Sam Bahadur Teaser: Vicky Kaushal nails the nuances of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, set to deliver his best performance

While Vicky looks quite like Sam Bahadur in his 1960s-70s days, his demeanour and the setting of the film carry a strong Uri hangover. Vicky, as Sam, is seen giving a pep talk to his fellow army men, almost making us believe that he'd soon breaking into “How's the Josh,” his popular line from Aditya Dhar's film.

Even some of his dialogues, like the one he delivers to then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (played by Fatima Sana Sheikh) at the end of the teaser, is also tonally very similar to the world of Uri. When Indira tells him that a soldier's job is to die in the battlefield, he counters that and retorts that a soldier's duty is to eliminate the soldiers on the opposing side.

The similarities may also stem from the common production house that bankrolled both the military movies, Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP Movies. Sam Bahadur marks the second collaboration between director Meghna Gulzar and Vicky, after their 2018 blockbuster spy thriller Raazi.