Mumbai, January 27: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also invoked the famous line from the recently released film 'Uri: The Surgical Strike', "How is the josh?," at different events on Sunday. Parrikar asked, "How's the Josh?" at the inauguration function of the new Mandovi bridge "Atal Setu" in Panaji. Meanwhile, Sitharaman invoked the popular dialogue after watching the Vicky Kaushal starrer movie with ex-servicemen in Bengaluru.
#WATCH: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar asks, "How's the Josh", at the inauguration function of the new Mandovi bridge "Atal Setu" in Panaji. pic.twitter.com/53KL0qEcaI
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2019
Last week, PM Modi while addressing a gathering of film personalities after inaugurating the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai, started his speech by invoking the popular line from the movie. In the viral video of the incident, members of the film fraternity can be heard saying, "High sir." Uri The Surgical Strike: PM Narendra Modi, Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley – 5 Politicians Who ‘Appear’ in Vicky Kaushal’s War Film (Spoiler Alert).
#WATCH: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asks "How's the Josh", after watching the film 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' with ex-servicemen in Bengaluru. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/fjsEGf61s5
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2019
In movie Uri: The Surgical Strike, Vicky Kaushal plays the role of an Indian commando who is involved in the 2016 surgical strikes. Ahead of the operation, he is seen asking his team, "How's the josh?", and gets reply "High sir". In the movie, National award-winning actor Rajit Kapur played a role which resembled PM Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, Yogesh Soman played a role resembling Parrikar who was defence minister of the country when India conducted the surgical strikes in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
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