From Netflix’s ‘Saare Jahan Se Accha’ to John Abraham starrer ‘Tehran’ & ‘Diplomat’; movies to watch this Independence Day on OTT

The best thing about Netflix’s Saare Jahan Se Accha to John Abraham starrer Tehran and Diplomat is that they are not about chest-thumping patriotism. Here in this series and these two films, patriotism doesn’t scream or break out in slogans and patriotic dialogues. The characters here work silently and make us believe you don’t need to give elaborate dialogues and speeches to be heard. All understand from these films how there are some who work in silence and understand what is the need of the hour.

Tehran on Zee 5

Tehran is John Abraham’s career best performance after The Diplomat. This movie gives a new high to patriotic films without displaying chest-thumping patriotism. Inspired by the 2012 bombing near the Israeli embassy in Delhi, the film follows ACP Rajeev Kumar (John Abraham) on a mission to avenge an innocent life lost in the attack.

The movie clearly shows that one doesn’t need to be a ‘by the book’ officer to be considered good at his job. John Abraham who plays a police officer, DCP Rajeev Kumar, is one such man, who cannot take his job dispassionately. He is emotional too. From the beginning of the film, we realise that it is not going to be a simple espionage thriller.

Inspired by real events, all the characters are fictitious.   _Tehran_ movie begins with a bombing in Delhi, which killed a little girl who was selling flowers. DCP Rajeev Kumar (  John Abraham) couldn’t get over this incident. Kumar is put on this case.

Netflix’s Saare Jahan Se Accha

Not just Pratik Gandhi; Anup Soni, Sunny Hinduja & Suhail Nayyar’s performances will keep you glued in this sharp espionage show. While nations celebrate their freedom, silent wars are fought — not with weapons, but with razor-sharp minds. These unsung heroes vanish into the shadows: nameless, faceless, with no medals to show and no grand celebrations. They are intelligence officers, spies who fight battles we’ll never see, so we never have to know what it costs.

Netflix’s upcoming series Saare Jahan Se Accha tells the story of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) agent Vishnu Shankar, who undertakes a perilous mission deep inside enemy territory: Pakistan.

Set in the volatile 1970s, when a single move could tip the balance of power and trigger a global nuclear war, Saare Jahan Se Accha unfolds as India’s R&AW and Pakistan’s ISI clash in a deadly game of strategy. Vishnu must outwit ISI agent Murtaza Mallik in a race against time to prevent a major catastrophe.

Tasked with stopping a covert nuclear program before it ignites global destruction, Vishnu crosses enemy lines on a mission where failure isn’t an option — and the fate of nations hangs in the balance.

The Diplomat now showing on Netflix

 Directed by Shivam Nair with John Abraham and Sadia Khateeb as leads, the movie revolves around the real-life story of Uzma Ahmed’s (Sadia Khateeb) brave escape from Pakistan with the help of JP Singh (John Abraham).

John plays the role of diplomat JP Singh, a man of few words but strong-headed and knows his job like the back of his hand. Serving in Pakistan as a diplomat is not an easy job and he knows exactly how to deal with the rowdy Pakistani crowd and mentions again and again to his colleagues that ‘this isn’t India’. The movie shows the lawlessness of the country and how some people of Pakistan, not all, are wired differently. It is indeed very refreshing to see a powerful woman protagonist played by Sadia Khateeb.

A very engaging espionage film,   _The Diplomat_ deals with finer details of diplomacy. It is not a typical high-octane action-packed drama where we see John flexing his muscles, it is indeed far from it where he is shown as a very firm, sorted and no-nonsense diplomat. It tells the real-life story of Uzma Ahmed who was forced to get married and held captive by her husband in Pakistan’s Buner in 2017.