Kandahar is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language war film written and directed by Major Ravi.

Though he struggles a bit in the beginning, Suryanath is able to pass out of the Indian Military Academy with flying colors' and gets commissioned in the Indian Army After getting Commissioned, he joins the NSG (National Security Guard) as a commando where he joins Mahadevan's crew.

Soon after, an Air India flight becomes hijacked by hardcore terrorists whose objective was to have the Indian government release their leader who was caught by Mahadevan himself.

Suriya was supposed to do the role but was replaced by Ganesh when he opted out of the project due to date clashes with 7aam Arivu.

Several other artists from Tamil cinema were initially approached to play secondary leads as well, including Suriya and Arun Vijay, who all cited date conflicts.

[6] At a press conference, Major Ravi reported that the aeroplane sequences of the film would be shot in Russia.

[2][8] A review by Sify, which rated it "below average" said, "There are moments when every Indian would feel proud about being born in this great land, but the shaky script, ordinary action sequences and a faulty climax lets the film down.

"[9] Rediff published a nearly negative review saying, "A better script would have perhaps made the return of Major Mahadevan more appealing."

[10] OneIndia gave the movie a 3/5 rating,[11] The soundtrack features five songs composed by Shamir Tandon, who is known for his compositions in Madhur Bhandarkar's films,[12] with lyrics by Sandeep Nath, Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma, Sudhakar Sharma, and Kaushal Kishor.