Satellite Shankar

<p>Indian Army soldier Shankar gets injured in cross firing at the border. Senior Officer suggests him to take 8 days rest after consultation with doctors. Shankar requests for leave instead of rest, officers agree and tell him to report to duty on the morning of 8th day. While travelling, he helps citizens and ends up missing his train. Online news reporter covers his story without acknowledging him. The story later revolves around how he reaches his home and then back to duty in a short span of time. The film marks the return of Sooraj Pancholi who essays the role of an army officer after 3 years’ hiatus as he previously starred in his debut 2015 action film . The filming began on 3 September 2018 in and most portions of the film were shot in North India in a 60-day schedule. The South Indian actress was cast as the female lead opposite , which marks her debut in Bollywood industry. The film was shot across the 10 states of India. The film was theatrically released on 8 November 2019. The filmmakers in February 2019 confirmed that the film will not have its theatrical release in following the on the in , which happened on 14 February 2019 resulting in the death of 40 CRPF personnel. This music of the film is composed by , , and while lyrics are written by Mithoon, and . gave 3 stars out of 5 and said, ” meanders off course a wee bit, is melodramatic and OTT at times but its heart certainly beats for Indian armed forces alright.” s opening-day domestic collection was 10 . On the second day, the film collected 12 lakh. On the third day, the film collected 10 lakh, taking the total opening-weekend collection to 32 lakh. The lifetime collection of film was 5.4 million.</p>