What are you trying to pull off, Sanjay Leela Bhansali? You are making a movie about Love and War in 2026, even though Malayalam cinema made an “epic” on these two themes almost 23 years ago? Bhansali really thinks he can do as great a job as Vinayan? Seriously?! War and Love (2003) isn’t just Malayalam cinema’s “answer” to Saving Private Ryan (1998); it’s the industry’s Avengers, in a way. I highly doubt Bhansali, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Vicky Kaushal can create a movie that’s even a fraction of what Vinayan Sir made.

War and Love opens by dedicating itself to those brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for India.…