Team Herald
PANJIM: Seven years after Goa Police were treated with a special screening of Ajay Devgn starrer Singham, Ronnie Screwvala’s ‘URI-The Surgical Strike’ inspired by true events was screened for the police personnel on Thursday.
Inox Leisure Ltd and Goa Police had jointly arranged the screening for as many as 750 police personnel of different ranks in Panjim and Margao. Inspector General of Police Jaspal Singh said the movie will motivate the force to face the internal security challenges with more dedication and professionalism.
“The armed forces protect the country’s border and the police force handles the internal security. The film will motivate the force to face the internal security challenges with more dedication and professionalism,” he told Herald confirming that as per the capacity in the Inox screens, around 500 personnel in the North and 250 in South Goa watched the film in the afternoon.
The film is based on the Indian army’s 2016 surgical strikes in Pakistan, which was a form of retaliation against the attack on soldiers at the Uri camp in Jammu and Kashmir. The film traces the heroic triumph of a selected set of officers, who attacked the militant bases in Pakistan. Interestingly, Goa’s Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was the Defence Minister of the country during the attack. He had also visited the Uri brigade thereafter. The actor who plays the politician shares an uncanny resemblance to Parrikar in the movie.
This gesture to the police force reminds of Singham screening for nearly 2000 personnel way back in September 2011 when Aditya Arya was the Goa Police Chief. State-owned Kala Academy’s 900-odd-seat Dinanath Mangeshkar Auditorium was booked by the police department for special screening of the movie, which was supported by the distributors Reliance Entertainment Pvt Ltd. In South, the movie was screened at Ravindra Bhavan. Policemen with their family members had watched the show.
