Kurukshetra (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Major Ravi |
| Written by | Major Ravi |
| Produced by | Santhosh Damodharan |
| Starring | Mohanlal Siddique Biju Menon Ravi Mariya Sania Singh Anjana Chandran Assim Jamal |
| Cinematography | Loganathan Srinivasan |
| Edited by | V. Jaisankar |
| Music by | Siddharth Vipin |
Production company | Damor Cinema |
| Distributed by | Damor Cinema Release |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kurukshetra is a 2008 Indian Malayalam language war film written and directed by Major Ravi. It is a prequel to the 2006 film Keerthi Chakra and the second installment in the Major Mahadevan film series, with Mohanlal reprising his role as Colonel Mahadevan The film is based on the Kargil conflict of 1999 between India and Pakistan. The political situation of the conflict is portrayed from an Indian perspective.
The film was released on October 28 coinciding with Diwali. It was a box office success and was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year. The third film in the series Kandahar was released in 2010 and the fourth film 1971: Beyond Borders was released in 2017.