''The Glorious Resolve: Death Before Disgrace'' is a 2011 Pakistani documentary film made by the Inter-Services Public Relations department of the

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. The film stars

Hamza Ali Abbasi Hamza Ali Abbasi (Urdu/ pa, ; born 23 June 1984) is a Pakistani film and television actor and director. He is known for his roles as Afzal in the drama serial ''Pyarey Afzal'', and as Salahuddin in the drama serial ''Mann Mayal''. In 201 ...

, Hassan Waqas Rana and

Bilal Lashari Bilal Lashari is a Pakistani filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He made his directorial debut with ''Waar'' (2013), which at the time of release became Pakistan's List of highest-grossing Pakistani films, highest-gros ...

in leading roles. The executive director was Brig Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi, whereas it was written by Irfan Aziz. It was created specifically to counter

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and

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videos by depicting the army and the fight against terror in a positive light. ''Glorious Resolve'' won Jury special award in the recently held International film festival "Eserciti-e-Popoli" held at

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, Italy. The festival saw the participation of

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and 24 other countries with 60 films produced by renowned film makers which were evaluated by qualified and reputed jury. ''Glorious Resolve'' received the medal from the Chairman of the

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with the citation "A technically outstanding and emotionally powerful dramatization of the story of courageous soldier under fire in combat situation".

Synopsis

The film tells the story of the heavily outnumbered

infantry Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine i ...

soldiers who fought off an assault by 1500 attackers who raided a section level outpost of an Infantry Battalion in South Waziristan Agency on the night of 29 May 2009. 43

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jawans were killed in the battle, and their deaths are reenacted in the film, as well as the actions of two " Ghazis"—Sepoy Mashooq and Sepoy Muslim—who held their positions until reinforcements came. The film aims to depict the sacrifices and achievements of the

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in the Global War on Terrorism as well as the

's "glorious resolve" to uproot the menace of terrorism from the "land of the pure".

Cast

* Hassan Waqas Rana *

References

External links

* * * Pakistani documentary films Pakistani biographical films Pakistani war films 2011 films 2010s Urdu-language films Propaganda films 2011 documentary films R Inter-Services Public Relations media productions Inter-Services Public Relations films Military of Pakistan in films 2010s English-language films {{Pakistan-film-stub