Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has lauded India’s military response to the devastating Pahalgam terror attack, describing Operation Sindoor as a “precise and confident” strike that reflects the nation’s resolve. The operation, executed in the early hours of May 7, 2025, targeted nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation for the April 22 attack that claimed 26 lives, mostly tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baisaran meadow. Kapur’s comments, shared via a post on X, have resonated with many, amplifying the widespread support for India’s calibrated counterstrike.
Shekhar Kapur praises Operation Sindoor as India’s “Befitting” response to Pahalgam terror attack
The Pahalgam attack, one of the deadliest since the 2019 Pulwama bombing, saw terrorists linked to Pakistan-based groups, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), execute 25 Indian tourists and one Nepali citizen in cold blood. The attackers separated men from women, asked their religion, and shot the men in front of their families, leaving a nation in grief and outrage. Named “Operation Sindoor” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the counterstrike was a tri-services operation involving the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force, marking the first such joint effort since 1971. The name “Sindoor,” symbolizing the vermilion worn by married Hindu women, was chosen to honor the widows of the victims, many of whom lost their husbands in the massacre.
Taking to X, Kapur wrote, “India’s response to Pahalgam terrorists attacks is befitting a Nation that is showing the world how responsible and confident it is in itself. Without the rhetoric of War #operation_sindoor is a precise hit at territories and organisation that backed the horrendous terrorist that killed innocent civilians. #BharatMataKiJai #PahalgamTerroristAttack #operation_sindoor @narendramodi.” His post, which garnered significant attention, praised the operation’s restraint and focus on terrorist targets, avoiding Pakistani military facilities to prevent escalation.
India’s response to Pahalgam terrorists attacks is befitting a Nation that is showing the world how responsible and confident it is in itself.
Without the rhetoric of War #operation_sindoor is a precise hit at territories and organisation that backed the horrendous terrorist…
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) May 7, 2025
The operation has evoked emotional responses from victims’ families. In Pune, Sangita Ganbote, widow of Kaustubh Ganbote, told ANI, “The action taken by the military is good, and by naming it as Operation Sindoor, they have respected the women. I still cry some days. We were waiting for PM Modi to take such action, and he has given them a befitting reply.” Pragati Jagdale, whose husband Santosh was killed, added, “It’s a befitting reply after the way those terrorists erased the vermilion of our daughters. On hearing the name of this operation, I got tears in my eyes.”
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