LOC Kargil to Uri The Surgical Strike: Bollywood films you can watch on Independence Day

Mother India is a visual representation of how the farming and agricultural situation operated in the wake of a new, independent India. Nargis shattered stereotypes by playing a mother to Sunil Dutt.

Roja is about the growing fear of terrorist attacks across the world. It is the first in Ratnam's trilogy of films that depict human relationships against the background of Indian politics.

LOC Kargil is the story of Indian soldiers fighting in Kargil and being remembered by their families. The film is an attempt to dramatize the 1999 Kargil War (Operation Vijay).

Lagaan is set in the pre-independence era, members of a small village go up against British army officers in a game of cricket which they know nothing about. Their goal was to get the lagaan (agricultural tax) repealed.

Swades focused on pressing issues like water and electricity, which continue to be a problem in certain parts of India even today. The film traces the journey of a NASA scientist who rediscovers his Indian roots during a trip to India and changes the face of the village.

Mangal Pandey: The Rising is based on the life and times of Mangal Pandey, a soldier who is known for his role in the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

Rang De Basanti retold the story of the Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh with a modern twist. And it surely resonated with the masses.

Chittagong is based on the story of brave students and young women who rebelled against the British Empire in 1930s British Colonial India (now Bangladesh), led by a teacher.

Chak De! India is about coach Kabir Khan vowing to train a battalion of women hockey players and makes the country proud.

Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam play the lead roles in Aditya Dhar’s debut film Uri: The Surgical Strike. The film is based on the true event of the retaliation to the 2016 Uri attack.

Farhan Akhtar's war drama Lakshya has Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, and Amitabh Bachchan in the lead. Lieutenant Karan Shergill, played by Hrithik, leads his unit to victory over Pakistan.