Sam Bahadur is the best Indian film of the year, a masterclass biopic drama of one of India's most important personality. This can also be seen as a historical war film and does have documentary elements. Vicky Kaushal is sensational in the lead role of Sam Manekshaw, he completely embodied the personality and body language of him, the hardwork of his preparation for the role shows on big screen. Meghna Gulzar's direction and screenplay is top notch, cinematography is beautiful, soundtrack blends well with the movie. I hate to say that Indian critics have no respect for this kind of cinema they heavily underrate it and ignore it, all they want is popcorn entertainment, ignore them.