Ikkis Reviews

Ikkis is a war film which makes you feel in a way that movies these days are not either able to or want to.

I could watch Ikkis twice. The one thing you observe in Ikkis, decidedly a war film; makes no mistake, is the immersive, claustrophobic insides of a bloody battle-tank as the Indian Army advances across the border

Ikkis rises above expectations as we see the templated material of a war hero biopic tell an important film of our times.

Overall, Ikkis works best when it stops trying to be a war film and becomes a painful reminder. It tells you something unbearable: that our freedoms were bought by people who never got to live theirs.

Through the real-life 1971 story based around the Indo-Pak war, Ikkis, starring Dharmendra and Agastya Nanda in pivotal roles, shows the poignant aftermath of a father’s love for his valiant son.

In Ikkis, director Sriram Raghavan gives Dharmendra exactly that kind of send-off, quiet, dignified, and devastating in its emotional aftermath. All war films, when honest, are essentially anti-war films.

Nobody wants a war and there is nobody who actually wins in a war and a soldier from be it Pakistan or India thinks the same. Sriram Raghavan has handled this topic with utmost care.

The film is written by Arijit Biswas, Sriram Raghavan, and Pooja Ladha Surti, and directed by Sriram Raghavan. The writing is strong, and the direction is outstanding.

Ikkis will most definitely not command anything like the windfall that Dhurandhar has seen, but it is reassuring that Mumbai has not been emptied of filmmakers who will not swim with the tide and will dare to stick to their guns…

Dharam Ji holds a very special place in all our hearts. Whether you ever met him or not, he created a deep connection with audiences through his films and, in recent years, through his heartfelt videos.

Sriram Raghavan’s Ikkis tells the story of this young man, his family, and how war often takes much more than just bloodshed — leaving behind a trauma that cripples families for generations.

Ikkis works as a warm, heartfelt tribute—not only to the nation’s bravehearts but also as a quiet acknowledgement of the late Dharmendra’s acting prowess and range, which was often underutilised over the course of his illustrious…

Sriram Raghavan’s direction is quite good, but his narration doesn’t make the audience’s chests swell with pride and it also doesn’t move them to tears. White Noise Collective’s music is fairly nice.