Blockbuster 'Sarfrosh' (1999) starring Aamir Khan was about terrorism and the proxy war being waged by Pakistan's secret service ISI against India. Directed by newcomer John Mathew Mathan, the film was a superhit.

Similarly in much hyped film 'Fiza' (2000), story of a young Muslim girl Fiza (Karishma Kapoor) in search of her brother who had been missing during the communal riots of 1992-93 in Mumbai. Later her brother Amaan (Hrithik Roshan), turned out to become a terrorist. The film didn't do well at the box-office.

Terrorism related movies have always scored well, moreover, it has been seen that patriotism whips emotions among audiences.

The most recent flick "A Wednesday", (2009) received tremendous appreciation from critics. In the film Naseeruddin Shah calls up the Police Commissioner (Anupam Kher) to inform about bombs planted in several places around Mumbai.

Another small time budget movie 'Black Friday' (2007) based on 1993 Mumbai blast, a series of explosions which decimated Mumbai over a period of two hours. The film which was in court for some years was premiered in 2004.

Kashmir terrorism based movies has always drawn special attention, films like 'Fanaa' (2006) which was a story of Kashmiri muslim terrorist witnessed great success.

Similarly, Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 'Mission Kashmir' (2000) follows the life and tragedy of a boy Altaaf (Hrithik Roshan) after his entire family gets accidently killed by police involved in a gunbattle with terrorists.