Ground Zero (2025 film)

{{Short description|2025 Hindi film by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox film

| image = Ground Zero (2025 film) poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar

| writer = Sanchit Gupta
Priyadarshee Srivastava

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on = Operation Ghazi Baba

| producer = Ritesh Sidhwani
Farhan Akhtar

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Emraan Hashmi
• Sai Tamhankar
• Zoya Hussain

}}

| cinematography = Kamaljeet Negi

| editing = Chandrashekhar Prajapati

| music = Score:
John Stewart Eduri
Songs:
Tanishk Bagchi
Rohan-Rohan
Sunny Inder

| studio = Excel Entertainment
Talisman Films
Dreamzkrraft Entertainment

| distributor = AA Films

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2025|04|25}}

| runtime = 134 minutes{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/ground-zero-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdi5mzqw |title=Ground Zero (15) |website=British Board of Film Classification |date=18 April 2025 |access-date=18 April 2025}}

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

| gross =

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Ground Zero is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, under Excel Entertainment.{{cite news |title='Ground Zero' trailer: Emraan Hashmi leads gritty war drama with intensity |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/bollywood/ground-zero-trailer-emraan-hashmi-leads-gritty-war-drama-with-intensity-1503417107.html |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=The Statesman |date=7 April 2025 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Ground Zero: Tejas Deoskar Reveals Why Emraan Hashmi Was Perfect Choice: We Wanted Powerful Actor Who... - EXCLUSIVE |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/bollywood/ground-zero-tejas-deoskar-reveals-why-emraan-hashmi-was-perfect-choice-we-wanted-powerful-actor-who-exclusive-article-151415464 |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=Times Now |date=14 April 2025 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Ground Zero director Tejas Deoskar opens up on shooting the film in ‘largely unknown’ places in Kashmir |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/hindi/news/2025/Apr/16/ground-zero-director-tejas-deoskar-opens-up-on-shooting-the-film-in-largely-unknown-places-in-kashmir |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=Cinema Express |date=16 April 2025 |language=en}} The film revolves around the story of BSF officer Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey, who led the operation in which terrorist Rana Tahir Nadeem, better known as Ghazi Baba, was killed in 2003. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Sai Tamhankar, and Zoya Hussain in the lead roles.{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/04/13/del4-bsf-history-gazi-baba-movie.html|title=2003 Gazi Baba killing reduced JeM to an army sans generals BSF history book}}{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/front-page-2/ground-zero-breaks-ground-in-kashmir/|title=‘Ground Zero’ breaks ground in Kashmir}}{{cite news |title=Emraan Hashmi on Ground Zero: ‘The story is even more filmy than films’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/emraan-hashmi-on-ground-zero-the-story-is-even-more-filmy-than-films-9930140/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 April 2025 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Emraan Hashmi starrer 'Ground Zero' to get special BSF screening in Srinagar; marks first in 38 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/emraan-hashmi-starrer-ground-zero-to-get-special-bsf-screening-in-srinagar-marks-first-in-38-years/articleshow/120341144.cms |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=The Times of India |date=16 April 2025}}{{cite news |title=Emraan Hashmi,Sai Tamhankar & Ritesh Sidhwani At The Trailer Launch Of Ground Zero. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/etimes/bollywood/emraan-hashmisai-tamhankar-ritesh-sidhwani-at-the-trailer-launch-of-ground-zero-/videoshow/120066017.cms |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}

The film was theatrically released on 25 April 2025.{{cite news |title=Emraan Hashmi-starrer ‘Ground Zero’ gets a release date |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/emraan-hashmi-starrer-ground-zero-gets-a-release-date/article69367822.ece |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=The Hindu |date=24 March 2025 |language=en-IN}}