially assigned to the security of reputed nuclear scientist Dr. Anuj Nair (S.
M. Zaheer), the flight gets hijacked by Lashkar-E-Taiba terrorists. Arun makes his best efforts to contain the terrorists until such time as the Yodha team, having been signaled to action, can intercept.
The flight was stranded at Amritsar airport and had civilian passengers and crew inside as well. Priya is the negotiator from the Indian side and the kidnappers demand a fuel tank for the plane, Rs 50 Lakhs in cash and 3 terrorists released from Indian jail. Arun sets a small fire inside the electrical wiring of the aircraft but cannot stop the terrorists from taking Anuj's VIP passport, which they immediately identify.
Arun creates a diversion and manages to get Anuj into the cargo hold of the aircraft. However, the terrorists find out and fight their way into the cargo hold, engaging Arun. Arun is kicked out of the plane while trying to protect Nair, whose identity is made known to the terrorists.
Nair is later revealed to have been killed and his body returned to India with the flight despite the government agreeing to the terrorists' demands. Arun goes public with the allegation that it was government inaction to activate the Yodha task force that led to the death of Anuj. An investigation is called on by the Indian government, with Yodha being suspended and its members scrambling to build alternate careers after Priya admits to Arun's violations despite his pleas.
The suspension brings about a rift between them as Priya leaves Arun while taking his mother with her. Arun is considered a traitor by ministers and the general public. Some years later, an India-Pakistan peace summit is taking place and is being attended by the Heads of State of both the nations.
This is the first such event taking place after a while and hence is critical that it goes smoothly. Arun, who is living a quiet, dubious life, is mysteriously redirected to board a different flight while at an airport. He was supposed to be on the 1130 Delhi Dubai flight but is mysteriously changed to the Delhi-London flight.
Once aboard, he strongly suspects a hijack attempt. Arun is the designated commando for the flight. He finds messages on his secure mobile phone, that indicates that the flight is being hijacked and the names of the terrorists that they want released.
Arun seemingly kills one Amandeep Singh who he believes is a terrorist. Later, Arun is able to connect to ground Control team in New Delhi. Ground control is led by Sameer Khan (Tanuj Virwani), a fellow Yodha commando who served with Arun.
Sameer informs Arun that there is another commando on the flight, who turns out to be Amandeep. He also finds that the names of the 3 terrorists are actually the code names of Arun's friends who are currently lodged in Pakistani jails. It looks like Arun has hijacked the flight to secure the release of his friends from Yodha.
The body of the original air commando for the Delhi-London flight is found outside the Delhi airport. Before Arun can put two and two together with the help of fellow passenger Tanya Sharma (Kritika Bhardwaj), a flying expert, and flight attendant Laila Khalid (Disha Patani), he is suddenly sabotaged and betrayed by Laila, who reveals herself to be the prime hijacker, with her brother Ahmed (Mikhail Yawalkar) on board as pilot. Flight was commanded by pilot Raghav Chandra (Vikram Kapadia), whom Ahmed kills.
Amandeep was actually an Indian officer and was poisoned by Laila. Laila and Khalid are part of a Kashmiri secessionist group. An intense combat follows, with Arun managing to overpower and kill brother and sister while Tanya assumes control of the flight, during which time news is leaked to the Pakistani media that a rogue Indian Army officer has hijacked a flight to Islamabad and is targeting the India-Pakistan Peace Summit involving the Heads of State, projecting Arun in poor light.
The target of the flight, which is locked into its navigation computers, is the hall where the treaty is being deliberated. On the ground in Islamabad, Priya knows that the flight is headed at them. The 2 countries decide to move the peace conference to the PMO and the Pakistan PM leaves for a Pre-scheduled Namaz at the local mosque.
Decision is made to shoot the flight down before it reaches Islamabad. Arun deduces that the target is not the peace summit hall, but the mosque where the Pakistani PM would be present. An Indian flight, killing the PM of Pakistan while in a mosque, will lead to only war.
Rafiq, a member of the Pakistani Head of State's consulate, initially brings the Pakistani security chief and the Indian Head of State, accompanied by Priya, who is also part of the summit and has been apprised of Arun's involvement in the hijack, to a control room to supervise the situation. He reveals in a twist after killing his own security chief that he is opposed to the Peace Summit. He cancels the order to bring down the plane using military assets.
He takes the Indian Head of State (Sanjay Gurbaxani) and Priya hostage and tries to blackmail Arun, who deduces that he is in fact Jalal (Sunny Hinduja), the terrorist who kicked him out of the flight containing Nair. After much deliberation and a conversation with Priya who realizes he hasn't gone rogue after all, Arun manages to save the flight from crashing into its target, a mosque where the Pakistani Head of State is presently offering prayers, with support from Tanya. Jalal and his men, in the meantime, occupy the Pakistani Head of State's Office and force the people out, killing counter-terrorist officers from the Pakistani Army.
Arun lands the plane with Tanya and arrives in the nick of time to eliminate the terrorists and manages to barge into the Office premises killing several of Jalal's men but is shorted by Jalal when he holds the Indian Head of State and Priya at gunpoint. Forcing him to talk to Priya, Jalal details his ambitions to sustain terrorism in Kashmir, calling it a "business" he cannot afford to see collapsing. In a coded conversation, Arun realizes Priya hasn't signed the divorce papers and signals her the same way he did while trying to save Nair, ultimately overpowering Jalal and his men.
Priya escapes with the Indian Head of State, unharmed, while the other Indian consulate members engage in combat to defend them. Arun manages to snap the detonator to the bombs in the premises out of Jalal's jacket and toss it to Priya, who disables it. Arun and Jalal engage in a one-to-one fight before the former impales the latter.
When Jalal taunts Arun, claiming peace can never prevail in Kashmir, he shoots one of the explosives after tossing it mid-air and kills him, having survived a powerful blast, and reunites with Priya. Days into the entire episode, the Indian Head of State officially reinstates the Yodha task force after Arun is rewarded for his bravery and actions..