ISPR: Indian Documentary on So-Called Operation Sindoor Attempts to Distort Facts

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday rejected an Indian documentary on the so-called Operation Sindoor, describing it as a highly dramatised, coloured and factually inaccurate account that seeks to distort history and rewrite the operational outcome.

In a statement, the military’s media wing said that more than a year after Marka-e-Haq, India has refused to face the reality of the conflict and is instead attempting to present a domestically palatable version of events. The documentary, which features senior Indian political and military leadership, relies on selectively edited interviews, emotional narration and Bollywood-style cinematic reconstructions to alter established facts, according to ISPR.

ISPR particularly rejected the documentary’s attempt to link an address by Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff on April 16, 2025, with the Pahalgam incident of April 22, 2025, calling it a manufactured conspiracy theory. It also highlighted a contradiction in India’s own narrative, noting that the alleged perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack were claimed to have been eliminated on July 28, 2025, 82 days after the operation, yet the film presents Operation Sindoor as the punishment for those responsible.

The claim of “100 percent mission success” was dismissed as inconsistent with the operational record. ISPR stated that during Marka-e-Haq, Pakistan’s armed forces successfully thwarted Indian aggression and shot down eight military aircraft.