J.P. Dutta stated " I met Brigadier Kuldeep Singh, who was a major when he fought this battle. He is a very proud man. He has even got the Mahavir Chakra. I spent three days with him discussing the war. I got almost all the story from him. Then I met others too. I spoke to a air force officer too. That time it was the air force who was the decisive force then because they had completely destroyed the Pakistani tank regiment there. Let me put the record straight. I have got a lot of assistance from the army and the air force by paying them a hell of a lot of money. I had to pay for every solider I hired, every tank, every aircraft that I used, everything. But, then they went all out to help me and provide me with everything I needed. Also, that must be because I had approached the (then) prime minister, Mr Narasimha Rao. I spoke to him and showed him my script. He was very enthusiastic and gave me the permission to make the film. So that's how I got all the help. Narsimha Rao gave me the go ahead, but zero help in finanace. Anyway, I prefer it that way, because otherwise my film would have been more or less a documentary. And I am here to make a commercial film based on a true story. The basic story is true, but the characterisations are fictionalised. My film is the combination of real and commercial. So there was no question of asking anybody for monetary help. They would have held the strings otherwise."

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