after helming several war films in mollywood including keerthichakra and kurukshetra filmmaker major ravi is set to foray into bollywood with films on two iconic battles by the indian army the battle of dograi of 1965 and the raid of mandhol of 1971the scripts of both films are being written by col paramjit singh dhillon who had served in the army with the filmmaker major ravi says a lot of heroes who contributed to our history and our country becoming what it is today have remained unsung these days we get an exaggerated account of heroics but back then when there was no social media their feats of extraordinary valour died down and i believe those stories have to be told and celebratedtalking about the film on the raid of mandhol that is hailed as one of the first surgical strikes by the indian army dhillon says mandhol village was located about 19 km from the border in jammu and kashmir and a pakistani gun battery stationed there during the 71 war deterred our forces from advancing in hollywood film guns of navarone there were just two guns but here there were six gunsto destroy the gun battery a team of para commandos now known as special forces were put together officers from several units were picked to form the famous 9 para commando that executed the raid and destroyed all six guns allowing the indian army to launch an attack in pakistani territoryon its importance major ravi says the indian army was always a defensive army but this along with the raid of chachro was one of the first few surgical strikes conducted by our forces it is even part of the indian military academys curriculumtheir second movie together will focus on the integration of the army with the battle of dograi in 1965 as the central plot its one of the greatest infantry battles that happened during a single night says dhillon pakistan had made a canal called icchogil canal that passed through the township of dograi near lahore the indian army had to clear the village and capture the bridge so our forces could move in but our attempts were repeatedly thwarted by the pakistani artillery and infantry that were strongly occupying the areathe regiment called 3 jat was tasked with capturing the village it was commanded by a maverick officer called desmond hayde who was born in ireland to angloindian parents but was fluent in the jat language and understood their culture so well that he fit in that aspect of integration is still prevalent in our army explains dhillonon the significance of the battle he says the jat regiment that attacked dograi got four mahavir chakras in one night a total of 86 of our men lost their lives while 357 pakistani soldiers died in the bloodiest battle that was first fought with guns and grenades and then bayonets and finally with bare hands as india captured dograimajor ravi tells us that work on