Pakistan, May 11 -- 'Operation Sindoor', a new Bollywood title's official announcement, based on India's recent military strikes on Pakistan, has sparked a backlash from netizens, forcing the film's director to issue a written apology.

On Friday, Indian production house Nicky Vicky Bhagnani Films, in collaboration with The Content Engineer, released the first official poster of 'Operation Sindoor', to announce an upcoming movie, based on India's May 6 and 7 missile attack on six different locations in Pakistan, which resulted in the martyrdom of at least 31 civilians and significant casualties and a befitting response by Pakistan.

However, the debut poster of the title, which sees a female soldier, dressed in an Indian armed forces unif...