Aditya Dhar Shelved Debut Film With Fawad Khan and Katrina Kaif Due to Uri Attacks Filmmaker Aditya Dhar, known for his 2018 blockbuster Uri: The Surgical Strike, had a different debut project that never saw the light of day. Originally planned as a romantic crime comedy titled Raat Baaki, the film was set to star Pakistani actor Fawad Khan and Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif. However, the project was abruptly shelved following the Uri attacks in 2016, which led to a ban on Pakistani artists working in Indian cinema. The film was scheduled to begin production by the end of 2016, but the Uri attacks, which occurred on September 29, 2016, changed everything. The incident, attributed to Pakistan-backed terrorists, triggered a nationwide backlash and resulted in the suspension of collaborations between Indian and Pakistani actors. As a result, Fawad Khan was barred from working in India, and the production of Raat Baaki was indefinitely delayed. Aditya Dhar later reflected on the situation in interviews. He told Reuters in 2019 that the film had been in the works before the attacks, stating, “The surgical strikes happened on the 29th of September. Before that, I was supposed to do a film called Raat Baaki with Fawad Khan and Katrina Kaif, which actually got shelved because of the Uri attacks, because Pakistani artists were not allowed to work in India. Within 10 days, the surgical strikes happened.” He also shared similar sentiments with Mumbai Mirror, explaining that the film’s production was halted just as the Uri attacks unfolded. “I was doing a film with Fawad Khan. But the moment we supposed to go on the floor for the film, the Uri attack happened because of which Pakistani actors were banned and Fawad was not allowed to come back, and the film went into the limbo.#aditya_dhar #fawad_khan #katrina_kaif #uri_attacks #dhoom_dhaam
