16 December (film)

16 December is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Mani Shankar, based on a plot to destroy the capital city of India, New Delhi with a nuclear bomb on 16 December 2001 – 30 years after the surrender of Pakistan at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film stars Milind Soman, Danny Denzongpa, Gulshan Grover, Dippannita Sharma, Sushant Singh, and Aditi Govitrikar. It was released on 22 March 2002, and received positive reviews from critics. Vikesh G. Mehta from the UK had previously worked with Mani Shankar, and composed and directed music on Chim Chimiya, and the Hit Song by KK, Dil Ye Tera

The film's title comes from the historical date of 16 December 1971 (which is also Bangladesh's Victory Day), commemorating the day Pakistan signed the document of Liberation of Bangladesh.